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Sunday, December 19, 2010 13:59 pm
Packaging Luwak coffee with home-produced brands Kupi Sukardi Musong Liwa in Way Confess, Liwa, Lampung Barat, Lampung, on Friday (10/12/2010). Craft Luwak coffee on the Way Confessing generally states still having trouble getting a patent.
KOMPAS.com - Thanks to the mongoose, Liwa city name worldwide. Animals like raccoons that were then used as the mascot area. The pictures scattered in a red batik clothing that must be worn by civil servants in West Lampung every Friday.
Unexpectedly, the presence of natural mongoose that eventually became so meaningful. In fact, during this community and West Lampung coffee farmers in Liwa especially consider these animals as pests.
In addition to often take coffee in the garden, wild mongoose-mongoose often enter into settlements and steal chickens owned by residents. Gardens of banana, papaya, and cacao did not escape the omnivorous animals, predators wide variety of foods-meat and fruits-that.
"In the past, mongoose many were killed. Usually wear Timex, poison pigs, "the story of Supriya Gunawan (41), employers in the Way Confessing Luwak coffee, Liwa, Lampung Barat, who was contacted last week.
Four years, as civet coffee industry menggeliatnya households in Liwa, delicious coffee-producing animals that had suddenly become popular and hunted. A month mongoose mongoose species can now be priced at Rp 500,000. To begin the rare species, namely mongoose binturung or often called a weasel pandanus, worth about USD 1 million per head.
That is why now increasingly rare wild mongoose in the West Lampung. "I've rarely met civet droppings on farms," said Burzan Barnau (45), Seminung coffee farmers in Lombok, West Lampung. In fact, he added, in his childhood days first, the mongoose and feces are often found in coffee farms.
Journalist
The development of Liwa Luwak coffee originated from the arrival of several foreign television journalists from Hong Kong three years ago. "They come here to look for civet coffee forest. From there, then I know that (civet coffee) was searched and they're expensive, "said Sukardi team leaders Pesagi Mandiri Luwak coffee makers.
Since it also began to pursue claims Sukardi Luwak coffee business. He was then looking for the animal to be maintained. Now it has been hundreds of mongoose in the Way Confessing, Liwa.
On the Way Claims, civet coffee industry is not dominated by national companies or owners of strong capital. Starting from upstream to downstream, the industry mobilized local residents in a household scale.
Gang Way Pekonan in Confess, for example, is one of the "settlement" Luwak coffee. In this area there are at least ten crafters. Some of them even have a trademark and market their products respectively.
Currently, at least recorded four Confessing Way trademarks Luwak coffee, which is Kupi Musong Liwa, King Luwak, Civet Queen, and Ambassador Luwak.
Switching profession
Luwak coffee is so interesting, how many people who used to be farmers recently switched professions to become a businessman Luwak coffee. Sapri (39), for example, admitted to leaving the job to farm vegetables since two years ago. Yard of his home is now adorned with 25 stalls mongoose.
Although his business is still constrained marketing is not yet stable, through its new business Sapri already have one new Luxio Daihatsu cars for business operations.
According to Gunawan Supriadi, lack of capital is still a major obstacle in the Way crafters Confessing Luwak coffee. "The cost of operation (including maintenance mongoose) is very high, reaching USD 1.6 million per month per cow. While demand has not been routine. Not a few craftsmen are out of business because it is not able to play the capital, "he said.
Another problem, Sukardi added, false Luwak coffee too many circulating in Indonesia. In the city of Bandung, West Java, for example, there are a number of manufacturers producing coffee "similar" Luwak coffee. "The aroma is sharp (such as civet coffee), but obtained from non-natural process. It uses essences, from chemicals. It feels like a glimpse, "he said.
The issue is not simply stop there. Craft has also been hampered related issues fatwa haram their civet coffee production despite the fatwa was eventually withdrawn. In addition, the filing of patent rights also felt very expensive, reaching tens of million dollars.
Controlled
The selling price of civet coffee is quite diverse. If the Liwa brokers or intermediaries, including exporters, could buy the most expensive Rp 600,000 per kg (powder), in big cities they can sell up to Rp 1.5 million per kg.
Therefore, do not be surprised if in Jakarta, for example, a cup of coffee civet sold up to $ 100,000. Unlike in Liwa, which generally only Rp 15,000 per cup.
In Liwa, not a few crafters who sell their production at retail for the last play of capital. Luwak coffee they pack in sachet-sized sachet 10 grams, and is sold at Rp 10,000.
In areas that the presentation of civet coffee (in the form of ice) is also sometimes mixed with milk or duren. Coffee "modification" is, according to Mrs Sapri Luwak coffee production, usually marketed in the month of Ramadan. "A cup of civet coffee flavor variety sold Rp 20,000-Rp 30,000," he explained.
In a way, home industries Luwak coffee not only bring good fortune for the producers, but also become a new cog in the Way Confessing economy. Not a few workers absorbed in this sector.
Amidst the continued decline in coffee prices in the country is due to onslaught of coffee from Vietnam and Brazil, coffee farmers in Liwa should hold passionate and optimistic about the civet coffee. Therefore, the fruit not only add value, but also capable of it the name of the region, even country, in the international world thanks to peculiar.
(Yulvianus Harjono)
Source : Kompas Cetak
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