Friday 12 August 2016

Gayo Coffee

Gayo is one commodity that comes from Gayo Highlands. Coffee plantations have been developed since 1908, thrives in Bener Meriah, Aceh Tengah and Gayo Lues.





Potential land area for Arabica coffee in three districts of the four districts (Central Aceh, Bener Meriah and Gayo Lues) can reach 130000-140000 ha, while the area planted has now reached about 100,000 ha. There are still chances of developing approximately 40,000 ha again in these districts. Another thing that is very, very interesting, of about 100,000 ha in acreage that is already there, all the people's coffee plantation. This condition greatly benefit the people in facing the global crisis hit.

Gayo itself is a tribal name who inhabit this region. The majority of people work as farmers Gayo coffee. Arabica coffee varieties dominate the type developed by farmers Gayo. Arabica coffee production resulting from Tanah Gayo is the largest in Asia

Gayo coffee is one of the typical coffee archipelago from Aceh who pretty much loved by various circles in the world. Gayo has the aroma and flavor very distinctive. Most of the existing coffee, bitterness remains on our tongue, but not so in Gayo coffee. The bitter taste was hardly felt in this coffee. Gayo coffee flavor of the original contained in coffee aroma is fragrant and savory flavor is hardly bitter. Even some who found Gayo coffee flavor exceed Blue Mountain coffee flavor that comes from Jamaica. Gayo Gayo coffee Aceh by smallholder plantations in the central highlands of Central Aceh. In the area of ​​coffee grown in an organic way without any chemicals that coffee is also known as green coffee (environmentally friendly). Gayo touted as the best organic coffee in the world.

According Ikra, superior taste Gayo coffee is inconsistency, representing the taste of coffee in the world due to land contours, elevation, and the type of coffee.



Coffee grown in Tanah Gayo is arabica coffee, a coffee varieties that lately are so massive perkembangannnya in Indonesia. In the past, the poet said Fikar, our society is deceived by Dutch colonists who said that arabica coffee is only for the nobility, while robusta coffee unyuk people. So since most people only know that coffee robusta, arabica coffee is being exported abroad to enjoy the "nobility" of Europe.

Now, after the community began to recognize the good pleasure of Arabica coffee, the coffee development is also very fast which is considered by reduced export volume and the increasing needs of domestic coffee from time to time.

Taste mild arabica coffee because caffeine supposedly much smaller than robusta, the cause of those who often have problems with stomach acid after drinking coffee, arabica coffee chose as friends relaxed in the morning or evening.

Mernurut Bupati Aceh Tengah, Nasaruddin, coffee origin Gayo highlands, sells in 17 countries; including the United States, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK.

This was justified by Yusianto, 50, researchers from the Coffee and Cocoa Research Center Jembar when met at the International Coffee Symposium in Banda Aceh berkwngsung 19-21 November 2014 ago. Yusianto suggests, I wonder if Gayo coffee dimninati by the outside community, as Gayo coffee flavor is one of the best coffee in the world.

Opinion Yusianto certainly do not mess around, because, other than as a researcher, he also worked as a taster. Yus said he had tasted all the coffee in Indonesia, from Aceh to Wamena in Papua.

Back to the Gayo coffee. The characteristics of the Gayo Arabica coffee has the aroma of humus, it feels lighter, and there was the scent of sugar, that's what makes a superior Gayo coffee. Another specialty, Gayo coffee has a flavor that varies due to the location of the land, the contour of the land, the seasons, the water content, absorption of sunlight, and treatment. According Ikra, could have, coffees grown in the adjoining field, a different flavor. It's known, for coffee plantations in Gayo is smallholder agriculture.

In contrast to Brazil, they planted en masse, because there plantation controlled by the state, then the coffee plants are treated equally, no special treatment. Gayo coffee in the widest global land owned by the people.

At least, in one year produced approximately 50 thousand tons. 90 percent of which is exported. For the country, most coffee gato sent to Jakarta, Medan, Riau, Batam, Lombok, Bali, East Kalimantan. To export destinations are Singapore, the Shanghai, Taiwan, Kuala Lumpur, Thailand. As for civet coffee is the biggest buyer of Germany and the Netherlands. For domestic consumption such as coffee powder, while for foreign consumption is still in the form of bean (seeds).

Gayo is coffee country. As far as the eye can see is the coffee plant. They came to Tanah Gayo mid-year, when the coffee plants start flowering, hilly land was filled with white flowers fragrant coffee.

Gayo is a pulse Aceh, because it is located in the middle of the Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. Gayo is a central area for the surrounding areas such as Aceh Utara, Aceh Barat, Pidie, East Aceh and North Sumatra. Situated in the middle of the mountains of Aceh area stretching from the north to the southeast along the mountain chain the tip of Sumatra island.

Gayo is also the beauty that characterizes the ground in Aceh. Because of this Saman Gayo and the art of personality called Didong centered, in addition to dance Bines, Guel dance, dance Munalu, Sebuku / Pepongoten (art lament in prose), teachers Didong, and melengkan (oratory customary).

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