For Manut Nite Memory of Aceh Coffee



A few months ago in my visit to Jogja, I step by and drinking some glasses of coffee at “Manut Nite” near Klebengan area. That night, my old friend pick some choices of coffee for me, he insisted that I have to give a try to drink Aceh Coffee, it’s a thick and bitter coffee, but I guess it didn’t work for me, cause it makes me dizzy and sleepy (^.^) kind of out of line, since people drinking coffee to stay aware and awake.

At Manut Nite, we can have many kind coffees from around Indonesia; they have Medan Coffee, Java Coffee, Lampung Coffee, Merapi Coffee, and others. It’s a nice place to gathering with friend, it open until late or sometimes even until early morning. There, we found many groups of people who enjoy their discussion and spending hours of time.

For me that place is warmer than any coffee shops that I ever visits. That’s why when my coffee head Austrian friends came, I want to take him there, but it’s impossible, since we don’t have our agenda in Jogja, so we just stop by at Hero Dept. Store and buy some instant coffee, kakakak I hope that’s enough. Maybe latter on his country, he can have Aceh Coffee at the local Starfucks…ups Starbucks Coffee I mean (^.^)

Yup, from the news in Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board Website, “Starbucks Corp. has signed a deal to buy coffee from Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh province, as Indonesia is the fourth-largest coffee-bean producer in the world and Aceh's fertile soil produces about 40 percent of Indonesia's premium Arabica coffee beans”. It has to be in fair price, of course!

We can also find Aceh Coffee development from The Coffee Forum Meeting last year, they have APED project (Aceh Partnerships for Economic Development) for infrastructure development, production aid, farm rehabilitation, working capital and staffing for the coffee research agency.

In being positive, hopefully these can be a good starts for Indonesian Economic Development.