Wild Coffee Luwak in Bali

100 percent wild luwak coffee

Here is our Kopi Luwak for Bali market that labelled with TOBALI COFFEE 'Authentic Wild Luwak Special'. This is to answer the Bali visitors who are critically asking about originality of kopi luwak since there are so many issue that kopi luwak at the market has been blended with non luwak coffee or the kopi luwak is from caged luwak that insisted to eat the coffee berries and let the luwak, the animal unwelfared.

Our coffee is authentic from wild luwak that can be found many live around our plantation. We can say that our plantation sits on the luwak nest. So that, we feel not necessary to farm the luwak in the cage. We also want our product stay genuine not fake as our commitment to bring the best to our worldwide

customers. As we also have many visitors come from Japan, Europe, etc. for coffee travelling and field study that expect us to not produce the coffee from farmed luwak so that we accomodate their expectation, more ever since we know that characteristic of the luwak coffee is 'FRUTTY' which the taste and aroma influenced by what the luwak eats beside the coffee berries according to the fruit season. The coffee may taste and aromatizing like jack fruit, citrus, pineapple, papaya, etc.

Tobali Coffee is the trusted product for genuinity and authenticity. Currently available in single size of packing that is 100 gram in medium roasted bean or ground.

Coffee Farmer Training to Japan

In order to improve skills of the members, KSU POM HUMBANG sending a farmer to ARI -JAPAN ( The Asian Rural Institute Japan http://www.ari-edu.org/en/home-eng/.) for 9 months Leadership and Organic Farming training in Tochigi Ken-Japan. 

Lampita (no.1 front left) with training participants

Lampita Silaban ( in charge of marketing and farm organizer)  has been working for her lovely  community in Nagasaribu Village, Lintongnihuta, Humbanghasundutan, North Sumatra for more than 7 years. Together with 31 participants from all over the world across ASIA, AFRICA, PACIFIC, CENTRAL AMERICA, She will work,living together and  learn many skills and opportunity. On December 2014, she will be back to our community and love to share all the good learning she got to her peoples in our community.

Sending the members was our aims in improving human local resources of farmers/members. We have a lot of chance by collaboration with partners ( NGOs, School institution, Business partner, Churches ,Local Government). This opportunity and training supported by ARI , ECLA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America http://www.elca.org/),AFARI (American Friends of Asian Rural Institute http://www.friends-ari.org/afari-board , HKBP http://hkbp.or.id/, Wakachiai Project Japan https://www.wakachiai.com/shop/fairtrade1.html and Hyogo University and PGV ( People and Green Village http://www.u-hyogo.ac.jp/shse/harada/PGV_Web_e/coffee.html We say many thanks for all supported.

Czech University of Life Science Students Visit Our Coffee Plantation

Twelve students from Czech University of Life Science (CULS) Prague visited KSU POM HUMBANG for studying  about processing of Sumatra Lintong Coffee Luwak in traditional way.

This is the 3th visited to cooperative since 2012. This program conducted by Institute Technology DEL ( IT DEL) and CULS  as Summer School program for CULS Students which was held form  July 8th until Augus 3th 2014.

KSU POM HUMBANG has been involved in this program because our collaboration with IT DEL as a partner for field study of foreigner students .Beside that, IT DEL has also helped cooperative in improving of website our cooperative. 

                                               
Ms.Libuska Valesova, lecturer of CULS who always join and guide her students says, Study field for Coffee farmers in Humbanghasundutan  was one of the most interesting study for students. She said, every year we have new students and we will always visit Humbanghasundutan, visit KSU POM Cooperative,talking with coffee farmers and love to enjoy couples cup of the most exclusive coffee in the world " Sumatra Lintong Coffee Luwak" served by cooperative members. We always exited and never disappointed for all hospitality and clearly explanation from the cooperative, Libuska said.

Gani Silaban ( chairperson ) of KSU POM HUMBANG who really prepare the program and well  organized, says, almost 4 hours guided all the students was joyful. We used to share a new way how to improve farmers life throughout cooperative, We wanted to share to all visitor all our life, our challenges in order to make better life. I love to share all about coffee and make people happy, He said. 

Gani Silaban also explained how to process Kopi Luwak in traditional way, but excellent quality, then CULS Visit cooperative warehouse and see processing of coffee by using machinery, and take them to local market in Doloksanggul to observe how the farmers their coffee to collector.

We offer hospitality and love to share our activities, and love to offer you also our product, Gani said.One of the most interesting one during study field, Student can do processing of coffee by themselves. and cooperative have income by offering coffee, this is truly " direct market with deal price" both have a good advantage. Hosting of people, sharing skills ,offer product, good combination to expand our marketing, Gani said.

As informed on our packaging that KSU POM HUMBANG is the coffee producer of Tobali Coffee Organic and Kopi Luwak that penetrate the market in Bali.

Tobali Coffee Launched in Bali

We are very happy to announc that we have launched the new brand of our coffee product that directly produced by our organic coffee farmer credit union (KSU POM Humbang)in North Sumatra, Indonesia. As Sumatra Arabica is well known as the best coffee in the world as stated by the founder of Starbucks so this is come to our attention to buzz the trading of our coffee, especially organic one.

The Tobali Coffee is special brand for Bali market which targets the expatriate buyers and coffee stores in Bali. We are optimist that our brand will be popular especially in Bali and abroad. Tobali it self means the coffee that come from Toba the paradise of coffee plantation to Bali, the paradise of tourism destination.

We are looking for antusiast partners to sell our products especially Organic Coffee of Sumatra Lintong Arabica. For more information, we welcome you for partnershipping. Contact us at media.spot@yahoo.com and luwaksumatra@gmail.com

Lintong Arabica to Supply Starbucks

     Coffee farmer Lintong Nihuta now can enjoy the Starbucks’ coffee. He is Manatap Siregar, e farmer that graduated from yunior school only has now responsibility to manage hundreds million rupiahs, the collective funds from coffee exporting yields with fair international trade.

Manahan, who lives in Sibuntuon Partes at Lintong Nihuta Estate in Humbang, North Sumatera, around 300 km from Medan, the main capital where two Starbucks store can be found sale and trade the arabica coffee from Lintong Nihuta. As like as the name, Lintong Nihuta become the house for arabica lintong coffee. This estate lies on the hill edging to lake Toba that very good for arabica to grow.

     In Starbucks, the roasted beans of Lintong priced at around 10 dollars for 250 grams with exclusive packaging. There are two brands that sold in Starbucks, Sumatra and Sumatra Decaf. Lintong Arabica coffee or as known as Lintong Coffee is one of the three brands that very famous in the world that planted in Sumatera. Two others are Mandheling and Gayo.

     When the reporter visit Manahan at his house, he frankly said that he knows not to Lintong coffee since he only sells the beans. Very seldom to roast and grind the coffee and more practically to buy it at the market. Manahan does not ever taste Starbucks coffee and he does not know the coffee of Lintong are exported, roasted in his country but resale it back in the country (Indonesia) with very expensive price.

      In the international trading network, at the first point, the farmer or the labour do not get their profit share from the trading. They stay poor, although the yield of their plantation very high at international market, such as Lintong arabica coffee. Fortunately, Manahan join to Organic Coffee Farmer Association (APKLO) that begun since October 2003. APKLO is the concorsium of two coffee farmer group of Lintong Nihuta and Siborongborong. On 2005, the association achieved the certificate of Fairtrade Labeling Organization (FLO), a non profit organization network bases in Bonn, Germany that controls international trade running fair for commodities supplier such as farmer and labour. APKLO achieved this certification after briefed by Wakachai Project, a non goverment organization of Japan.

     

     FLO created the trading standardization for commodities supplier, exporter and buyer. At the official website mentioned that fairtrade is an alternative approachment in conventional trading base on cooperation of supplier and buyer. Fairtrade offers the consumers the way to decrease poor while purchase. The labelled product of FLO is more expensive however the margin enjoyed by the product supplier.

Pemium Fairtrade

     Fairtrade cuts the chain of trading. The farmer like Manahan able to sell directly to the importer in Japan without liaising to the collector. “Farmer could not able to make their own price because should sell their coffee to the collector,’” said APKLO chairman, Abdul Gani Silaban. “With Fairtrade, we get the minimum standard that not influenced by world coffee price. When the price high we get higher profit. Other benefit is we get premium fairtrade, the extra cash that not include to standar price,” Gani 

     Starbuck is one of coffee buyer that join in fairtrade network. There are 24 countries thay take labeling fairtrade initiative. They are spread in Europe, America, Japan, Australia. In Siborongborong, the exporter of Lintong coffee that supplies Starbucks, PT Sumatera Speciality Coffee (SSS) requested by Starbucks to make cooperative with the farmer group to have the FLO certification.

     According to the founder of  Wira Farmer Credit Union, his credit union is at the final step to achieve FLO Certification. “The term to have FLO Certificate is very difficult but the advantage of fair trading for farmer is more important. We learn from APKLO successful,” He said.

      Now, APKLO plans to build the storey and to buy the peeling machine from the premium fairtrade fund. Manahan also added,”By build the storey, the farmer can deposit their coffee and will release when the price higher. The farmer will not rent the peeling machine if they own it. To enjoy the aroma of Lintong arabica coffee that they produce, Manahan not require to go to Starbuck that sell it very expensive. The fair trade let Manahan to enjoy the aromatic coffee of Lintong, even he enjoy the coffee from anywhere he can get it. (Kompas)

Sumatra Kopi Luwak in Bali (Moved to Bali)

Dear Kopi Luwak lovers,

We are happy to announce you that we have moved to the beautiful island of Bali start from this March 2014 to reach more people to know the authentic Indonesian traditional coffee especially from Sumatra. All items purchased may be shipped directly from Bali however we consist with our product only from Lintong Nihuta of North Sumatra.

Just enjoy shopping with us and we do our effort to bring the best to your home. No matter in which part of globe you are. And if you are in Bali for holiday, do not forget to contact us for a packet of original luwak coffee. From Indonesia with love.

Why Our Kopi Luwak Is Cheaper?

         Kopi Luwak is not so so expensive. Yes, if you order it from us. However when you order it from the shop in your country in Europe, United States, Russia, etc you will get it 3-5 times more expensive. The reasons may caused by the certain profit plus the shipping courier, taxes and certification cost. For the last point, certification of authentic is not really make it truly original although they have to pay it very expensive.

        We are, Kopi Luwak Sumatera the partner of coffee farmer credit union of Lintong Nihuta estate get the original coffee from the first source

. No certification needed because you need not to smell, to taste the certificate but drink  the coffee.

So, what is the deserve price for this expensive coffee?? Not more than US$350 for farmed civet coffee and US$450 for wild civet coffee include shipping around the world.

Oppssss! We brave to offer special price for our selling partner.