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)

Three coffee items of Indonesia that Accredited by World

Beside of Kopi Luwak, Indonesia has three items of coffee that very popular in US and Europe. They are Toraja, Sumatera and Atjeh coffees. It is mentioned by the owner of Anomali Coffee shop, Ivan Helmy as released by DetikFinance. The price of these three coffee are cheaper than Kopi Luwak however the quality and the taste is no need to hesitate. Originally, Indonesia has many kinds of coffee that own their own specific taste and aroma. Sidikalang coffee, Lintong coffee, Mandailing coffee and Sipirok coffee are from North Sumatra and they are categorized as arabica coffee. And the robusta in Sumatra comes from Lampung. From Sulawesi, Toraja coffee is the most popular. Bali coffee, Java coffee and Timor coffee are from the other part of Indonesia.

Coffee Decrease Risk of Alzheimer

TempoInteraktif, Tampa

A number of unidentified element which found at coffee make this beverage assist to prevent disease of Alzheimer. Coffee has proven that affeine can degrade risk of Alzheimer by improving rate of important protein. However, caffeine it self cannot improve this protein so that researchers hypothesize that there is involvement of a kind materials which not yet been identified.

That Mysterious compound will react with caffeine to increase protein rate of GCSF or Granulocite Colony of Stimulator Factor believed to discontinue the growth of Alzheimer. On experimental on mouse, proven compound improve; repair mouse memory which suffering Alzheimer. The researcher tell that this compound decreases the GCSF level far at patient of Alzheimer.

 Interaction between unidentified element  with caffeine will explain why coffee gives protection to the disease of Alzheimer, meanwhile other caffeinated beverage do not give similar effect. That thing do not fully understood. » There is a very useful synergies between caffeine and some mysterious component in coffee that improve rate of GCSF in blood,” words of Chuanhai Cao, the expert  of nerve in University of South Florida, United States, whose concerned in this study.

The study research on human being find that daily consumption of caffeinated coffee during semi age till continue can degrade risk of Alzheimer. “We do not say that everyday coffee consumption moderately can fully protect human being from disease of Alzheimer, but can decrease the risk or delay the disease,” words of Cao.

Coffee Makes Man More Fertil

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Have you drink coffee  this morning? Drinking coffee in the morning is habit of many peoples. Coffee can eliminate of feel sleepy and make body fresher. A cup of coffee also can make man become more fertil.  Drinking a cup of coffee is an routine activity for more people now. Feel not work maximally  if not have coffee yet. Not merely of its voluptuous fragrant but drinking coffee in the morning can improve man fertility. Some research give evidence. 

The study  which conducted by University of Sao Paulo, Brazil mentioned that drinking black coffee in the morning not only pumping the spirit but also useful to increase fertility of man. Result of research which have been publicized in Journal American at the conference for Society of Reproductive Medicine in San Antonio, mentioned that black coffee can make sperma swim quicker and improve fertility of man. Other different researcher from Sao Paulo also mentioned that people who drink black coffee in the morning has quicker sperm compared to people who don't drink coffee at all. This research involved 750 men to do vasectomy and divided to become four group pursuant to amount of drinked coffee. Among them which do not drink coffee, light drunkard ( 1-3 cups per day), drunkard ( 4-6 cups  per day) and heavy drunkard ( more than 6 cups per day), of the size 100 ml of cup. 
 From result  found, participants who drink coffee regularly every day ( 1-3 cups per day) owning the quality of sperm which far better from who do not. This matter make all researchers assume that caffeine content at coffee can assist sperm swim quicker to increase process IVF ( fertilization in-vitro), that is impregnation method outside womb. 
 What important to remember, drink coffee with few sugar, as well as with controlled of amount. Cause, drink coffee redundantly can improve risk to attack of stroke effect of existence of damage at venous wall.

Indonesian Lady Coffee

Laskary Andaly Metal Bitticaca has won the Indonesian Lady Coffee Contest 2011. She was announced as a winner on last 18 April 2011. He cast aside two other finalist, Khairun Nisa of Nanggroe Acheh of Darussalam and of Ketut Niken Aprilia of Bali.

Mela, how she is addressed feels to be challenged to follow this election because wanting to belong to popularize Indonesian coffee, especially Toraja coffee which her native land. She also interest to study coffee from various aspect, like culture, science, social, and its economic prospect. 
According to this Toraja coffee liker, Indonesia has rich potency of coffee from various area. Coffee beverage represent the part of interesting food tourism of people come to Indonesia, also at the same time improve level live farmer of coffee. This answer promoted her to assess moment jury at act ten big and accompanying her go to top three.


After girding the position as Putri Kopi Indonesia, the heavy duty awaits her, She delegates Indonesia the fourth world biggest coffee producer on the 41st of World Queen Coffee Contest in Manizales, Colombia on January 2012. Good Luck, Mela!

A Coffee Shop With Semi Naked Server

TEMPO Interaktif, Maine - This Cafe is famous with its steward. Besides friendliness, they also serve visitors at the same time bare chest. Name of this cafe, Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, Maine, United States.  The population less than 5.000 peoples, this famous direct shop was opened last two year. When seeing from its name it is not strange if visitor come to this cafe. Uniquely, naked semi steward not merely woman, but also its footman.

Recently, cafe which always full protested by some citizen. They ask this shop to be closed, the case is not because of semi naked steward, but an advertisement board write down " Boobies Wanted" or Vacancy for woman who has big breast. That advertisement board become problem because owner of shop assumed to impinge law. Board " Boobies Wanted" that does not ought to be attached there.
Owner Of Shop, Donald Crabtree . " I wish something that amuse. I wish to see people smile," word of Donald Crabtree like borrowed ideas from local newspaper, Maine Morning Sentinel. " I made a success of  it when making this shop, but now I loose my smile.
Donald tell will not surender and close this cafe. " I have struggled to ossify to open this shop during two year and now exist which wish sabotage," he said
A local priest support this closing effort. "It is non proper business, I feel everybody in Vassalboro will like if this shop is closed," said him.
But, a customer of cafe, Herman Jellison, 47 year, have other opinion. " This town always treat Donald unjustly since him reside in here," said Jellison. " People who protest better manage their/his self first.
(Daily Mail)