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Men began to drink coffee in the 12th in Africa. A legend says that around the year 1400, a shepherd in Ethiopia, named Kaldi, noticed his goat jumping merrily after they ate a red fruit. He tried to eat it and felt freshened. His wife then gave it to priest who baked it for reducing its power. But perceiving its attractive smell, he pounded it and put it in the water to extinguish the fire. He tried to drink that water and felt vigorous. Later, it was propagated by merchants.
Another legend about the history of coffee says that the first man who have known and drunk coffee was Mufti of Eden in the 9th century. Still another legend says that the first coffee drinker was an imam named Deli of the Middle East, who often felt sleep while praying. Later, he overcomes his drowsiness by drinking coffee boiled in water as someone had told him to do so. After that, the coffee drinking habit reached to the laity and became away of life in Middle East.
In the 17th century, coffee became known to the Europeans, firs to the adventurers, and the man who made coffee popular was Suliman Aga, an envoy to the King Louis XIV's Court around 1715. After that the price of coffee soared because French noblemen became coffee-addicted.
The Europeans began to know and like drinking coffee at around 19th century but this is confined to writers, poets and rich people only. The French attempted to grow coffee in the southern part of their country to no avail. The Dutch tried to do the same in Ceylon and East India and succeed, and then the French followed. The two people jealously guarded their own coffee seeds.
Upon the rise or border dispute in Ghana between France and Holland, the King of Brazil sent an envoy to mediate; who sneakily took coffee seeds to reproduce in Brazil so that this country has now become the world's largest coffee producers.
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Indonesian Coffee Culture |
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Compared with drinking tea, alcoholic beverages, wine and coffee culture is still more condensed in Indonesia. A cup of coffee can be uplifting in long day. Not surprised if a lot of coffee shops popping up, ranging from the simple to the cafe with license franchise import brands always crowded by coffeeholic .
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Kenikmatan Secangkir Kopi Luwak |
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Pernahkah anda mendengar tentang Kopi Luwak? Kopi Luwak adalah salah satu jenis biji kopi yang hanya dihasilkan di Indonesia.Selain itu kopi luwak juga merupakan biji kopi pilihan, langka dan termahal di dunia.
Harga yang begitu mahal, bisa mencapai empat juta rupiah per kilogram, ini acapkali dipublikasikan media Internasional.Setidaknya gambaran ini pernah dikupas oleh Operah Winfrey Show dengan menyebutnya " The most expensive coffee in the world," dan Majalah Forbes yang menyebut kopi ini sebagai " Number one coffee in the world."
Bagaimana kopi ini akhirnya bisa menjadi kopi termahal di dunia? Jika ditelusur lebih lanjut, proses produksi alaminya yang membuat mahal kopi ini.Proses alami ini cukup terbilang unik.
Awalnya biji kopi yang sudah merah matang dimakan oleh hewan Luwak (Paradoxorus hermaproditus). Hewan ini hanya memakan biji kopi yang berkualitas dan pilihan.
Melalui proses pencernaan yang ada di perut luwak akhirnya biji kopi terfermentasi dan biji kopi pilihan itu dikluarkan bersamaan dengan kotoran hewan.
Proses fermentasi pada pencernanaan perut binatang inilah yang meningkatkan kualitas biji kopi.Karakter special yang yang dihasilkan untuk Java “Kopi Luwak “ Robusta, : "Full body, very rich robusta flavor, less astringent and bitterness", dan tingkat keasaman begitu sempurna.
Jadi, jangan ragu menikmati kopi terbaik asal Indonesia ini.
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