Palembang coffee business opportunity is promising

Palembang (ANTARA News) - Business opportunities of coffee beans or coffee shops in the city of Palembang, South Sumatra, are quite promising because the education about coffee on the people is increasing.

The coffee business in the city is currently relatively thriving, so sales turnover of coffee beans including the number of visitors to coffee shops has increased 20 to 30 percent each month, said Fadel (24), the owner of "Kedai Kopi Baik" when met at the Kampung Arab Al-Munawir Palembang coffee festival, Sunday.

Meanwhile, according to the owner of the Cofeephile Coffee Shop, located on Jalan Demang Lebar Daun, Asep Imam Somanhudi (24), every year the number of coffee shops in Palembang continues to increase, so next year there is still a chance the number of either coffee bean producers or coffee shop owners will increase.

This is supported by the emergence of various festivals and events that introduce coffee to the public, he added.

The increasing trend that lured a coffee businessman from Semende, Muaraenim Regency, Sunarno (54) to start a coffee shop business in the empek-empek city. However, the business is still faced with problems of funds and location.

The coffee business in Palembang is quite promising, especially after seeing the high enthusiasm of visitors to the Kampung Arab Al-Munawir Coffee Festival for the last two days, said Sunarno.

The owner of Kedai Kopi Baik, Faadel added, the coffee business does not need huge capital, enough with six to 10 million rupiah.

"The enthusiasm of the people toward Kampung Al-Munawir Coffee Festival is quite high, which is proven by the amount of visitors that came exceeding the expectation of the organizers," said the head of the organizing committee, Robi Sunata.

He explained, the coffee festival involved 16 businessmen and coffee shop owners in the city of Palembang, Pagaralam, Empat Lawang and Muaraenim - the best coffee producing region in South Sumatra.

Kampung Al-Munawir became the destination of the coffee festival because in the Dutch colonial period, the area had already concocted coffee with unique mixed herbs.

After the Independence Day, the coffee produced by Kampung Al-Munawir became known with various brands, such as ABK and Sendok Emas, said Muhammad bin Abdul Kadir (58), one of the traditional leaders and sixth generation in the village.

Editor: Tasrief Tarmizi

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