PT Volkopi Indonesia Sells only the Best Coffee Bean
“
I hope
our research can have a valuable impact on many generations to come”, said Mr. Michael Lutz (General Manager of PT Volkopi Indonesia) to Sabam Malau. The signed MoU (Memorandum of Undestanding), click page The Lake Toba Coffee Research Initiative (LTCRI) Project.
Picture 1: Michael Lutz and
Sabam Malau discussing at Lutz’s office. Photo taken on 12 September 2011.
Sabam Malau and Michael
Lutz met and discussed in a friendly
atmosphere on 12 September 2011 at Volkopi Indonesia’s office at Jalan Pelajar Timur Gang
Sempurna 15 Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Both agreed to continue good
relationship, and decided to start a new form of cooperation. Both established
collaboration in coffee breeding research to develop and find new genotype
(variety) that will be resistant to Coffee Berry Borer (CBB). The cooperation
is starting since 12 September 2011. Clik “Coffee Breeding by PT Volkopi Indonesia and NSCF” to read the brief explanation about this research.
Sabam Malau discussed also
with Eko Purnomowidi (Manager) and Uden Banu (Quality Manager) and Vo The Hien
(Production Manager at Dak Man, Vietnam). I was very impressed by their professionality and competency in doing their jobs.
Picture 2. Sabam Malau (left), Vo The
Hien (center) and Eko Purnomowidi (right) standing in the Laboratory of PT Volkopi Indonesia
in Medan.
Picture 3. Michael Lutz (left), Eko Purnomowidi (center) and Uden Banu (right) doing C-Test. They do C-Test regularly at this Laboratory of Volkopi Indonesia in Medan to ensure that only the best quality of coffee bean will be sold.
At that laboratory, I drank Blue
Batak Coffee which was very delicious, fragrant, special and specific. The Blue Batak Coffee is a great coffee.
On 9 September 2011, Sabam Malau
visited Volkopi’s Station at Sigumpar. Sabam Malau was very impressed by Volkopi’s
staffs at Station Sigumpar such as Mr. Roberto Cardona (Chief Agronomist, Alumnus of University Zamorano in Honduras), Ms. Mita Sihombing and Mr. Eman. They are professional: they know what they
must know, and they know how to do it, and they can do it.
Picture 4. Sabam Malau, Roberto Cardona, Eman, and coffee
farmers (B Sihombing, R Purba, L Sihombing) discussing in front of coffee
farmer’s house locates 20 meter from their coffee field.
Picture 5: Ms. Mita Sihombing, a professional field staff of PT Volkopi Indonesia at Sigumpar Station, explaining the Broca Trap program.
Picture 6. Broca Trap. This coffee
farmer is facilitated and assisted by PT Volkopi Indonesia in fighting CBB. At
this coffee field, I found a very few (insignificant) incidence of CBB attact. Congratulations to PT Volkopi Indonesia !!
Those all mentioned above indicate that PT Volkopi Indonesia sells only the best bean of coffee from North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. Salute, Bravo, congratulations and celebrations !!
Dr. Sabam Malau
NSCF Chairman