Just and Fair Coffee Business in Malang Raya

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Coffee farmer Eko Yudi Sukriyanto from Wonosari hamlet, Sukodono village, Dampit district, Malang regency, holds red and green coffee beans from his coffee plantation in Malang regency on Sunday (21/5/2017). Higher quality and pricier coffee comes from red-colored coffee beans.

“If you want to go quickly, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together.” The African proverb is quite suitable to illustrate the world of coffee in Malang Raya, East Java, in recent years. Locals join hands in implementing a just and fair coffee business for farmers, traders and consumers.

“We don‘t dry coffee beans on the cement floor or on the ground because the coffee, like a sponge, absorbs the smell around it. We don’t want our coffee to be contaminated with the smell of cement or soil," said Eko Yudhi Sukriyanto, a coffee farmer in Wonosari, Dampit district, Malang regency, on Saturday.