Preserving the Heritage of Waerebo Coffee
Coffee is more than an economic commodity to the Waerebo community on the island of Flores. Neither is it just a hot drink to repel the cold breeze from the mountains.
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Coffee harvested by Marselus Esbi, a resident of the traditional kampung of Waerebo, Satarlenda village, West Satarmese district, Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara, Thursday (8/2/2018). Residents process their coffee up to the form of green beans.
Coffee is more than an economic commodity to the Waerebo community on the island of Flores. Neither is it just a hot drink to repel the cold breeze from the mountains. Long before tourists discovered the area, coffee has been a blessing – a breath of life.
The sun was rising as Marselus Esbi, 35, moved from one coffee tree to another carrying a small basket. He was racing against the rain that had been falling in Waerebo for a few days. Many coffee branches had been trimmed. He picked the reddish coffee beans and put them into the small basket.