Colol
Village is located in the Colol Valley, the first coffee plantation in
Manggarai launched by the Dutch colonial government in the 1920s. Colol is
located at an altitude of 1200-1600 meters above sea level. From here then
coffee plants spread throughout Manggarai Flores. There are six
coffee-producing villages in the valley.
The
people of East Manggarai, precisely in the Colol area, have become one of the
world's best robusta coffee producers. Being the best choice is certainly a
pride for the people of the East Manggarai Colol area.
East
Manggarai Colol Coffee Farmers are an inseparable part of the culture, even
coffee is not just a facultative activity of the Colol community, but is part
of the lifeblood. Almost all of their life the Colol farmer depended on the
agricultural product "coffee". Coffee for the Colol community as an
ancestral heritage that needs to be preserved. Therefore, coffee is not just a
means, and a symbol of culture, but also a culture itself.
There
is a unique tradition that has always been carried out by the Colol Community
to maintain the culture that has been carried out for generations with the aim
of giving thanks and a sign of gratitude to the ancestral spirits who have
planted and bequeathed coffee plantations as well as to the creator who always
maintains the garden so that it can be harvested. This tradition is in the form
of a ritual called the Adak Pua Coffee Ritual.
In
this ritual is equipped with chicken to be slaughtered, “sirih pinang” and cigarettes are placed in dinner plates,
and coffee fruits are placed in copper plates, accompanied by bonfires prepared
and surrounded by family members. This ritual is also a method believed by the
community and farmers to predict coffee yields at harvest time.
Colol
produces Arabica and Robusta coffee.
Robusta
Manggarai is very famous for its aroma and taste. The unique and distinctive
taste produced is the main attraction for coffee connoisseurs. Cultivation of
colol farmers who stick to the organic system without being given pesticide
fertilizers. Colol coffee has a smooth taste, clean and has a unique sweet
taste.
You
can taste Robusta colol coffee which is one of the best Asian robusta at Sombra Coffee. With two types of packaging of 250 gr and 1 kg, you can enjoy robusta
coffee that has its own taste and uniqueness.