Local coffee or Borneo coffee becomes a big potential if it is worked on with the government. In fact, it can become an export commodity. As stated by Dwi Wahyu Kurniawan, owner of the Borneo Coffee Bean Shop on Jalan Sidodadi 2, South Loktabat Village, South Banjarbaru District, Banjarbaru City, South Kalimantan Province (Kalsel). According to him, South Kalimantan's local coffee has export potential to countries in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. "Because of the existing demand for exports, namely from Malaysia 1 tonne and Qatar 2 tons per month. Meanwhile, responding to the export request, we ourselves as coffee farmers have not been able to fulfill it. Because, our current capacity is only 1/2 ton per month. month," he explained, Tuesday (8/2/2022). He explained that he learned about coffee from his place of birth in Jambi and he got the deepening of knowledge about coffee when he was studying for an undergraduate degree at Unsyiah Banda Aceh.
"I have learned many things from various coffee shops, including studies in Bali and some coffee-producing areas. If many are open, they will not become competitors, but they will even love it," he said. He even taught young people, farmers and farmers. indigenous peoples to become reliable professional farmers by applying the 3M principles, namely Planting, Processing, Selling. According to him, coffee plantations in South Kalimantan can become a tourist attraction and are very interesting when it comes to coffee tourism. Examples in Aceh, Yogyakarta, Banyuwangi, Jember and Bali and others. "Surely the cafe will be interesting with these characteristics," he said.
