Papua Province's Co-operatives, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, and Manpower Office head Omah Laduani Ladamay. (ANTARA/Qadri Pratiwi).
The Papuan authority has been tasked with marketing Papuan products, which includes Papuan coffee and other main products (of the province)Paniai Coffee, a variety of coffee grown in the Paniai region in Papua, will be showcased during the G20 events organized next July under Indonesia's G20 Presidency in Nusa Dua, Bali, a province's official stated.
Head of Papua Province's Co-operatives, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, and Manpower Office Omah Laduani Ladamay spoke of having met Paniai District Head Meky Nawipa to discuss the region's readiness to facilitate the plan.
"The Papuan authority has been tasked with marketing Papuan products, which includes Papuan coffee and other main products (of the province)," Ladamay stated here on Monday.
The office head noted that cultivation methods for coffee, grown on the highlands, located at an average height of 1,300-2,000 meters above sea level, was one major factor that gave Papuan coffee its unique taste and aroma.
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Local coffee farmers in Paniai have used coffee beans from the Blue Mountains region in Jamaica due to which one can get the light taste with floral aroma, mild acidity, and near-zero bitterness in every coffee sip, he explained.
"According to our estimation, we will ready one shipping container for the coffee and invite some coffee communities having the best coffee quality and quantity," he remarked.
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The marketing process will start in June at Nusa Dua, Bali, and will continue until the G20 Summit next November, he remarked, adding that some other Papuan products apart from coffee will also be marketed.
"The central government will facilitate the exhibition space while our task will be to prepare the products. We have set up a team that will oversee the production (process), and we are currently curating other products (for the exhibition)," Ladamay remarked.
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