South Korea is one in every of the most important coffee consumers on this planet. At least for Kyungjin Lee, a South Korean journalist, drinking coffee on daily basis after lunch is a must. He particularly likes coffee from Java and says its taste is different from many other Koreans.
Indonesia is expanding trade opportunities in South Korea and this time the move will excite the taste buds of Koreans. The Indonesian government planned to open a coffee shop in South Korea in the subsequent few months. It will likely be situated on Bojeong-dong Café Street in Gyeong gi Province, near Seoul. The space for the shop itself is provided by the South Korean government.
Kyungjin Lee said that individuals in Korea love going to Bojeong-dong Cafe Street. It may be very crowded, especially on weekends. So there will likely be a great opportunity to open an Indonesian cafe in Bojeong-dong Cafe.
According to the Indonesian government, this figure reflects the large export potential that coffee has to supply. “South Korea, being one of the largest coffee consumers in the world, should buy more coffee from Indonesia,” said Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Anak Agung Gede Puspayoga.
The Indonesian specialty coffee shop will initially sell coffee beans grown in three cities: Temanggung in Central Java, Denpasar in Bali and Bandung in West Java. Bandung will present its Priyangan coffee and Denpasar will present its version Mongoose coffee — the famous civet coffee and Temanggung are Arabica and Robusta coffee.
Indonesian bakers have a probability to expand in South Korea too, because of intensive baking workshops organized by the South Korean government. As reported by The Jakarta Post, the South Korean government will partner with Indonesian food giant Indofood Sukses Makmur to arrange workshops for SMEs on the Indofood network.
“Our entrepreneurs will be trained to bake bread according to their standards so that it can eventually be exported to South Korea and meet people’s tastes there,” Puspayoga said.
I Wayan Dipta, the ministry’s assistant for SME research, said the coffee and bread cooperation might be the start of a long-term partnership between Indonesia and South Korea.
He said the ministry would immediately form a joint committee consisting of representatives of relevant ministries from each countries to discover potential SME products to be further promoted in the long run.
Source: Jakarta Post
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