Fragrant tea

KOMPAS.com - Sound the trumpet sounding board for the third time to the houses in Makassar, South Sulawesi, within a radius of 3 kilometers. That is, the ocean liner set sail. It also means coffee, tea, nutmeg, pepper, cloves, sesame, flying fish roe, and seaweed from Indonesia went to eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.
Since the 15th century, European sailors and merchants, for instance from the English, Dutch, and Portuguese, have smelled the sweet aroma of coffee and tea country. They are also interested in the nutmeg, pepper, cloves, and even chili. They even invaded the country these islands.
However, since several decades, Indonesia became the greatness of a country audience in the plantations of tea, coffee, and pepper. Exports of tea is still heavy, but not seheboh first. Total exports 112,500 tons of tea, but imports reached 24,000 tons. Indonesia is still a surplus of matter. However, the growing imports of Indonesia seems strange because the lush tea producer.
In the coffee stage, Indonesia also troubling. In 2011, total coffee exports 352,007 tons, down 21 percent from 2010. The coffee production in 2011 as much as 633,900 tons, down 7 percent from 2010. In 2012 coffee production would fall to 600,000 tonnes. The import of coffee (coffee beans, instant coffee, and processed coffee) in the period January-April 2012 as many as 38 799 tons. The same period last year was only 27,505 tons.
It is more dramatic, some countries, such as England, India, Pakistan, and China, not only run fast in producing tea, but also build a big name. In the crowded world markets covered English tea, Sri Lanka, India, and China. Very familiar to our ears to hear English or English breakfast tea, Japanese tea, and Oeloong cha. Rarely discussed in a coffee shop or in the cafes concerning Indonesian tea or Java tea.
Indonesia lost production dropped and imports rose. In terms of names, Indonesia also lost. This country had tea fragrance and quality, but without the name. Certainly a lot of tea mentioned earlier could be partly produced in Indonesia. Unfortunately, no trace of the name of Indonesia. It's called "chicken had eggs, cows can be called" alias "egg".
If you have time, try to come to the cafes in various major cities in Indonesia. What percent of tea and coffee as Indonesia? It is not clear, whether the authorities of this country bothered to hear the names of the foreign smell of tea and coffee.
It may seem trivial. The problem is, we are of pure exporters importers turned to coffee and tea. Many of the causes of this decline, including the optimization of land that has not been achieved and the lack of interest and a coffee and tea planting area.
The ocean liner was sailing, but the fragrant scent of tea and coffee smelled only a moment.