Cabang Jawa Tengah dari Asosiasi Eksportir Kopi Indonesia (AEKI) mengatakan bahwa permintaan untuk kopi luwak, sejenis kopi khas Indonesia dan dikenal sebagai kopi termahal di dunia, telah menurun sejak tahun 2013. Kopi luwak adalah jenis kopi yang luar biasa karena dibuat dari biji-biji yang telah melalui sistem pencernaan luwak. Proses produksinya yang padat karya dan kelangkaannya di pasar global menyebabkan harga mahal kopi luwak.

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Brazil has been in the spotlight as recent developments in this country influence global prices of coffee and sugar. There are currently two factors at play in Brazil, the world’s leading coffee and sugar supplier. First, ongoing drought has sharply pushed up the price of coffee. Secondly, the market is hopeful that reform-minded candidate Aécio Neves wins the Brazilian presidential election in the second voting round. This has given Brazil’s currency (real) a boost against the US dollar, and thus impacted on prices of coffee and sugar.

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