In Aceh, the coffee is not merely taste and BREW. For most people in Aceh, the coffee was also very instrumental in braiding familiarity and friendship. Thus was born the term in Aceh "ngon bloe ie kupi " mean the bonus wage work (intensive) of a superior to his subordinate or from Foreman to workers.
In the 15th century Aceh was major Pepper producing countries in the world, approximately 2,718-ton/year of pepper in Pidie and Pasai exported to various countries even up to the Turkey. Tome Pires (1512-1515). Year-year of the triumph of Pepper aceh now ends after the Netherlands declared war on Aceh on 26 March 1873.
Netherlands successful military aggression had ruined the economy of Aceh at that time. With the help of investors in Europe in 1924 sparked the Netherlands Program "Product for Future ". start making farm land in Aceh dominated plant coffee, tea and vegetables. (John r. Bowen, Sumatran Politics and Poetics, Gayo History 1900-1989, page 76).
As many as 13,000 hectares more of land, in Aceh have been planted with Coffee at the time. So when the Netherlands leaving Aceh in 1945, the land land switch hands of Netherlands to the people of Aceh
The adoption of these new plants then developed in aceh until now to achieve the standard of international trade. The triumph of Pepper Aceh now changed with the triumph of the Aceh Coffee.
