The young man's fingers look nimble and agile when he saw the red coffee coffee.Not satisfied from one tree, then move to another tree.In the instant, the coffee beans have been cooked iti already meet the basket that is filled in hand kirinyanya.Sali-times, this middle-aged young man wiped the sweat that poured from his forehead.
Amri, a cottage villager Sayuri, I met him at the beginning of mei then.Disana, amri not alone.Ia helped by his wife and two children picking fruit coffee in fauzan alia field, the owner of the garden in kampingnya.Sosoknya look polite but not talkative . His smile only occasionally looks fluffy when I try to greet him.
Bang, I want to rain again soon. So I was a little rushed, afraid of not being overtaken target picked coffee fruit, said amri with polite tone.
I nodded her approval. Still, I persuaded him to be willing to share my stories and experiences with me
Amri finally willing to meet me in fauzan's hut. Initially, amri only willing to sit for a while, but on fauzan festival, he finally willing to share the story with me to go to evening.
The man who only educated junior high school admitted already hanging his life as coffee pickers. He and his wife get a reward depends on the coffee holder that picked when we picked more and more we get paid. If longer harvest season like this is quite enough to eat, can be 80 to 100 thousand rupiah said amri.
The same thing also expressed fauzi alia, the owner of the coffee garden to me. The figure who is familiarly called fauzan admitted, at this time there is no seriousness of local government to empower and pay attention to the fate of coffee farmers.
Though Gayo coffee is already famous in seantro archipelago, even to foreign countries. But look at the fate of our brothers here as coffee pickers whose majority is done by women. They have very little wages. Whereas the glues greatly contribute to the production of this arabica coffee, said fauzan again.
Fauzan told, the contribution of the pickers of garden copies and coffee sorters in the factories did not bring changes to the fate of their economy. It turned out that the fragrance and taste of Gayo coffee that has been known in various parts of the world, still not able to scent the economic life of its workers.
Yes, our future hopes must have serious attention from our government. At least they can get a decent wage according to UMP along with other health insurance. Their wages are not for other needs sometimes their wages are only enough to buy two glasses of esoresso only when viewed from their net income, said fauzan alia.
On the hill, the nentari looks inclined towards the western horizon. Cold Haea increasingly felt piercing bones. Amri and his wife and children said good-bye to return home. Me and fauzan also rushed off the hills. Above a motorbike fauzan bumped past the hills and valleys. Along the way, my eyes continued to look at the expanse of hill tops that blend in with the valley has been shrouded in thick fog. The cold was increasingly felt when the sun disappeared and changed the night. The thick fog continues to spread to the residential areas of the residents.
That is how little the story of Amri. He is one of the portraits of so many genuine Arabica coffee pickers who are still living below the poverty line. In my mind I always imagine how great and true they are because they have contributed to the famous Gayo coffee to the whole world even though not get a good deal.