Students of Diponegoro University Thematic Real Work Lecture (KKN) for the period of January 5 – February 15 2022 made a work program with the theme “Optimizing Coffee Processing into Various Products in Kalisidi Village, Mrunten Wetan Hamlet, Ungaran Barat District, Semarang Regency”. Coffee plants are one of the potentials in Kalisidi Village. The coffee beans are processed into KOBUKA (Kalisidi Powder Coffee) which is one of the products produced and produced directly from Kalisidi village, West Ungaran, Semarang Regency.

Nowadays, it is still rare for coffee to be processed into non-food products, most of the people who like the aroma of coffee, but there are those who cannot consume coffee. Some of the Mrunten Wetan community are unable to consume coffee due to health factors and as we know that one of the impacts of Covid-19 is mental health where excessive stress and depression have a bad impact on our health, therefore ideas and innovations emerged to processing coffee into non-food products, namely Aromatherapy Candle of Coffee.Coffee Aromatherapy Candles can be an alternative for coffee aroma lovers which have many benefits such as stress relief because of its Chlorogenic and Caffeine content which helps relax, can be used as decoration or decoration, and can be a source of light when the electricity is out.

“In the 2022 Undip Thematic Community Service Program in Kalisidi Village, Mrunten Wetan Hamlet, Ungaran Barat District, Semarang Regency. We held an Expo and outreach to the community including teenagers and young people and children to introduce products made by the Undip KKN Team students. One of the products is Coffee Aromatherapy Candle, which is part of my Monodisciplinary Work Program,” said Septi Enjelina Sitio, a student of Undip KKN.

Septi said the manufacturing process is shaved wax or paraffin to make it easy to melt/melt, put the shaved wax/paraffin into the can, heat the shaved wax until it melts, mix 2-3 tablespoons of coffee powder (KOBUKA) into the wax, add 4 drops of coffee essence, stir until the coffee powder and essence are evenly mixed, provide a container and a candle wick, pour the wax solution into a glass container/glass, let the wax sit for 1 night so that it is perfectly firm.

In addition, he also carried out socialization of the process of making Kalisidi Robusta Coffee Jam which aims to educate the public, including teenagers and young people in Mrunten Wetan Hamlet.

“The ingredients used to make coffee jam are ground coffee/instant coffee, cocoa powder milk, granulated sugar, wheat flour, butter, water. Put all the ingredients of water, sugar, powdered milk, ground coffee into a stainless pan except flour and butter, stir the ingredients until well blended, then cook over low heat and while stirring, then add the flour that has been dissolved in water after the jam start to thicken, add butter and stir until the jam is completely thickened, the coffee jam is ready to be served and consumed,’ he explained.

Yuni Mardianto as the head of Mrunten Wetan Hamlet, Kalisidi Village strongly supports the idea and innovation of processing and utilizing this Kalisidi specialty coffee. Mrunten Wetan youth to become an idea to start entrepreneurship and work. (Septi-West Ungaran KKN Student)

Source: Universitas Diponegoro