Red Tea Business Opportunity
Not Just Local Market, Market Internasionalpun glance. Red tea products from plants Rosella (Hibiscus sabdarilla) may not for a brother that is the product of green tea and black tea. But who would have thought if the business is a red tea is becoming very slow moncer. Not only the local market but the market want it Internasionalpun come memesanya.
For Elmas Handi Prabowo, bitter getinya business selling red tea is only a year he had a commitment. New around February 2008 and began planting seeds Elmas red tea with a way to rent land in the area .. Songgokerto Stone At that time, he was not convinced that red tea would boom like this. However, due to strong encouragement from his parents, And he was reluctant to try.
“Armed with USD 15 million from personal savings, I started glancing at the empty land in the Stone cold regions. To rent an area of 4 hectares a year set at USD 10 million, the remainder to buy seeds for Rp 200,000 per kg and for processing costs, “said Elmas initiated the talks.
Elmas is not running his own business, he was accompanied by his brother Diah who served his red tea products to market. In the first month of planting, Elmas had confessed stress because of crop failure due to rain constantly.
“The new interest Kuntum four-month-old suddenly wilted heavy rain continuously. As a result, the red flower tea can not be picked because of death of all. But now I do not intend to switch to other businesses because responsibility had already issued capital, “said an Electrical Engineering graduate of the UK Petra.
At present, every two weeks so he could pick flowers dibudidayakanya red tea. Once processed manually, the red Itupun products are sold in sequence from friend to friend, and through the website. Although the cultivation of red tea is now enough public interest, Elman was not intended to be mass marketed to the supermarkets. The reason, elaborate procedures and the production capacity is not sufficient land.
“Four acres of Land which I rent was only able to produce 500 kilograms of wet rosella flowers per week. State of Mexico and Zimbabwe actually had order my red tea production, except that no stock was put on hold, “he continued.
Today, the father of two children was intended to extend about five hectares of land in the area again Batu Karang Lo. Based on the research, Rosella flowers was sour when mixed with water, rich in iron, vitamins A and C, calcium, and fiber. High calcium helps the growth and strength of bones and teeth. Medium Vitamin A and C and calcium are useful for healthy eyes, skin, and bones, and fiber is necessary to improve the digestive system.
For the packaging of red tea in the Give brand “Semar”, Elmas menjualnyaseharga USD 7000 for packing 50 grams of dried flower-shaped, and the powders are sold USD 7500 for 50 grams of packaging and packaging Rp 13.000 for 100 grams.
“I also sell bulk dried flowers for Rp 55,000 per kg. So people can buy and resell it with a different brand, “He said, earnings per month is derived from the sale of red tea has currently reached the range of USD 4 million to 5 million. However, while the market was bustling earnings obtained could exceed these achievements.
Red tea brand marketing Semar is still routine in around Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Denpasar, and Jakarta. “Pray that in 2009 this semester red tea production could increase as the expansion of land that we do,” added Elmas. And this could be a tea tea a franchise can be like the other species that have been used to develop the tea franchise business.