Slamet Mountain

Slamet mountain is a volcano located on the island of Java, Indonesia. Slamet mountain has a height of up to 3.432 meters. This mountain is located on the border and District Banyumas Pemalang Regency, Central Java Province.

Gunung Slamet is one of the mountain, which is the purpose of the expedition climber, both from the local area and other regions. This mountain has dipterokarp hill forest area, forest dipterokarp top, montane forest, and forest ericaceous or mountain forests.

Gunung Slamet skirt Purbalingga District, Banjarnegara, Banyumas, and Brebes. With the geographic position of 7 ° 14'30 "LS, 109 ° 12'30" BT and the height of 3432m dpl, is making the highest volcanoes in the area of Central Java. This mountain has four craters on the peak. Mountain which is located in the northern city of Purwokerto and west of the city Purbalingga also has several hot springs.

The last few months Slamet mountain activities have increased. Results and observation data in the Observation Post of Mount Slamet in Gambuhan, he said, from 26-27 April, earthquake shocks, and incandescent lava eruption from the mountain, tended to increase. On 26 April there are 222 earthquakes recorded eruption. This number increase to 333 times the earthquake eruption on 27 April. Thus, the activity of Mount Slamet not show a decline. Incandescent lava eruption also remain the same as the average altitude of between 50-600 meters.

Indonesia Forest

Diversity of fauna in Indonesia is very high this is supported with the land, geographic location and climate conditions. This plus the diversity of plants as a habitat for animals. Forest destruction and the habitat that is home to animals still continues, so too with the hunting, catching, pollution, and others. One of the efforts to protect animals from extinction is a threat to the Law of Conservation of Natural Resources and Life Ekosistemnya. Until now, the number of animals that have been protected by law is 100 kinds of mammals, 246 birds and 29 reptilia, 6 kinds of fresh fish, and 20 types of butterfly and 15 species of marine animals vertebrata endangered have been reserved.

Each year, the Indonesian Government to consent to the clearing 1.8 million hectares of forest, or the same extent with the broad island of Bali. Not only that, Indonesia also predicate the state's fastest forest by the Guinness World Record.

Indonesia has a diversity of flora and fauna, more species than the number of Africa. Ten percent (10%) of all flowering plant species in Indonesia (+ / - 27,500 species in Australia), 12% types of mammal in the world, 16% type of reptilia and amphibia of the world (+ / - 1539 species), 25% species of fish in the world and 17% birds in the world. Among these species there are 430 species of birds and 200 mammals that does not exist in other places and only in Indonesia, for example orangutans, Komodo biawak, sumatera tiger, rhinoceros bred, rhinoceros sumatera and several types of birds (birds of paradise). (Source: BAPPENAS. Biodiversity Action Plan for Indonesia, 1993 & World Conservation Monitoring Committee, 1994).

Tropical rain forest in Indonesia consists of many tree. Approximately 4,000 species that grow on the formation of various types of forests and forest and are known around 400 species of trees have been known commercial timber value.

Tegal people have their own tea

Tegal Tea (better known as the tea poci; also Slawi tea) is the typical tea Tegal, Indonesia. This special tea aroma and taste quite sepet. This meal is served drinks with sugar and more fitting stone drunk while still warm, slightly hot.

Culture poci tea or moci has become a tradition for Tegal, is due to the growth of the tea factories in Tegal in 1930-an who was evoke tradition. Tea into incentive since the colonial era up to now and has become the local culture.

Kabupaten Tegal indeed have a lot of tea plantations and industries, both large and small, among others, PT. Gunung Slamet whose products include Cap Poci Tea, Tea Bottle Cap, Cap Berko Tea, Tea "Trumpet", Tea "Brand Shoes", Tea "Sosro" and also the supplier of raw materials for the PT. Sinar Sosro with products Sosro Bottle Tea, Fruit Tea, and S-tee and Tebs. Also PT. Naga pole that produces tea and Tang Two Tjatoet Tea, Tea Company "Two Birds" producing Tong Tji.

To meet the demand supply of the tea industry in Tegal, some raw materials shipped from the West is the largest tea production centers in Indonesia. Supply of leaf tea plantation West Java is then processed in factories Tegal into several types of tea. In addition to fragrant jasmine tea (jasmine tea), also produced the type of green tea and black tea.

Tegal tea or often called Slawi tea, became special when served with the hot water in poci gerabah, Poci Tea is served with rock sugar. That makes it become like that because, when served with tea in hot water, which gerabah-permeable pore that react with the tea and cause the characteristic odor. Some like tea, if presented in poci ceramic or porcelain. According to them, in this poci, steaming hot tea detained in ceramic wall so hard that any type of tehnya, the smell will not be damaged.

Gerabah is very unique in its use. If you buy gerabah (poci) for use at home, that do not directly fill it with hot water and tea and then you drink. Gerabah this should be filled with hot water and tea as "rendaman" for 7 days. Change the water and tea every day. This is meant to smell the original clay of the gerabah can be removed with a tea fragrance, so fresh when used heavily to drink.