Apa yang menarik dalam kompetisi Barista tahun mendatang ? Di selenggarakan dalam sebuah rangkaian road show ke lima kota besar Indonesia, Bandung. Jogja, Surabaya, Bali, dan tentu saja Jakarta yang akan menjadi tuan rumah di akhir kompetisi, selain tempat babak eliminasi Diselenggarakan oleh Asosiasi Kopi Spesial Indonesia dan akan dinilai oleh para juri dengan akreditasi [...]

Siaran Pers Dari Panitia Lelang Kopi SCAI : Indonesia merupakan negara produsen kopi ketiga terbesar dunia setelah Brazil dan Vietnam. Dari total produksi, sekitar 70% kopi IndonesiaA untuk diekspor sedangkan sisanya (30%) untuk memenuhi kebutuhan dalam negeri. Sebagai negara produsen kopi, sasaran utama ISCA adalah untuk meningkatkan ekspor kopi dengan memasarkan produk-produk kopi berkualitas yang [...]

My article featured in Coffee Tea & I Magazine. This is the full transcript. Enjoy ! Tradition, closeness, and a strong sense of equality. These were, I figured, the most common reasons why these young men were here. I am not talking about a community center. It is a coffee shop! While Starbucks and its [...]

Walau terlambat hampir setengah jam, Michael Gibbons, Business Development Manager PT Bahana Genta Viktory tetap bewajah sumringah bertemu saya di kantornya. Pertama kali bertemu Michael dalam acara Jakarta Cullinary Festival di Social House, Grand Indonesia hampir setahun yang lalu saat ia menunjukan keahliannya sebagai seorang barista yang jago  dengan latte art. PT Bahana dikenal sebagai [...]

Starbucks International sudah lama bekerjasama dengan Saeco yang merilis Starbucks Barista, salah satu mesin espresso populer khususnya di Amerika. Mesin semi automatis ini sudah dihentikan peredarannya dan di Indonesia baru saja dirilis  mesin terbaru keluaran Saeco Incanto (14 jutaan)  dan Veneto (sekitar 8 jutaan) yang keduanya dijual di Starbucks. Mesin ini melengkapi alat kopi yang [...]

The journalist from Kontan, called me and would like to have an interview about coffee after they read my coffee blog as recommended by Uji Saptono, a coffee lover and an administrator a special coffee community page in Facebook. I am thrilled to share the full transcript of the article below. However, I have reiterated [...]

When Yuli Swandy, a mother and coffee farmer from Palopo Toraja, South Sulawesi started her coffee business two years back, she never thought it will be growing so fast. “I wouldn’t dare to dream at all” She said with laughter  during my conversation in her exhibition booth at Agro & Food Expo 2010 in JHCC [...]

It has been two years typing caffeine in my blog and delighted to mark the this endless journey of cikopi.com with a very special commemoration post reminiscing about 2 years that have passed. It is just a small reflection when I am started creating my coffee blog just to  share my coffee passion and personal [...]

Hall no. 4 in Singapore Expo was everything about coffee, espresso machine, coffee grinder, barista gear, and items related to this beverage. As some of you may have noticed, I was in Singapore last week, the first overseas trip of cikopi.com visiting the 12th Food & Hotel Exhibition along with Asia Barista Championship which had been [...]

These were the days when top baristas from Asian countries showing-off their coffee making skills in front of six accredited judges who will scrutinize their techniques, taste, and overall performances. The two days event were held at Singapore Expo in conjunction with 12th Food & Hotel Exhibition on April 21-22 and I had the privilege [...]