Entries by toniwahid

Cold Brew at Miz Moren

Serving hot cups of coffee is nothing special, but what if it’s served cold and brewed using a cold brewer? Miz Moren café might be the first one that specializes in cold brewed coffee as its main specialty, opened early February this year. Located at Mall of Indonesia’s soho complex in Kelapa Gading, Lee Jin […]

Coffee Tree

Liu siang Deng (63), often invites his Japanese customers to try Indonesian coffee from less popular regions, because they usually opt for Torajan coffee. Although they hesitate at first, they finally pluck up the courage to be more adventurous with Indonesian coffee from other regions. Deng (or Aky, as he prefers to be called) is […]

Welhome

For those of you who are familiar with  Sunbeam tipe EM 0480  grinder from Australia, Welhome is practically its twin, except that it’s made in China and baptized with another name. Welhome is the fourth domestically purposed and daily-usage recommended grinder I’ve written, after the Latina N600 from Feima which is made in Taiwan, Ascaso i-Mini, dan […]

Presso : Redux

Many of you must be interested in starting a coffee shop, but the first obstacle is usually buying the espresso machines, which can be relatively expensive, reaching up to thousands of dollars. Presso can be a good alternative to overcome this problem, since it only costs around two hundred dollars. One coffee merchant even uses […]

Gudang Rottie Serves Coffee

Image 1: Villa Jatibening soho complex, Tol. Kav. A4, Jatibening, Bekasi, Indonesia, 17142. This is one of my favorite bakery shops – although it has only been opened for a year – but it’s so conveniently located near my house. I’ve tasted many kinds of bread in all kinds of flavor, and I’ve seen that […]

Pemenang Quiz Namai Saya

Dari hasil jawaban yang masuk, Froco telah memilih nama BHISMA dan selanjutnya akan digunakan sebagai merek mesin roasting mereka yang bekapasitas 3 kilogram. Menurut Christian Heryanto dari Froco, sebelumnya tidak  terpikir untuk menggunakan nama yang diambil dari tokoh pewayangan walau sejak dulu ia merupakan penggemar kisah Mahabarata dan Baratayudha. Nama ini dipilih karena sebagai representasi […]

Mini Vivaldi 1 (updated)

Senang rasanya bertemu dengan versi pertama La Spaziale Vivaldi seri 1 yang setelah versi teranyarnya Vivaldi II sudah saya terbitkan beberapa waktu lalu di  sini dan sini. Dari sekian banyak mesin espresso kelas prosumer, Vivaldi lah yang paling lama saya gunakan tanpa pernah menghadapi kendala apapun selain sesekali kemasukan angin karena lupa mengganti galon air. Selebihnya, inilah […]

Coffee is like Jazz

Image 1: Nazar AT Noe’man. Founder of KLCBS (Karang Layu Citra Budaya Suara) jazz radio on 100.4 fm in Bandung. Little Nazar liked to secretly sip the coffee made ​​by his father, an Indonesian famous architect, Mr. Ahmad Noe’man. “Don’t sip too much or you’ll get a moustache,” was what Ahmad Noe’man would say to […]

The Sensuality of Kopi Pangku

Image 1: … and it seems that only men can enjoy coffee while having a woman on his lap. Alcoholic beverages are commonly found in dimly lit cafés, but how about coffee? In Kesilir area, a place in Uluan, Jember, Kopi Pangku (red. Literally translated as Lap Coffee, meaning coffee that can be enjoyed with […]