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Komodo Dragon
On his personal blog, my colleague Harry Sufehmi questioned the price of a cup of coffee on Starbucks cafe which could reach 10x the price of local-branded cafe. I have posted an unusually long comment on his blog entry, though. One of my point is that my nation, Indonesia, who has unquestionably the best coffee [...]— Koen • November 7th, 2007
Warung Tinggi
Every town in Java (and other Indonesian islands as well) has their own coffee brand. Koffie Aroma from Bandung, Kapal Api from Surabaya, etc, have their own reputation regionally (and in some cases: internationally). Jakarta, as the first site in Indonesia where coffee trees were planted, has its own classical brand: Warung Tinggi. The story began [...]— Koen • October 31st, 2007
Sumatra Siborong-Borong
Black Apron Exclusive (BAE) is a term referring to very special editions (compared to ‘only’ special editions) of coffee beans released by Starbucks. Their boxes contain unique samples only from certain space-time of plantation, and from certain stories behind. The first edition was released only in 2004. Kopi Kampung, which was discussed in this blog, [...]— Koen • July 13th, 2007
Java Estate
“It came from Jampit,” she said. I read its label once more: Estate Java. Then I knew she was right. Previously, on the phone she said that Starbucks’ brand for it is Estate Java, instead of Java Estate. “It’s in East Java,” she continued, as if I didn’t listen. “But of course,” I said then, [...]— Koen • July 3rd, 2007
Kapal Api
Go Soe Loet arrived at Java island around the beginning of 20th century from Fujian. Working as a trader, he saw that many people love to drink coffee. So he decided to commence a business in coffee, in 1927. To memorise how he came to Java, he chose ‘steam ship’ as his brand. Kapal Api. [...]— Koen • July 1st, 2007
Kopi Kampung
When I was about 6 years old, I have tried to draw simple map of Indonesia. Yeah, this is Indonesia, and we learnt to love our country since childhood :). Back to drawing, my favourite island is Sulawesi. Its shape is the easiest to remember: like the letter k with horisontal head. I used to [...]— Koen • June 1st, 2007
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