Coffee Talk at Arsitek A2 Bureau

Get Back Inc. was the name of the event, which was attended by professionals working in banking, architecture, photography, property development, and even retail. Located at Arsitek A2 Associates bureau, Duta Mas Fatmawati complex, South Jakarta.

When invited by either an individual or a group who are interested to talk about coffee, I always make sure I have time to attend. The material that I discuss with is always kept light and easily digested because most of it is based on personal experience., from the science of coffee brewing to the coffee culture all over the world, as well as experiences from my travel journeys to several coffee plantations in Indonesia.  As what had happened last Saturday, where I, with Nathanael Charis from Morning Glory, attended an invitation from one of the graduates from Universita Del Cafe (UDC) – Gerardo Gani, at Arsitek A2 Associates office located at Dutamas Fatmawati, South Jakarta.

Casual chats about coffee – or qahwah in Arabic – doesn’t necessarily mean it has to be attended by many people, since the smaller the group, the more effective the interaction is, and Gani Gerardo as the host only invited his close friends who were less than ten people and worked in different professions and communities. Beginning at ten in the morning and lasted until noon, the first material was from Gani Gerardo who shared about coffee and his experience studying at UDC, even though his job as a developer had nothing to do with coffee at all.

Then there was Nathanael Charis who talked about roasting in general, and currently he is preparing a prototype of a coffee roaster which has reached its final stage which included installing a software that would facilitate the user to roast his or her own coffee. When it’s ready, he promised to invite me and introduce his latest roasting machine to the readers of Cikopi.com through me, and hopefully it will be ready soon. The event became even more interesting as the making of espresso was demontrated with a La Marzocco machine using coffee from Morning Glory.

I’d like to say thank you to all the participants who attended the event, and the lovely souvenir for me.

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Bincang kopi di Biro Arsitek A2

Sepanjang waktunya sesuai dengan primbon, saya selalu menyempatkan hadir bila diundang oleh individu atau kelompok mana saja yang tertarik mendengar berbagai bincang tentang kopi. Materi yang saya bawakan selalu ringan dan semoga mudah dicerna karena sebagian besar dari pengalaman personal. Dari mulai matematika seduh atau brewing kopi, sekilas kultur kopi di berbagai negara, dan beberapa dari hasil perjalanan di berbagai daerah di Indonesia. Seperti hari Sabtu tadi saya hadir bersama Nathanael Charis dari Morning Glory untuk memenuhi undangan salah seorang lulusan Universita Del Cafe (UDC) Gerardo Gani yang bertempat di kantor arsitek A2 Associates kawasan Dutamas Fatmawati, Jakarta Selatan.

Obrolan santai tentang topik qahwah tak mesti harus dihadiri banyak orang, kelompok kecil biasanya jauh lebih efektif agar interaksinya dan Gani Gerardo sang tuan rumah hanya mengundang rekan dekatnya kurang dari 10 orang yang terdiri dari berbagai profesi dan komunitas dimulai sejak jam 10 pagi hingga sore hari.  Materi pertama dari Gani Gerardo yang berbagi tentang kopi dari  pengalamannya sejak menimba ilmu di UDC walau pekerjaan sehari-harinya sebagai pengembang tak punya kaitan apapun dengan kopi.

Lalu ada Nathanael Charis yang berbicara tentang roasting secara umum dan saat ini ia sedang mempersiapkan prototip mesin goreng kopi yang sudah mencapai tahap akhir berikut piranti lunak yang sedikitnya akan memudahkan setiap orang untuk me-roast sendiri. Saat sudah siap ia berjanji untuk mengundang saya dan memperkenalkan mesin penggoreng kopi terbarunya kepada para pembaca, semoga dalam waktu tak lama lagi. Selain itu juga didemonstrasikan cara pembuatan espresso dengan mesin espresso La Marzocco dengan kopi Morning Glory.

Terima kasih buat semua yang sudah hadir dan oleh-olehnya buat saya 🙂