Rudy J. Pesik & and 2nd event of Putri Kopi Indonesia

Chairman and CEO of PT Birotika Semesta (DHL), apart from many other positions he holds, including the Vice President of Asia Pacific Chamber of Commerce. Donning a Manadonese ikkat shirt, Rudy J. Pesik welcomed me at Kopi Kamu, located…

Hideo Gunawan

Image 1: Hideo Gunawan is 26 years old – the youngest roaster I’ve ever met – and within him there are a lot of potentials to become a legendary coffee roaster. Hideo Gunawan probably still remembers the law of Brownian Motion…

Datuk Doddy Samsura : Barista Asia

Did you know that Doddy Samsura (29) only lost 2 points with the first winner of New Zealand’s Asia Barista Championship 2012 at the Food & Hoteal Asia convention in Singapore, on 17 – 20 April 2012. A “civic duty” prevented…

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.…

Surip Mawardi - an epitome of integrity

Dr. Surip Mawardi. : The Main Researcher at the Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute in Jember, earned a Doctorate degree in Agronomy majoring in plant breeding. His contributions are innumerable and his name is always mentioned…

Toffin

Tonny Arifin is not the type of guy who likes publicity, and I was always met with refusals everytime I stated my intention to write about him, even though I’ve known him since mid 2009, at the time a Specialty Coffee Association of Kaskus…

Maharaja Coffee

Kalau saja Kasmito Darma tidak diasupi kopi luwak setiap hari oleh kakak iparnya dulu, mungkin tidak akan pernah ada Maharaja Coffee. Sudah hampir tiga tahun ini Kasmito betah berada di domain penjualan kopi luwak liar yang pasarnya terus…

Qertoev

Di sebuah jalanan di pelosok Pondok ranji Ciputat yang minim penerangan saya bertemu dengan Win Hasnawi (36 tahun), petani kopi Gayo.  Saya merupakan penikmat kopi Gayo dan merupakan salah satu alasan kedatangan ke gudang Qertoev, nama…

Kopi Aroma : Widya Pratama

Coba tebak berapa banyak pakaian yang dipunyai Widya Pratama (59 tahun), pemilik kopi Aroma Bandung ? Jangan heran karena selama bertahun-tahun ia selalu setia mengenakan pakaian kebesaran berwarna coklat sebagai seragam di tokonya dan warna…