Food Expo Jogja
Mesin Espresso
Perhaps many of you are not aware that Jogjakarta just recently held it’s fourth annual Food Expo, from June 16 to 20 May 2012. There wasn’t much publication to publicize this event, but I went there nevertheless. It was the umpteenth…
Hideo Gunawan
Coffeelicious People
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…
Kwang Koan
Cafe & Travelling
More often than not, the discovery of a coffee shop that totally captures your heart comes in the most unexpected way, and Kwang Koan – meaning “a gathering place” –is definitely it. This coffee shop is not your typical glamorous…
Kopi Q Bandung
Cafe & Travelling
Two years ago – in the exact same month as now – Dian Wirawan (32) noticed that his tiny espresso machine’s boiler temperature had risen, despite it having the capacity of less than 0.5 liters. His baristas had to wait for a while…
Baratza Encore
Grinder Kopi
When I first started looking for a coffee grinder, Baratza was included in the list of my most coveted devices, but unfortunately at that time, this item was not yet available in Indonesia. The Vario type that I once wrote about has also…
Espresso Orgasmic : La Marzocco Strada
Mesin Espresso
Good news; La Marzocco Strada has finally landed safe and sound in Jakarta, but your curiosity regarding the taste of coffee produced by this seriously pricey espresso machine will have to wait until the end of May. A café on Gandaria street…
Der Kaffee Kombinationskraftwagen : Coffee Combi
Cafe & Travelling
It is on a 1973 Volkswagen Combi parked in ITB’s (Bandung Institute of Technology) campus – located on Ganeca street, Bandung – that Rahadika WN (a Communication management student from University of Padjajaran) opens his unique coffee…
Datuk Doddy Samsura : Barista Asia
Coffeelicious People
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…
Macap MX
Grinder Kopi
Macap isn’t yet well known in Indonesia, but this Venetian-based company has already made quite a reputation as a leading manufacturer for high-quality grinders. It has been manufacturing all kinds of grinders since 1930, mainly for the…