Starbucks Indonesia Continues to Grow
Originally Posted By: Polisi Cepek
I don't like starbucks on principle - creepy cookie-cutter stores, big american company, etc. The price is absurd, but taste-wise are there better options in Indonesia?
Beng. Solo is cheap, but really much worse than starbucks.
As for Bakoel Kopi, also expensive but at least it's an Indonesian outfit: I **will** their coffee to taste good but the roasting is crap and the low turnover means their beans are stale and taste pretty bad, no matter how I try to fool myself.
Any other locally roasted coffee I've ever bought - "Toraja", "Sumatera" even the famous Ulee Kareng Acehnese coffee is terrible. It's not just because it's ground to dust and hence over-oxidised, even when I grind it fresh it's still rubbish, don't know why.
Anyone suggest a better option?
Beng. Solo is cheap, but really much worse than starbucks.
As for Bakoel Kopi, also expensive but at least it's an Indonesian outfit: I **will** their coffee to taste good but the roasting is crap and the low turnover means their beans are stale and taste pretty bad, no matter how I try to fool myself.
Any other locally roasted coffee I've ever bought - "Toraja", "Sumatera" even the famous Ulee Kareng Acehnese coffee is terrible. It's not just because it's ground to dust and hence over-oxidised, even when I grind it fresh it's still rubbish, don't know why.
Anyone suggest a better option?
Bali Kopi Gold is not bad,.. but the best in Indoesia is "Dunkin Donuts,.. MAgic butttttt it's imported from America
Like takin coal ti newcastle man,.. ya fooka