Spill the Tea
What kind of drinks do you order when you go to the café? Surely most of you will say coffee....
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Claims of the European Union’s Discrimination against Indonesian Palm Oil
Retno Marsudi, the Indonesian Foreign Minister, has highlighted the issue of product discrimination against Indonesian palm oil by the European...
Top Indonesian Coffee Beans That You Can Order Online
Do you ever feel that your body is shutting down a little bit, day by day, during social distancing due...
Around the World in Seven Meals, Without Leaving Jakarta
Jakarta is a brilliant city for any foodie to explore. With food from every corner of the archipelago, it’s hard...
8 Hidden Coffee Houses In Jakarta and Bali Expats Should Know
Indonesia is the world’s fourth largest coffee producing nation, with beans from Sumatra, Sulawesi and Papua delighting fans worldwide. The...
Indonesians Buy More Coffee, Local Output Remains Uncertain
Every year, the archipelago is jockeying with Colombia for the title of “the world’s third largest coffee producer.” As the...
Baraka Nusantara: Coffee Heroes for Education
The fertile Sembalun highlands at the foot of Mount Rinjani produce some of Indonesia’s finest Arabica, but until recently it’s...
Jalan Sultan Tirtayasa: Bandung’s Best Kept Secret for Food
Let’s be real. When we travel to Bandung, most of us simply want to hide away in our five-star luxury...
The Terrible Truth behind Your Cup of Cat Poo Coffee
In Bali, the high demand for luwak coffee has created a ruthless industry built on immense animal suffering and an...
Breakfast at Monolog
If you’ve been to Plaza Senayan or Pondok Indah Mall in Jakarta, chances are you’ve been to Monolog; the coffee...
Indonesian Coffee is Heating Up: Is Now the Time to Get in on the Java Trade?
At the end of 2014, Indonesia experienced a sharp drop in coffee exports partly due to unfavourable weather conditions. Will...
Quality Coffee and Breakfast at Monolog
Monolog’s mission is simple: bring great coffee to this great, coffee-growing nation. Proud to be local, 100% of Monolog’s coffee...
Hold Still, Dumbo
There are very few things more therapeutic in the morning than a cup of coffee (and even fewer you can...
Meet Roger van Tongeren, General Manager of Marketing & Communications of Starbucks Indonesia.
Please tell us a bit about your background. Where are you originally from? How long have you been living and...
Meet Wendyl Smith
Meet Wendyl Smith, an American expat inspiring a small group of farmers to create a coffee that is out-of-this-world delicious...
Spilling the Beans on Jakarta’s Best Boutique Cafes
Coffee is the most widely used natural drug on the planet and its popularity shows no signs of abating. It...
Edy and Rachmat, the 3-in-1 Coffee Guys
For Edy and his son Rachmat, coffee is a family affair. This father and son duo have been brewing coffee,...
Rully Darmawan, Business Development Manager of Liberica Coffee
Firstly, I’d like to know a bit about your background. Where did you study and what got you interested to...
A Festival About Coffee
A FESTIVAL ABOUT COFFEE Indonesia’s first truly independent celebration of specialty coffee and the Asian premiere of the acclaimed documentary A...
Trisno the Mobile Coffee Seller
Trisno was far from surprised when Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle chairwoman, Megawati Sukarnoputri gave Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo the...
Dangerously Nice: Kretek Cigarettes
I was a kretek (clove cigarette) smoker for almost two years. When I first started smoking clove cigarettes in Kalimantan...