Cold Brew & Coal Brewed Coffee
Did I mentioned that I like Coffee? Haha..
I talked about coffee:
- In one of my first updates – Kopi Tubruk
- Where did coffee come from – Weasel and Goats
- Coffee places in Jakarta, Sumatra, and in most of the places I visit.
Bear and Co
This time I want to share a coffee place in Pasar Santa, Jakarta, Indonesia. I was introduced to by Dusty Sneakers’ Maesy, she and I have a similar love for books and coffee. After visiting her shop, Post Santa, we went to Bear and Co.
The place sells cold brew, also a few interesting combination of coffee. Have you ever had cold coffee plus lime juice? It is Delicious! I also bought a bottle of their nitrogen capped and processed cold brew coffee Better Half. Maesy said ” This stuff is amazing, I love that they name it Better Half, it is the better half of anything you add it to as a drink, cool huh?” After tasting it I do believe it is as good as the name.
Obviously as ever don’t take this review as face value, go and taste it, if it is not then let me know, maybe you had better coffee, let me know too.
Coal Coffee
Another really good coffee place I visited was in North Sulawesi in a town called Kawangkoan, south from Tomohon, Sarina. The place looks like a traditional Indonesian market town restaurant, behind a massive atm, covered with tiles and old furniture. The coffee though is amazing. They brew it in copper tall pots with a long net filled with coffee over coal fire.
I think it might be because it is low fire that brews the coffee slowly, and also because it doesn’t look that the pot had been washed regularly, making the residue of the old coffee builds up maturing the coffee taste. The coffee is definitely really good!
Highly recommend it. Drink your coffee with their green bean pao. Yum. All for Rp.30,000 – £1.5 or €2. Everyone I know who have been there always buy coffee there 1 – 2 Kg.
Have you drink lime and coffee drink? What is the nicest coffee you had lately?
Aaaakkk… I”d love lo to go to this place. It look yummy!!!
Go Mba, and tell us what you think. 🙂
Coffee and lime sound refreshing Mbak. I’d love to drink it one day. However I’m not a coffee person because it has a huge impact on my body. A cup of coffee in the morning will give me a difficulty to sleep, at least until 1 am.
The best coffee that I am had was banana coffee in a small warung in Laos. It was yummy.
Oh wow! It does not have any effect on me, I can drink it before bed time and still fall asleep! Banana coffee sounds yummy!!
Just got my beau a cold brew kit and it is amazing! Strong and caramelly, with a nice bittery after taste.
Ooh a special cold brew kit? Interesting! I love the strong bitter taste
Coffee and lime! This is the first time I’ve ever heard of such combination. I really am beginning to think that I live in a cave whenever I read your blog post 😝. Definitely bookmarking this for my next visit to Jakarta. Thanks!
Hah? I don’t think you live in a cave. I never heard such a combination at all, was really surprise about the combo. I guess it was like a few years ago when people start to drink orange juice and coconut water. Growing up, never had that at all.