The other day, I had the opportunity to explore another city in East Java, Kediri. Ever since I moved back to this region and with its robust connectivity all around, I made a promise to visit every city and check out their coffee scene. How could I not? With less than $1, I can be transported to a different scene and different coffee shops. It also takes less than an hour to be transported to other coffee shops that always offer unique stories on their own.

Kediri isn’t exactly a small town. There are some multinational companies and quite a few government offices around the area. This city hosts the largest tobacco company in Indonesia and with that in mind, coffee shops also follow the demand of the market. There are plenty of establishments, not only the humble ones but also a more modern and trendy coffee houses like Awor.

I arrived in the city quite early and Awor happens to be a short distance walk from the train station. When I was there, the place wasn’t buzzing and the staff were still cleaning some of its parts. With the location that’s quite strategic and close to the train station, apparently, there is a uniqueness of this place as this place has a balcony like area where we can see the train.

This spot that you can see below is the best for train gazing and even taking close up shots of the moving train. So, not only that this place is best for enjoying a morning coffee but also checking out the train that crosses through this city.

Make the best of your day with the best coffee

Morning coffee is the new trendy marketing effort in most coffee shops around. However, not every coffee shop is worth it as some of them just follow the trend and rather than delivering some quality to its customer, they simply want to jump into the trend but I can assure you, this place does more than just jumping the trend.

As you can see from the display, they have several selections of delicious looking pastries and especially their different variants of croissants.

Matcha Croissant and Cappucino, A must try

Awor has plenty of variations to their menu but the one thing that a must try is definitely their matcha croissant and their cappuccino.

I have this thing that if I visit a coffee shop for the first time, I have to try their cappuccino. If they do it right, everything else would be great in the cafe. Since it’s morning coffee, the place runs a discount that we only pay half even with the croissant included.

The first sip of the cappuccino was heavenly and it was so smooth. This is one of the best cappuccino and it goes really well with the croissant that you can even dip the croissant into the cappuccino.

More scenes from inside the coffee shop

It looks cozy isn't it?

I spent hours inside this oven-like room and it was one of the coziest spot in town as I also sampled a few coffee shops. I don't think some of them are really like this one and this deserves the top spot and must-visit if you ever set foot in Kediri, east java.