Hello everyone and all members of cinnamon cup coffee community, how are you friends today? I hope and pray that all of us are always given health, patience and happiness in living this life. This time, I want to participate to provide writings and information about coffee and coffee shops in my city.
The coffee shop business in Indonesia continues to grow and grow. This is in line with the high public interest in consuming coffee and also looking for open space as a place to work in this digital era. Two weeks ago, I met an old friend of mine at one of the food bazaars in my city. My friend gave me the info if he was going to open his own coffee shop. My friend's name is Hendra Sihite, he is a certified barista and has also been a manager at cafes and coffee shops in my city. I said it to let me know when and where the coffee shop would open.
Kede Awal – New Coffee Shop
My friend told me that his coffee shop had started operating last week. Not waiting long, I came to the new coffee shop to see and also taste the coffee served there. My friend chose the name “Kede Awal” for his new coffee shop. There is a special meaning, why he chose to use that name. In translation "Kede" can be interpreted as "Shop or Tavern" and "Initial" can be interpreted as "start or beginning". It can be said, this coffee shop is to start an adventure and a new life from the owner.
This coffee shop is located at Gaperta Ujung Street, right before the gates of Givency One Luxury Housing. The location is also very strategic because this road is passed by many people and is surrounded by many housing estates. This coffee shop uses the house as the main building and the courtyard is designed with industrial and garden concepts so that it is very beautiful and minimalist.
Benches and tables used a lot of cement construction. The gray color of the cement and crushed gravel in the yard is also very solid. I often see coffee shop design concepts like this in several coffee shops that I visited this year. My friend also planted some greenery and arranged it to make it look better and beautiful. I love the arrangement of this plant, especially the plant that resembles a banana leaf in the corner of the wall.
One of the things I love about my friend's coffee shop is its simplicity. The bar table is also very simple, located in the corner of the terrace of the house, the bar table is made of wood and painted black. The bar table is not permanent and can be changed position if desired.
My Choice of Coffee
Kede Awal Coffee Shop provides several choices of drink menus, namely coffee and non-coffee. For coffee, there are choices of espresso bases such as Americano, Latte, Cappucinho, Hazelnut Coffee, Mocca Coffee etc. as well as manual brews from some special Arabica coffee beans in Indonesia. For the non-coffee menu, tea and chocolate are also available. If you come to this coffee shop, my advice, friends, is to try manual brew from this coffee shop.
I was already planning to order a manual brew for my coffee this afternoon. I see that there are several choices of Arabica coffee beans with various post-harvest processes such as Gayo Arabica, Dolok Sanggul Arabica, Lintong Arabica and also Natural Dolok Sanggul. I chose Natural Dolok Sanggul coffee beans for me to drink this afternoon.
Manual Brew – Natural Dolok Sanggul
My friend immediately processed my order. That afternoon, the coffee shop had just opened and I was the first visitor. The coffee beans are ground with a manual coffee grinder, I asked why not using a coffee grinder machine. My friend's reason is that manual brew customers are usually people who already understand coffee and the brewing process. In addition, his two coffee grinders are filled with espresso blended coffee.
About 10 minutes, my order has come to my table. If you see, the results of brewing with manual brew have a different color from coffees with other brewing methods. The color of coffee is like the result of steeping tea, brown and lighter. Natural Process is one of the post-harvest processes of coffee bean processing. In a natural process, the coffee beans will be dried along with the coffee cherry skin to create high-tasting coffee beans.
I drink this coffee slowly, little by little. The taste of this coffee is very smooth, and also sweet (of course sweet fruit, don't imagine it's sweet like sugar) but there is a bit of bitterness during the after taste maybe because of the coffee fermentation process. In my opinion, this coffee is very suitable to be drunk by people who want to enjoy coffee without sugar. In addition, Susana in the afternoon and also the closeness with friends makes this coffee even more delicious to drink.
Call me Isdarmady, because I have a full name that is very long, namely Isdarmady Syahputra Ritonga. I am a head of the family who work as Farmers Vegetables Hydroponic and Consultant Hydroponics, sometimes I also sell coffee from various regions in Indonesia.
I have expertise dispensing coffee with a variety of techniques and tools brewing, because I have the desire to make a coffee shop with hydroponics as centerpieces. Help me realize that dream.
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