Ulee Kareng one of the sub-districts in Banda Aceh, the capital of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province.
Ulee Kareng is famous for its Ulee Kareng coffee. Many say if you have not stopped by and tasted coffee at one of the coffee shops in Ulee Kareng, then you have not completed your trip in the city of Banda Aceh. One of the other characteristics of Ulee Kareng coffee is its very dark color.
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Ulee Kareng coffee beans are produced from selected quality coffee beans from Lamno, Aceh Jaya District. The coffee beans are produced by small and medium enterprises.
By the locals, this high-quality coffee powder is then uniquely processed, from grinding to filtering into a drink in a separate way. This is why Aceh coffee, especially coffee Ulee Kareng is then transformed into an icon of Aceh itself. The awesomeness of Aceh's coffee aroma has long been legendary in Indonesia, and is now also worldwide thanks to the large number of coffee lovers from international workers who came and lived in Aceh for many years to reconstruct Aceh after the tsunami.
To get the unique quality and taste that is unique, Aceh coffee beans through a long process. First of all, usually, coffee beans are in diesel for 4 hours. After reaching the maturity of 80%, the coffee beans are mixed with sugar and butter with a certain dose. Then the cooked coffee beans are ground until smooth. This process evokes a strong aroma of coffee, a clean and sour taste.
What makes Aceh coffee more interesting is its distinctive way of presentation that is different from the way coffee is served anywhere in the world. Coffee brewed with water kept steady. The steaming coffee is filtered repeatedly with a strainer made of cloth, then poured from one kettle to another. The result is a very solid coffee,