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Indonesia also has a unique coffee brewing method. It’s called tubruk, which looks simple but has uniqueness behind its fresh brew.
Various methods of brewing coffee are spread throughout the world. Almost every region and culture has its own process and method of serving delicious coffee.
Including Indonesia, which is famous for its brewing method. Brewed coffee has long been relied on and is popular, even being the way of brewing coffee for our ancestors.
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Not only domestically, brewing brewing is also popular with coffee lovers around the world. It turns out that behind the simple and authentic brewing method there are many interesting facts that accompany every sip of fresh coffee.
Here are 4 facts about brewed coffee summarized from various sources:
 Brewed coffee became the forerunner of coffee drinking culture in Indonesia. Photo: Special |
1. The beginning of coffee in Indonesia
Quoting Historia, the popularity of coffee in Indonesia cannot be separated from the presence of the Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie (VOC) which brought coffee from Europe. They even hired a botanist, Carolus Linnaeus, to import coffee into Indonesian soil for many years.
Long story short, it was discovered that robusta, which is more resistant to pests and weather, was successfully planted abundantly on the island of Java. Then the coffee that was successfully cultivated in Java was known as Arabica in the book A Cup of Java written by Gabriella Teggia and Mark Hanusz.
After various developments were carried out, the coffee plants from Java were brought to the Amsterdam Botanical Research Institute (1706). It was discovered that coffee beans in Java have very good quality and delicious taste.
2. The meaning of the word ‘collapse’
Remarkable Indonesian Coffee notes that in the 17th and 18th centuries, the culture of drinking coffee in Indonesia began to emerge. Since then, brewing and sipping coffee has become a part of Indonesian life that cannot be missed, especially in big cities.
Fugol Coffee Roaster (6/9) said that the term tubruk then emerged from Javanese to refer to the Javanese way of brewing coffee. Tubruk has the meaning of pouring or stirring which describes the process of brewing coffee.
Where Javanese people will simply combine coffee powder and sugar, as well as hot water which will be ‘pounded’ in one glass. After the hot water is poured in, the coffee is stirred until it dissolves and the sugar is combined and then enjoyed.
The characteristics and original taste of brewed coffee are on the next page.
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