Jakarta – Indonesian culinary delights appear at international book exhibitions. At the 2019 London Book Fair, Indonesia held a cupping of authentic Indonesian coffee.
In the world of coffee, cupping is the process of analyzing the taste before the coffee is actually served to coffee lovers. There are 22 types of coffee from Indonesia that were brought to the 2019 London Book Fair.
However, there are only 10 coffees served for visitors to taste. The coffees represent West Indonesia and East Indonesia, namely West Java, Sumatra, East Java, Flores, Toraja and Bali.
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“Coffee from these areas has been certified as a geographical indication. We really want to promote coffee that has been certified,” said Indonesian barista who was present at the 2019 London Book Fair, Muhammad Aga.
“Why certified coffee, because outsiders will definitely ask, is this coffee certified or not,” continued the man who is familiarly called Aga.
Muhammad Aga himself is a skilled barista who represented Indonesia at last year’s World Barista Championship in Amsterdam. Previously he won the 2018 Indonesian Barista Championship. Having played in ‘Filosofi Kopi’, Aga also opened the coffee shop ‘Coffee Smith’ in South Jakarta.
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After Indonesian tea, Indonesian coffee is now starting to get world attention. Therefore, the enthusiasm of visitors at this cupping event was quite high. Those who come from various countries line up to taste the available coffee. Of course their reactions varied.
Then, which coffee do visitors like the most? Aga said, many visitors like coffee from Simalungun, North Sumatra.
“So it turns out that many people like coffee from Simalungun,” said the barista who explained in detail the character of Indonesian coffee to visitors.
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