Kopi Asli Indonesia: Anomali Coffee & Promoting Indonesian Coffee
Here at Tulisan, our coffee ritual is on the verge of sacred. Like clockwork, every morning, lunch and afternoon, someone is basking in their coffee, and like fingerprints, and snowflakes, the art, and preparation is different for all of us. Between Nescafe, Nespresso, Starbucks and Ibu Didi’s Bali Coffee, it’s everywhere.
That said, hands down one of our favorites is Anomali Coffee, Kopi Asli Indonesia. We all have an Anomali love story, of our first love at first sip.
Anomali’s goal and title, Kopi Asli Indonesia, aims to present Indonesian coffee to the world. From a brand taking its’ inspiration from Indonesia’s vibrant culture, and geography and with the same goal, introducing what Indonesia has to offer to the world, Anomali is one more muse, and reason for us to be proud. Although Indonesia is the 4th largest producer of coffee in the world (and 3rd for Robusta), countries like Ethiopia and Costa Rica are still one of the first choices for a cup of Java (hello! JAVA, like Javanese, like the Indonesian Island, perhaps it’s just me but it wasn’t until I came here that it clicked). Because Indonesia is known most for it’s Robusta coffee, it is assumed that Indonesia does not have high quality Arabica varieties to offer. Anomali is out to set this story straight.
With their brick covered walls crawling with ivy, warm lighting, funky vintage chairs and tables, the sack covered trays, and their beautiful packaging, it’s really just the perfect place to go to work, for a business meeting, to think, read a book or just daydream.
Let’s not forget the mention the most IMPORTANT part. We just go ga-ga over the quality of the coffee. Their baristas go through an extensive training, and their single origins are truly decadent and just SO smooth. Just like a fine wine, you truly taste all the notes from each variety, and it’s genuine to the legendary deep body and low acidity attributed to Indonesian coffee. Not to mention, the coffee is roasted onsite. I lived in Seattle, one of the coffee drinking capitals of the world, home the the infamous Starbucks, and it wasn’t until Anomali, that I became hooked.
So next time you grab your cup of Java, remember that you can also have a fabulous cup of Papua, Bali or my favorite, Sumatra Mandheling (…or many many more).
Until the next time, we’ll be daydreaming & people watching over our cup of coffee.
xx Gabbie
PS. There are a few other wonderful Indonesian Coffee companies with similar missions of promoting high-quality, sustainable Indonesian coffee. Below there are a few links of some of them!