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 Post subject: Setarbak Kopi in Beranang
PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:30 pm 
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In another thread (on coffee), somebody posted a pic of 'Setarbak Kopi' which has been floating on the web for a while. I actually paid the spot a visit early last month.

The Setarbak Kopi shop in Beranang was actually a set for a TV3 show. The friendly owner, the guy in yellow T-shirt ...
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... happily told me TV3 paid him monthly fee to keep the signage up. But the interior of the place is a real mess, which is understandable for a 100-yr-old site.
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The mandatory pose ...
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... and a unique neighbour, ...
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... but a sobering one.
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Anyway back to real kopi. Here are my current fixes.

Robusta, from volcanic slopes of Sumatra Barat. Excellent stuff. :mrgreen:
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Arabica, from Bali, also volcanic soil. So-so.
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Arabica, from somewhere in southern Vietnam. Lagi so-so.
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 Post subject: Re: Setarbak Kopi in Beranang
PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:37 pm 
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:shock: :shock: :thumbsup: Wow..u really went to that place...& suprising just a mock-up shop :mrgreen:

That Kopi Bali.. :-k :-k Wait a minute..no wonder so familiar..I still hv the coffee bot from Bali in May this year...Not bad :thumbsup:


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The Setarbak Kopi shop in Beranang was actually a set for a TV3 show. The friendly owner, the guy in yellow T-shirt ...... happily told me TV3 paid him monthly fee to keep the signage up. But the interior of the place is a real mess, which is understandable for a 100-yr-old site.

Nice pixs, naim. Hey, surely "my roadtrips" requires some accompanying tracks. Hehe. :mrgreen:

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Incredible Luwak Coffee...
Apparently there is a brand of the most expensive coffee from Indonesia called kopi luwak, which is harvested from half-digested coffee beans picked from the turds of a small weasel-like animal. Probably the Best coffee on planet Earth or simply the BEAST coffee.. :-k
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak


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Incredible Luwak Coffee...
Apparently there is a brand of the most expensive coffee from Indonesia called kopi luwak, which is harvested from half-digested coffee beans picked from the turds of a small weasel-like animal.
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Indeed it is! See:

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September 05 2007 at 04:19PM

World's best coffee has unappetising secret
By Fitri Wulandari and Lewa Pardomuan

Sidikalang, Indonesia - For Nusamba Wurintara, the most prized arabica coffee beans on his plantation are not those growing on bushes but the ones he finds among the undergrowth, wedged in the excrement of wild palm civets.

These beans produce kopi luwak, a chocolate flavoured coffee that is one of the world's most prized and expensive brews.

Each morning as he does his rounds of the plantation, Wurintara keeps his eyes open for civet excrement, marking each dropping with a stick so it can be collected and turned into kopi luwak.

"Civets are natural coffee pulping machines," said Wurintara.

His workers have strict instructions not to clear the neighbouring jungle, home to the shy, nocturnal civets, while signs around the plantation warn villagers not to shoot the animals, which are regarded as pests because they sometimes kill the local chickens.

The furry palm civets, which are about the size of a large cat with a more pointed face and a long tail, visit the plantation at night in search of the sweet ripe coffee cherries. They excrete the beans as they leave.

The 500-hectare plantation, which is set in the lush hills about 100km southeast of Medan, the provincial capital of North Sumatra, produces about 300 tonnes of arabica coffee a year, which sells for $3 600 (about R26 000) a tonne.

But while its crop of kopi luwak in a good year could amount to just 300 kilograms, the beans sell for as much as $100 a kilogram.

Merchants sell unroasted arabica civet coffee for up to $500 a kilogram - five times the price of highly-prized Jamaican Blue Mountain. In the United States, this unusual Indonesian bean fetches as much as $1 200 a kg.

Chocolaty flavour

Intrigued by kopi luwak's mythical status, chemist MF Marcone travelled to Sumatra in 2004 to collect the beans for analysis.

"As the beans enter the civet's digestive system, an enzyme which breaks proteins into smaller parts interacts with the beans," said Marcone, an assistant professor at the department of food science at Canada's University of Guelph.

"The smaller protein will then react with the beans' carbohydrate or sugar during roasting, giving kopi luwak its famous, chocolaty, earthy and musty flavour," Marcone explained.

Kopi Luwak stands out in the world's fourth-largest coffee producer, where connoisseurs can enjoy a wide range of flavours.

Wirawan Tjahjadi, owner of Kopi Bali House, a coffee shop in the upmarket Sanur beach on the island resort of Bali, sells the civet brew for 200 000 rupiah (about R153) for a pot - enough to fill three espresso cups.

"People who are curious about the taste of civet coffee don't mind paying the high prices," he remarked.

But some coffee experts question whether civet coffee deserves its reputation as one of the world's greatest coffees.

"Kopi Luwak has unpredictable and inconsistent taste after roasting, mainly because of civets' wide array of diet which includes small rodents, eggs and fruits," said Alun Evans, who owns a coffee roaster in West Java.

"It is in many ways a novelty item. It's like going to a circus. It's entertainment not a serious coffee," he added.

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 Post subject: Re: Setarbak Kopi in Beranang
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naim wrote:
The Setarbak Kopi shop in Beranang was actually a set for a TV3 show. The friendly owner, the guy in yellow T-shirt ...... happily told me TV3 paid him monthly fee to keep the signage up. But the interior of the place is a real mess, which is understandable for a 100-yr-old site.

Nice pixs, naim. Hey, surely "my roadtrips" requires some accompanying tracks. Hehe. :mrgreen:


Thanks, but sorry, no more tracking on my roadtrips. It interferes with the enjoyment of traveling. :mrgreen:

Anyway the Beranang area is well-tracked already. Anybody looking for Setarbak Kopi, it's on the right along the main road in Beranang, as you head north. If still cannot find, ask ppl, don't shy-shy one.

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hmmm...now i wonder this luwak coffee is halal for muslims or not :-k

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ajay wrote:
hmmm...now i wonder this luwak coffee is halal for muslims or not :-k

Looking at the downstream origin of the coffee beans as shown below...
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....ta** luak is obviously ta** hence non-halal.

BTW ta** itik, ta** minyak and tuak r so popular in the state of Kelantan esp. during ramadan ...are reported to be Halal :D


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Yes, so cute ...
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... so this must be good sh*t, right unclediy! :mrgreen:
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Yes, so cute ...... so this must be good sh*t, right unclediy! :mrgreen:
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I suggest v call it "NEW coffee" if "NEWater" is also used in the preparation.. =P~ :wink: sorry ah "Mr Lee"


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