How do you like your coffee?
As cliche as it sounds, I love my coffee without sugar but also, it has to be specifically made with freshly roasted beans. But what about you?
During my stay in Papua, I had the opportunity quite a few times away from a good quality coffee. I forgot to bring my coffee tools cause I thought I won’t be really long stationed here. Now, it has been about 3 weeks that I am around Papua, almost feeling like a local. But one thing for sure is that, without coffee I felt like something was truly missing.
Do I get annoyed if I don’t get quality coffee?
Sort of… To be honest, it’s quite easy to hire me to work. All I need is some specialty coffee, AC, a WIFI and that’s about it. I am less fussier than most people as long as there’s quality coffee.
By quality, I mean something that’s from a roastery, freshly grinded beans, even better straight from the farm.
Can I feel the difference now if I were given just regular coffee? Yes. I can certainly tell if that coffee was of a low quality and even the store bought cheap coffee.
These past few days, I haven’t had my coffee and I remember, there’s actually a roastery around me that sells quality coffee.
So, from there I got one of their freshly roasted beans and being a little crafty with my tools. I purchased a $2 paper filter from a DIY store and bought a $1 funnel to hold my paper filter.
This is my current set up for me to open a little slow bar
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This situation reminded me back when I was in Thailand, trying to be a little crafty with my coffee. At the time, it was even worse that I didn’t even get access to specialty coffee and more like I didn't know where I could get them. So, I had to survive with the shittiest coffee I could find and make them gourmet.
But now that I know, a specialty coffee is all I need to also survive everywhere, I learned my lesson.
If I were to be stationed somewhere a bit far from the coffee shop, I’d stock up on coffee. Interestingly, I could survive days without food but without coffee, that would be quite a disaster 😂
This is why, since I’ve noticed I’ve eaten quite a bit over here because food is also provided for and since my goal is also about losing my weight, I decided I needed to do something about it.
By the way, a little review of Omliyom coffee from Pegunungan Bintang
This coffee is grown around Highland Papua called Pegunungan Bintang specifically around Omliyon. It’s full-washed and when filtered right, it has a brown sugar type of sweetness to it that you don’t need to add more sugar.
Since it is grown in higher altitude, this coffee has a punchier feel to it that makes you feel extremely more alert. The body is tea-like and almost as clear as regular black tea that you’re brewing. It’s such a pleasant afternoon drink that makes you just want to have more of it.
If you get the chance to try Papua coffee than one grown in Wamena, this one is worth trying and actually changes the way I think about Papua’s coffee itself.
By the way, this was one of the most meaningful projects I’ve worked on this year regarding to Hive awareness in Indonesian (Sept–Feb 2024–2025). You can learn how I managed it here :
 | 𝘊𝘦𝘮𝘺 (𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘤) 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺; 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴. |