coffee khop, unique coffee from aceh

Porvinsi Aceh is famous for its nickname of a thousand coffee shops, it is easy to find a variety of coffee shops in Indonesia's westernmost province. However, if you visit meulaboh, in Aceh Barat, the coffee here is presented in a very unique way.

Enjoying the brewed coffee in a cup is commonplace. But have you ever imagined sipping coffee in a deliberate cup position ?, That's what Coffee is from this western aceh.

Coffee Khop name, Actually the presentation is not much different from other coffees, which are brewed directly without filtered or coffee tubruk, which let the coffee dregs remain in the glass. .

There are 2 ways to enjoy kupi khop, which is served in an upside-down glass, on a saucer or small plate. The first, the placemat and the glass are raised together, the coffee coming out of the glass lips, sipped little by little, from the edge of the saucer. This unique way should be done carefully, so that coffee does not spill.

The second is by using a straw. Although easier, but this way should still be done carefully, so that the indirect coffee heat of the tongue. Whatever way is used, many coffee lovers admitted hooked, because the taste of Coffee Meulaboh, which delicious when tasted.

It is said that the way the presentation of coffee is inspired from the model hat that became a national national trade mark that comes from the local area of ​​Teuku Umar.

Culture enjoying a cup of coffee or coffee has become commonplace. No exception for people in the tip of Indonesia is in the area of ​​Aceh. In addition to the famous coffee production Gayo Arabica species that have been recognized quality in the World, in this place also has a culture of enjoying a cup of coffee that has existed since the first. Not until there, for how to enjoy a glass of coffee is also a way of its own. They are used to enjoying a glass of coffee in reverse.

Origin of Khop Coffee Presentation
Such a dish may be very taboo for those of us who are laymen of the coffee world, but for coffee lovers to enjoy a glass of coffee with the condition behind or facedown is a unique thing and has its own sense of value. This unique dish was first encountered in Kab. West Aceh in Ujung Kareung Village. And the people there call it "Kopi Khop".

Khop Coffee History
According to the story of coffee khop is inspired by the national national hero trade mark of the local area called Teuku Umar. And this has been around since colonial times. So there is no doubt about the past or the origin of this Khop Coffee.

Type of Coffee served in Khop Coffee
For the type of coffee served can vary from the type of Robusta Coffee or Arabica Coffee. And usually the coffee beans used are crops from coffee farmers in Aceh.

Destination Khop Coffee Presentation
Coffee khop is deliberately presented in reverse in order to protect coffee exposed to dust pollution and to sharpen the taste of the coffee that has been made. ni is the sensation of enjoying a glass of coffee with the situation upside down.

How To Drink Coffee Khop
Enjoying a glass of khop coffee needs caution and can not be drunk right away because the glass is in reverse. So if you open or drink it is not careful then it happens spilled everywhere. So to enjoy this khop coffee there are two ways:

First khop coffee can be enjoyed by lifting a plate with a cup of coffee and drink little by little or sipped by blowing it first to coffee out bit by bit from under the glass.
Both khop coffee is usually enjoyed with a straw to help make it easier to blow and drink.

So as a coffee lover must try this khop coffee dish. In addition to the unique dish, the sensation of enjoying coffee like this also has its own fans in the world of coffee. Although the presentation of this khop coffee originated from Aceh, did not rule out the possibility of this unique khop coffee began in the application by peracik coffee in other areas. And this is evidenced by the many regions in the country to apply this unique and unique khop coffee dish.
Coffee khop or also known by the name of coffee tubruk comes from Meulaboh, West Aceh district.

Tubruk coffee served in an upside-down way. That's the coffee.

It is said that the way the presentation of coffee is inspired from the model hat that became a national national trade mark that comes from the local area of ​​Teuku Umar.

The presentation of Meulaboh coffee, West Aceh has been around since the colonial period or when Teuku Umar was guerrilla.

In the area where it came from, the coffee shops lined the beach, so that to keep warm when enjoyed coffee deliberately served in a cup with the position upside down.

In addition to being free of dust and remain delicious while drunk, the presentation of coffee in this way also affects the flavors offered.

As the name implies, coffee khop or coffee upside down using a glass that is positioned upside down on a small plate.

A straw will help us to sip the drops of pleasure from the glass gap.

No need to worry, although not filtered at all like generally Aceh coffee is filtered over and over again, coffee ore dregs will not be drunk because of its position floats on the glass.

Tubruk & Arabica Coffee Shop offers flavor variant of original khop coffee, coffee khop milk, chocolate milk chocolate coffee, and tower.

Offers two versions: hot and cold.

To enjoy a cup of coffee khop enough spend between Rp 5 thousand - 11 thousand only.

"The audience is not only the Meulaboh-Aceh Barat people, but also from other districts / cities as well as foreign tourists. Average visitors come out of curiosity and always want to return because of addiction, "said Yudi sumringah.

In one day Kedai Tubruk & Arabica spent 4-5 Kg of coffee ore equivalent of 160-200 cups of coffee.

The origins of Kupi Khop
Step presentation of coffee like this is known as Kupi Khop in other words Coffee Belated. It is said that the coffee cups are behind in inspiration from the type of hat Teuku Umar. Kupi Khop found many in the coast of West Aceh, identical so drinks in the group of sailors.

Coffee intend to be served upside down to keep warm and free of dust when left to go to sea. Beyond that, coffee is served upside down to change the taste that is offered because the aroma of luwak coffee is still awakened in a glass.

Step enjoy Kupi Khop
In fact, Kupi Khop's brewing step is the same as brewing another coffee. Coffee powder brewed immediately with hot water. Time was served, coffee cups behind a small plate.

There are two steps to drinking. First, by lifting the plate and the coffee that seeped out was sipped slowly. This step should be done carefully so that coffee does not spill.

2nd, using a straw between the lips of glass and plate. The coffee fluid is blown first through a straw to stagnate out the glass. No need to worry about the dregs of coffee because it will also float in the glass until it will not take a drink.

Versus Hot and Cold
The price of one glass Kupi Khop quite affordable, at Rp5 to Rp11 thousand. Kupi Khop is made from robusta tubruk coffee whose coffee powder is still floating when stirred. Warung or tavern that sell Kupi Khop has some kind, one of them Kupi Khop original, Kupi Khop milk if not want a very strong coffee taste, and Kupi Khop fresh cold.

Sip Coffee on the Seaside
One of the areas in Aceh Barat that sell Kupi Khop is the location of Suak Ribee Beach, Meulaboh. On the beach lined the shops that offer this coffee menu upside down.

Although the coffee shops in Suak Ribee just a simple building, but always filled with visitors. For some tourists, incomplete flavor-it feels to Meulaboh without tasting Kupi Khop. They come because of curiosity with coffee upside down and always want to come back once more because addicted.

Starting since th. 2015, Kupi Khop started ogled by some coffee lovers in Banda Aceh. One of the stalls selling Kupi Khop in the provincial capital is the Coffee Shop Tubruk and Arabica.

Despite its name umpteen, one of its flagship menu is Kupi Khop who uses Robusta coffee. Who has a Coffee Shop Tubruk and Arabica indeed intend to introduce Kupi Khop in Banda Aceh so that the routine of drinking Luwak coffee ala Aceh Barat is still sustainable and in the know some people.

coffee myth khop aceh.

Coffee is the best way to not sleep, This assumption is true. What if, Drinking coffee will be a long life!
By the way, right or wrong, this is just trust. The myth that straddles the common sense to not want to get out of a cup of coffee. Caffeine stored in coffee is strong enough to make a person more "energetic" in everything. Perhaps, believing in something that has not been proved right is something else, which becomes a good necessity. Nice to hear this kind of tale. Because coffee is seen as a drink of a million people around the world. Coffee is coffee. Bitter pleasure is the charisma it has.

Who drinks coffee? A lot.
Who believes the efficacy of coffee?
Maybe a little. People drink coffee just drink it. Because what ya because want to drink, because opium, because it is cheap, because it is easy to get, because in Aceh it is famous coffee aroma.

No more mistake. This is the real coffee house, Aceh. Although in other areas coffee remains a drink according to its own definition, Aceh coffee often gets special treatment. There is Ulee Kareung coffee. There is a Takengon / Gayo coffee. There is a coffee phet; bitter coffee without sugar mixed. There is a mixed milk coffee, known as sanger. There is a tarek coffee, coffee pulled like the picture below. There is also a khop or coffee coffee upside down.

Well, this last part is interesting. Kupi khop itself is not sold haphazardly. There are special places. A separate coffee shop that provides this khop kupi. Either because myth kupi khop can extend life. Either because it's hard to keep it. Either because it is not through filtering. To be sure, this khop kupi not filtered, coarse coffee powder mixed with sugar to see the dregs at the top.

What kind of enjoyment does khop get? After all, it's just another coffee. If it feels so delicious-delicious course. The difference lies in unfiltered making such as tarek coffee. If the caffeine in coffee tarek less because the coffee powder is stored in the cloth, the kupi khop coffee dregs can even be drinkable. The effect is not asked. For those of you who rarely drink coffee, can not sleep for long. For you coffee lovers will be mediocre.

Opium from kupi khop turns stronger. Caffeine stored in coffee goes straight to the digestive tract. As a result, if a person with a stomach problem can get sick instantly, if a coffee allergy person can not sleep all night.

Kupi khop can extend life to just an assumption. In Aceh, one or two people over the age of a hundred, may not necessarily eat a long khop of his life. The justification lies in the early Acehnese "always" drinking coffee, at any time, especially when on the move, to the rice fields for example, coffee is mandatory compared to rice. There are no facts that trace the lives of the early people drinking khop or common coffee. The coffee is not reversed properly drunk, which has the same effect as kupi khop, is equally unfiltered, the powder and sugar are mixed into a glass whose waste surrounds the glass and the bottom of the glass.

The myth remains a myth. Correct khop prolong life to stay up.

Apart from the myth itself, any coffee remains coffee. Bitter and sweet. Coffee powder mixed with sugar. The way of presentation is up where likes. Provided resistant temptation please try. If you can not fight back, do not try. However, if you go to Aceh, just drink a cup.

Kupi khop allowed. Coffee tarek please. Sanger was okay. Hot, warm, or cold depending on taste. That's coffee, very tempting!

@JUANJUANDA
23-4-2018