#lacetecoffee

On April 9th 2021, It was another starry night, when we treat our eyes, ears and brains in Dapur Lacete Season 2 Episode 2.

It was quite an insightful evening when we learned a lot from the winner of 2016 emerging writer award, Dahlia Rasyad. She wrote a novel titled “Perempuan yang Memetik Mawar” (A Woman Who Picked a Rose) . The novel concern was about the South Sumatera culture, tradition and its view of women. However, that night was not about the novel. It was a casual talk about how is it to become a writer. The crowd was quite enthusiast, and Dahlia was very kind to share all her knowledge about creative writing. Hence the theme of this episode.

That night, our eyes were refreshed by the henna painting of Sisca Syahenna. While we are familiar with henna painting on bride hands, Sisca showed her works on paper using henna. Her floral art designs are exquisite, no wonder she became exceptionally famous as a henna artist. Her artworks are just amazing.

A night wouldn’t be complete without a music performance. We invited @nrkholik_ to entertain us with his guitar strum. He is a young, rising, guitarist. You can check his Instagram to check out how he plays his guitar.

And to make the night just right, our buddy @mokad_tobacco open their stand and showed us their best quality tobacco and of course, letting us taste them.

What a cheerful night if we must say.

If you want to check out the podcast, here’s our spotify link:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/476W6p9sZeG6ccyPRhv6as?si=rcDu70H1TtSpnLjATPzbhQ

And here is the video from the event. Enjoy.

Well, it’s been a while since we last wrote here.

Yesterday, we got a testimonial chat from one of our coffee drinkers. He told us that our coffee reminds him of all the best cups of coffee he ever tasted all over Indonesia. He had been learning and searching for the perfect cup for the last twenty years. He chose our house blend coffee and enjoyed it with his favorite Vietnamese drip. Then, he said our house blend coffee is the answer to his more than 20 years of coffee search. He talked about many coffee shop with great coffee, even big companies with a lot of franchise stores, they are nothing compared to our coffee. At first we thought well, this man was just saying so to make us happy. But apparently, no. 

He sent us a video of him choked up in tears saying that this is the best coffee he ever tasted, the fragrance when he first opened the bag, on the first pour, the first sip, and the after taste that reminds him of what good coffee should be. Too bad he doesn’t want to be exposed. But a hint, he’s one of the best roasters in Indonesia. 

He said there are many coffee that taste great, but not many that can be this memorable. 

Memorable coffee. 

Our coffee is memorable. That is something new to us. He said our coffee is something he rarely found in coffee shop nowadays. This is the right coffee to consume, enjoy, and appreciate. 

He then asked, “So how did you guys manage to make this great coffee? Is it in the processing?” We explained him about the plantation, the processing, the roasting, the blending. He was just confused, nothing special really, just like any other coffee coffee shops. So what is it that makes our coffee different? Maybe the earthy soil of South Sumatra, maybe the sweat of the farmers, maybe the warm hands of the roasters, or maybe the happiness from our baristas, we don’t know what makes our coffee blend tastes perfect for that man, we have just been doing what we have been doing. With a lots of love.