Common Grounds Coffee & Roaster Menara Astra

good coffee on jalan jenderal sudirman is easier to find than you might expect, and common grounds in menara astra is a genuine reason to get off the train at dukuh atas. this is a roaster, not just a cafe, which means what ends up in your cup has been thought about well before you ordered it. jakarta's central business district runs fast and loud, and karet tengsin sits right in the middle of that energy, so having a place that actually roasts on-site changes the arithmetic a little. the sourcing decisions are made here, not handed down from somewhere else. if you have a morning meeting in the sudirman corridor, build in twenty minutes before it.