KOPIKINA COFFEE ROASTER

you're on jl. bunga in matraman, east jakarta, a part of the city that doesn't perform for tourists and isn't trying to. kopikina coffee roaster sits at number 22, and the fact that they roast here matters: what you're drinking hasn't traveled far from where it was processed, which in specialty coffee is a real distinction, not a marketing line. jakarta's specialty scene has grown fast and uneven, and the independent roasters doing their own sourcing and roasting are the ones worth tracking down. kopikina is one of them. palmeriam isn't a neighborhood you pass through on the way to somewhere else, so if you make it here, you came with intention. that's usually a good sign for what you'll find in the cup. start with a black coffee before anything else.