Festival of flavors in the city of 1,001 coffee shops, Banda Aceh

Thu, May 19, 2016 / 04:06 pm

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Workers prepare the venue for the Banda Aceh Coffee Festival 2016. JP/ Hotli Simanjuntak
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A barista shows freshly roasted Arabica coffee. Gayo Arabica coffee originating from central Aceh is among the most sought-after variants for coffee lovers in Indonesia. Gayo coffee accounts for more than 1,800 of the world’s total of 2,500 coffee variants. JP/ Hotli Simanjuntak
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A barista prepares coffee with a modern expresso coffee maker. JP/ Hotli Simanjuntak
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A coffee shop barista demonstrates how to serve coffee using a pour-over-brewing technique. JP/ Hotli Simanjuntak
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A coffee shop barista demonstrates how to prepare coffee using the pour-over-brewing technique with a V60 coffee maker. The technique aims to prepare coffee and serve the coffee while maintaining its most original flavor. JP/ Hotli Simanjuntak
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A barista shows how to serve a cup of coffee while explaining that the technique used to pour hot water onto the coffee grains determines the quality of the coffee flavor. JP/ Hotli Simanjuntak
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A glass is half filled with extracted coffee ready to be served to coffee lovers. Some say Indonesians add too much sugar to their coffee, detracting from the original coffee flavor. JP/ Hotli Simanjuntak
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A barista wears a t-shirt that reads ‘Bad Coffee Is Over’, as part of a campaign promoting Indonesia as home to some of the best quality coffee in the world. JP/ Hotli Simanjuntak
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Festival goers , mostly youngers, enjoy their coffee during the banda Aceh Coffee Festival 2016. JP/ Hotli Simanjuntak

Aceh province, one of the country’s premium coffee producers, organized the sixth annual International Banda Aceh Coffee Festival at Blang Padang square in Banda Aceh from May 10-12. The event was aimed at promoting locally produced coffee to tourists.

Sipping coffee is a part of the culture of Banda Aceh with ubiquitous coffee shops at every corner and turn, earning the city the title of “the city of 1,001 coffee shops”.

The event highlighted two signature coffees: Gayo Arabica coffee and Gayo Robusta coffee. The coffee festival included several activities, including barista competitions, coffee talks and stands for café business players from across Aceh. [dmr]