Chek Hup Mandheling Black Coffee Sachet
Ever so unoften we get an innovative product. A few tweaks, some careful procurement and work with the source may give us a good commodity to work on. It takes some degree of perseverance and desire to bring a good product to fruition. In fact let us not trivialise product development as it takes lots of R&D and funds to get one product going. Hope this one will last.
Since about 8 years ago there was an underground fan base for Chek Hup Coffee. No joke. My god-sister in Penang insisted on this particular brand and nothing else. She said the taste and fragrance were natural and did not feel artificial.
Chek Hup to Ipohan's was a confectionery producer and has little to do with coffee. But once they put their feet in, they were careful in using in good ingredients. Case in point was the sugar. My brother told me the cane sugar used in their packs actually make their coffee taste much better. Second, the subject of this short note, was their Mandheling coffee. Its one of the best in Indonesia. There may be many other strong points that made them what they are today.
I travel often to Indonesia and one of my favourite coffee is Mandheling's Arabica. I believe this coffee had strong initial links with the Ipoh Coffee roasters in which alot of their beans came from Mandheling Sumatra, that was, until the Japanese bought them all up.
The coffee tastes strong, robust and fruity. I like to have a hint of cane sugar from the rock sugar stick. Let it dissolves completely or stirs in enough as preferred. Keep it up, Chek Hup!
Since about 8 years ago there was an underground fan base for Chek Hup Coffee. No joke. My god-sister in Penang insisted on this particular brand and nothing else. She said the taste and fragrance were natural and did not feel artificial.
Chek Hup to Ipohan's was a confectionery producer and has little to do with coffee. But once they put their feet in, they were careful in using in good ingredients. Case in point was the sugar. My brother told me the cane sugar used in their packs actually make their coffee taste much better. Second, the subject of this short note, was their Mandheling coffee. Its one of the best in Indonesia. There may be many other strong points that made them what they are today.
I travel often to Indonesia and one of my favourite coffee is Mandheling's Arabica. I believe this coffee had strong initial links with the Ipoh Coffee roasters in which alot of their beans came from Mandheling Sumatra, that was, until the Japanese bought them all up.
The coffee tastes strong, robust and fruity. I like to have a hint of cane sugar from the rock sugar stick. Let it dissolves completely or stirs in enough as preferred. Keep it up, Chek Hup!
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