I can't sleep because I drank venti sized Caramel Macchiato Starbucks at 5 PM alone! So here I am digging my laptop to find something to post on blog.
Yes, I'm a green-tea freak, super freak :) LOL. And for the past few months I kinda get crazy with their Green Tea Macchiato, since KOI Cafe (finally) opened their first branch in Indonesia in Emporium Pluit Mall, which is sooooooo close to my house but the freakin' traffic made it so long to get there. Jakarta oh Jakarta :(
KOI Cafe is from our neighbor, Singapore. In here there are only 2 size of drink, small and medium, but in Singapore there are 3 size, they have large size. The large size cost around 4 SGD. Their bottle size are just like Starbucks size, their large is just like Sbucks's venti, the medium is just like Sbucks's grande. In Indonesia, the small size cost around IDR 15k++ and the medium size cost IDR 20k++. The menu also different between Indo and SG, I think SG got more kinds of drinks.
There are only 2 KOI Cafe in Jakarta and both of them are in North Jakarta and both of them are kinda close -__- It's like only 3-5 Km distances between them, LOL. Yes, both of them are crowded especially on weekend.
The one in Emporium Pluit Mall are bigger than the other one, got more space to sit, but still it's hard to find a place to sit and enjoy our drinks on weekend and sometime on weekdays too. I'm telling you the queuing at weekend is crazy. Even tho you find a place to sit, you still can't enjoy your drinks peacefully because it's located in front of an electronic store! The positive thing is it's free music, and the negative thing is it's too loud. This cafe is on an open space so it's more like a stand or kiosk.
(From KOI Indonesia's Facebook)
The latest one is in Baywalk Mall. This place is smaller than the other one, but this is in a store. The main point from this cafe is the sofa that have a very beautiful view straight to the sea. I do always feel amazed by the scenery *__* Anyway, the negative side about that sofa is there are no tables, but there are a lot of electric socket under that sofa. There are also sofa with table but there aren't any electric socket and the scenery is the barista LOL. It's okay actually because sometimes their interactions are funny anddddd they are quite good looking tho HAHA (results from visited them a hundred times and sat there for more than 2 hours sometimes) *more laughing at myself* HAHAHAHAHAHA.
You can clearly see the sea, super love this place!
If you pay more attention to their kitchen, you'll realized the way their cook their tea is a bit different from others because there are a lot of pipes which I don't know what is the function.
If you pay more attention to their kitchen, you'll realized the way their cook their tea is a bit different from others because there are a lot of pipes which I don't know what is the function.
Actually, I'm not only tried their Green Tea Macchiato, I tried their other menu too but I only took photo of the green tea because love is in the air between me and that drink HAHAHA.
Medium size IDR 21k
These are the drinks that I have tried:
1. Green Tea Macchiato
(From KOI Cafe's website)
Do you guys know the 1st top reason why I like this drink? The Cream! Omg, I can even lick it until nothing left, super delicious but yeah this consist a LOT of fat :( How to drink this drink is cut a little at the edge and drink it right away from there. But I prefer to shake it first until it mixed because if you drink like their way, at the end the only left is green tea, and the taste is just like green tea. This drink suits me well, blend in my mouth and the cream? Geez, it's melting in my mouth! For me I always ordered it with 70% sugar, this is perfect for me, not too sweet and not too plain, and no ice for me, it's already cold and the ice won't melt so nothing will change the originality of the taste :)
2. Black Tea Macchiato
(From KOI Cafe's website)
3. Passion Fruit Macchiato
(From KOI Cafe's website)
4. Mango Machhiato
(From KOI Cafe's website)
5. Bubble Milk Tea
(From KOI Cafe's website)
I personally like their milk tea, not really special but better than other's store in taiwanese tea business. Oh, their bubbles? I love it too. It's small and not too chewy.
I don't know about other toppings because the only one I've tried is their bubbles. Not really interested in adding toppings to my drink because even without topping, it's already expensive -__-
6. Ice Cream Milk Tea.
Sorry but I didn't find a catchy pict of this drink :(
They put the ice cream first in the bottle about 2 scoops and then put it in the freezer or refrigerator. When someone ordered it, they only pour the milk tea and voila! Here you go. This one is quite unique for me lol. But the taste isn't as unique as it's heard. At the end, the only left is the ice cream because it's really hard to stir and mixed it perfectly. Tips from me, order it with less ice or even no ice, it's better, because the ice already like filled 1/3 of the bottle lol.
Overall, the other drinks except macchiato is just ordinary, doesn't have something really special but still taste better from their competitors which already slowing down while they are shining bright. They really stand out because of their macchiato, it's really different from others, and they are truly the best for that! Both of the store have the same taste, they quite standardized.
We can say that these drinks are quite expensive. The price that we paid for KOI's medium size, we can get large size at other kinds of store. But the medium size is perfect, not too little and not too much. If I see the large size I think I'll throw up and off course get fat because too much cream geez for the sake of my health I think I should control myself HAHAHAHA :D
P.S: Sorry for the bad quality drink's photos, blame Koi Cafe website lol
KOI Café (Indonesia)
1. Emporium Pluit Mall Lt.3 Unit 03-EC-02
Mon-Sun 10:00-22:00
2. The Baywalk, Green Bay Pluit, Lantai 4, Jl. Pluit Karang Ayu 3, Pluit
021 2962 9631
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Devina❤
Devina❤
the queue was pretty crazy when I visited their store in Baywalk mall :/
ReplyDeleteThanks for reviewing :)
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more crazy in Emporium lol
Deletethank you for read, I do really appreciate it :)