at the Indonesian Embassy and by zoom.
featuring: Elmira Hamdi (Ngopi), Daroe Handojo (Noozkav Kopi Indonesia) and Devi Trianna (Bija) at the Indonesian Embassy – 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU and by Zoom via this link or meeting ID 946 2763 2271 and passcode 097265.
Indonesia is one of the world’s biggest coffee producers – it was third behind Brazil and Vietnam in 2023 – but what makes it so special? Is it the wide variety of tastes – the commodity is grown from Aceh to Papua, the richness of the flavours, or the fact that most is grown by smallholder farmers?
Three experts in the field will seek to answer these and many other questions at the panel discussion.
Coffee, provided by Bija, will be available to taste.
Panelists:
Elmira Hamdi, Ngopi
After gaining a bachelor’s degree in accounting at the University of Indonesia in 2011 and completing a master’s in financial management at the University of Birmingham in 2016, Elmira and some friends opened the coffee shop Ngopi (slang for coffee) in the city in 2018. It also serves Indonesian food. Three years later the company, which also sells coffee beans, opened a branch in London. Elmira serves as chief financial officer of the firm.
Daroe Handojo
Daroe has been involved in the coffee industry for more than 12 years after starting his career in finance. In 2014 he founded Noozkav Kopi International, which describes itself as leading curator and researcher of Kopi Nusantara, dedicated to uncovering and sharing the rich diversity of Indonesian coffee. Two years later he joined Global Kopi Indonesia Promotion, a multi-ministries taskforce that promotes Indonesian coffee around the world. Daroe is also a coffee value assessor, a grader and has a barista level 1 qualification.
Devi Trianna
Devi is the founder of Bija, an independent coffee shop in St James’s Market, Piccadilly, London, dedicated to Indonesian specialty coffee. After starting her career in broadcast journalism, including completing a master’s degree in TV journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London, through a British Council Chevening Award, she opened Bija in November 2024. Six months later it won the award for Best New Coffee Shop of the Year at the London Coffee Festival.