Maarkeze at Central Department Store - Grand Indonesia Jakarta - FOODIRECTORY

And yes! Finally Central Jakarta has a new and exclusive specialty coffee shop. The newest was in Grand Indonesia Mal, precisely at Central Department Store first floor called MAARKEZE.

Just by looking into their sign board it was powered by Ombe Kofie, one of the most well-known coffee shop in Jakarta. So it basically their third outlet starting from Ombe Kofie, Djule Kofi and last Maarkeze. If you are following their growth, this specialty coffee shop always offers high-end coffee variety with a top class customer service.

The previous predecessor was taking in shophouses, but different in Maarkeze. You'll find this coffee shop at the back of Central Dept. Store, with a brick and industrial design, it was the most eye-catchy place inside this dept store and actually it was looks like a Coffee Bar.

A La Marzocco Strada EP with 3 Group Heads was installed and couple of Mahlkonig Peak next to it and one Mazzer Kony. Special about the coffee is they are bringing back again the Kick Ass Blend, which consists of Brazil, Uganda, Costa Rica and Mandhailing. They also filled the two other hoppers with single origin beans such as Ethiopia Kochere Banko Gutiti in other Mahlkonig hopper and Sumatera Sinabung in Mazzer hopper.

Their coffee was bright and I really enjoying it. The sweet aftertaste on my Regular White (45k) was surprisingly good! I also got a chance to try the Espresso (30k), it was pretty nice with dominant of herbs flavor on my palate.

[Red] Regular White (45k) - [Yellow] Espresso (30k)

So I also ordered a Chicken Avocado Crostini (60k) from their list. It was quite promising because consists of toast sourdough, smoked chicken, avocado cream-cheese, rocket leaves and also a pesto dressing. I found the sourdough quite hard, but the rest of it was nice.

Chicken Avocado Crostini (60k)

Actually they also have a Nitro Cold Brew (50k) which is quite favorite among the customers. Luckily I've got chance to try this, one of them gave me a sample to try. The color was pretty good with all the froth on the top of it. Their Nitro Cold Brew a bit light for me, but they said it still under development progress. So it could be nice if I can try this again when its fully ready.