Kopi di Ubud

By Speak Indo, original reading practice from the Speak Indo course.

Coffee in Ubud. Learning about Indonesian coffee culture in a Ubud café.

The monologue, line by line

1. Ubud terkenal dengan kafe-kafe kecilnya.
   Ubud is famous for its small cafés.
2. Banyak turis datang untuk menikmati kopi lokal.
   Many tourists come to enjoy local coffee.
3. Saya memesan kopi tubruk yang khas.
   I ordered the traditional tubruk coffee.
4. Kopi tubruk disajikan tanpa disaring.
   Tubruk coffee is served without filtering.
5. Rasanya kuat dan sedikit pahit.
   The taste is strong and slightly bitter.
6. Pemilik kafe bercerita tentang kebunnya.
   The owner told me about her garden.
7. Dia menanam kopi sendiri di desa.
   She grows her own coffee in the village.
8. Setiap biji kopi dipilih dengan hati-hati.
   Each coffee bean is chosen carefully.
9. Sekarang saya mengerti kenapa kopinya istimewa.
   Now I understand why her coffee is special.
10. Saya akan kembali lagi besok pagi.
    I will come back again tomorrow morning.

Vocabulary in this monologue

• dengan, with
• banyak, many
• turis, tourist (casual)
• datang, to come
• untuk, for
• kopi, coffee
• saya, I
• memesan, to order
• yang, which / who / that (relativizer)
• kuat, strong
• dan, and
• sedikit, a little