Things I’d love to see personally: - Your coffee travel setup (if you have one) - And maybe, the way you pack for travel? - How you research cafes to check out - Thoughts on what each destination does best - Thoughts on the general coffee culture in that city

If you comb your hair in the other direction you'll become an extrovert.

Indonesian here, interesting to see hear your view of the indonesian coffee market. Yes, the common coffee trend in here goes more to the sweeter side. We kind of have a sweet tooth. Interesting note, so many people here use the ROK to pull the espresso for making the Kopi Susu. The single origins are definitely around, just not as common.

James: show a solid 20 second beauty shots of dolce gusto. Also James: "Oh no“

Being an Indonesian myself, I can say that the coffee market has been steadily gaining popularity these past years whether it be for specialty coffee or the more varying/fun versions of coffees (like the kopi susu etc). Interesting to hear your thoughts about Jakarta and didn't realise how different the accessibility for coffee is back home and here in the UK (currently studying here), I miss being able to order coffee with gojek/grab and have it by my door step in less than an hour. Glad you enjoyed Jakarta! please do come back in the near future James :)

I am an American living and working in Indonesia, and I love the coffee here. My favorite is from Flores; you should try it. Everyone I talk to here that is into coffee also really enjoys coffee from Flores. Indonesia overall is an amazing country with a massively diverse people who are amongst the friendliest I have encountered in my travel life. You should definitely come back and spend more time here.

"It's probably a bad idea, right? It's a bad idea?" *Inserts capsule* James and his bad ideas, thanks for making me chuckle

3:52 I always knew there were secretly 3 James. It's the only way he gets all this filming done on an insane schedule.

2:00 " I'll just wait. We'll get coffee later. " 😂🤣😂 So sincere so polite. 😆👍

Ga nyangka Bang James main ke Jakarta! Keren! Hi James, thanks for the short trip to Jakarta. Thanks for letting people know about coffee trend in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

ABCD is an absolutely amazing name!

When Mr. James says.. "Kopi Susu" YES! 😄👍

Man I’m always surprised at the quality of your shots. Those aerials at the beginning are awesome! Thanks for the update James! I just got my first batch of square mile coffee this morning. I picked up the sweet shop and had one of the best lattes I’ve ever had.

Indonesian here. Commonly, in order to stay on business, almost all coffee shops in Indonesia rely on ice milk-based coffee beverage to stay in business. Fortunately, for small coffee shops, they always exploring with local coffee beans and give coffee lovers a wide-range of single origin coffee, especially pour over or filter (V60). For this typical coffee shops, a customer like me, I can learn more about coffee, from farming to brewing stage, which is I love learning than come, order and sitting for about an hour in a big busy coffee shop. Interesting enough, our coffee culture has another side story and I guess it is particular to Indonesia. Our prime time visiting a coffee shop is after work around 5-6pm, having a chat with, sometimes, random people, sharing interest and idea. And quite often, an informal meeting in a coffee shop opens up new community or even new business. I guess that is the beauty of Indonesian Coffee Shop. Hope You will be back again to Indonesia, and try our range of coffee from big to small player here. Last and foremost, thanks for visiting Indonesia. Cheers Mate!!!

i live in Jogjakarta, Indonesia, and I can say that within the last 5 years, a couple hundred coffee shops have opened, no exaggeration. coffee culture is booming. you must visit! it's got great coffee but without the traffic!

The ABCD coffee school looks so fresh (and their auditorium at 2:09 really gives me Star Wars Death Star vibes)!

Love the evolution of your channel. From the cozy comforts of home to interesting coffee locations around the world. The quality of these videos are so high that it's oddly relaxing.

When you said you’re coming to Saudi Arabia I just paused the video and rewind it to make sure that you are really said it !!!!! Of course I want to see you in my country and meet you personally. You are more than welcome James ..

James: I’ve got more travel coming up Covid19: hold my coffee a sec

On the topic of milky, sugary coffee, I can confirm that it's at least getting some people into drinking good coffee. My girlfriend's just gotten properly into coffee after a while of only really drinking the really milky creamy stuff.

Hoffmann's ultimate Nespresso technique!

Makes a cup of hotel coffee then transitions to a room FULL of espresso machines I will never be able to afford. Haha

Lovely coffee School, next time you come to Indonesia you should check out Bali. Many speciality coffee shops and roasters. Been living here 7 years and speciality coffee has been booming in the last few years

Yes! Absolutely more of the travel diaries. Well done!

I love it when you say "Good morning, I'm in Jakarta" and you seem to be bewildered by it. I really enjoy the travel diaries!

My specialty coffee journey actually started from that so-called "Kopi Susu", my friends started this "Kopi Susu" business few years back before it becomes a trend like nowadays, with actual purpose it can become a bridge to connect people into specialty coffee.

I love your vlogs because they are storytelling more than show and tell. Makes me appreciate that you don't take out your phone to vlog while socialising with other people. That is a rare gift in this day and age where everybody feels they need to be online all the time.

I enjoy these videos. The presentation is always soothing and peaceful. Would love to see how people in other countries are doing coffee differently, and perhaps a short review or your thoughts on it!

ABCD is even cooler for their Death Star style lighting in the auditorium. Love these videos, perhaps more of the outside too?

I'm looking forward to seeing your impressions of qahwa (traditional arabic coffee) in Saudi. For me its one of the most interesting coffees that isn't really what we think of as coffee, but it still coffee

"I'll just... We'll get coffee later." Hahaha

James, the fact that you are collecting footage is a win! As a fellow Introvert (INTP) I can relate to the challenges of travel vlogging. In 2018 I had 4 trips in 3 months & didn't have the muscle memory to hit record. I too great pictures, but little video. If all you do is a hotel room & airport terminal interstitial updates of the day THAT IS PLENTY! Every bumper counts. As a New Yorker I hope you get to enjoy the city [EXCELSIOR!!!]

Been living in Jakarta for 20+ years and I just figured out there's such a place as ABCD 😂 Glad u enjoyed your stay in one of the warmest days in Jakarta during this rainy season!

Little did James know when he filmed this video that he would soon be unable to travel due to a virus. I have to believe that we were blessed with many more great videos from James due to this history.

Thanks for a nice comment on Jakarta. Great to hear that you enjoyed your stay 🙏

Please do more of these. Show us the coffee shops: the experience of ordering, waiting and drinking. I loved the section with the pos machine - show us more of your humour! And you’re editing, shooting and b-roll work is amazing! Thank you, James!!!

Your travel vlogs are my favorite type of your videos going back to the beginning of your channel. Would love to see more!

I’d be really interested in these talks (even if it was audio only on a second channel or on SoundCloud or something like that). This really is a throwback to one of your earlier travel vlogs, only the quality and the narrative are much more developed and even more coherent. Also: may we have another Q&A or even a cupping?

The video editing is so fantastic here! 🔥 I like the: "What do I do today somewhere else?" format.

One thing about Indonesian coffee scene that I think you wont find anywhere else is that we use ROK Presso for commercial use. And by commercial I mean we torture it to its limit. And there are so many local custom workshops that make Upgrade Kit for your ROK Presso such as custom porta, metal chamber and shower screen, etc etc. That's one thing I love about coffee in Indonesia. You'll find so many micro coffeeshop with very minimalist setup but yet people still come and gather to have good time with friends and a cup of a good, humble coffee.

Interesting to hear your observations. I'm from Malaysia, so I think in terms of coffee culture,we're probably alike in some ways. We don't have the "kopi susu" type thing here, but the closest to it that we have here would probably be the Taiwanese boba tea milk stuff. I gotta give the Indonesians props though for not being shy to show you what is trending over there, and I love that you try to put some thought into why such a thing makes sense there. Not something that most purists/traditionalists would consider "real coffee experience" (if such a thing exists), but your open-minded approach is very refreshing.

show me da cawfee icons o nu yoik The best bit of the Aus/NZ one was when you sat down with Matt Perger, so more stuff about the people driving coffee in that city forward and what their ideas are would be very interesting.

As a fan from indonesia, I just wanted you to try coffee from around the island. My favorite was Sumatra and toraja coffee. The notes was amazing for me.

OMG!! You are coming to Saudi Arabia. Welcome. I hope I can meet you.

I enjoy seeing your adventures! Thanks for bringing us along

So close yet so far! Next time, after such a long haul to this quadrant of the galaxy, please drop by other Southeast Asian spots, like here in Malaysia! The interest in speciality coffee is booming here too, and we would be glad to have such a industry celebrity to come over.

Glad you like our town. Can't wait for your return to Jakarta. Thanks for your short visit, James.

Brilliant, nice to see you again Professor Hoffman :) much love from Toronto Ontario

Love it. Thank you James.

Yes, more of these please, interested in seeing how others do it.

Definitely need you to come back! Would love to hear your thoughts on the unique duality Indonesia possesses - it's one of the world's biggest coffee producers while at the same time it's starting to make its mark on the world stage (an Indonesian came 4th in the 2019 WBC). I may be wrong but not many coffee producing countries enjoy this kind of privilege.

So great to finally can watch your video in Jakarta... Wishing to be able to meet you some times in future when you have another trip here. IMHO, you could show the viewers what's going on during the trip, may be like moments when you're having talk session(s), tasting some recommended local coffee shops, going to some local coffee roasteries, or even brewing coffee with local beans (if you have some more time to be spent on).

Wellcome back to Jakarta Bali Indonesia

I'm going on a solo trip on Jakarta in May and I was so happy to find out that you've visited the place. I plan on cafe hopping while I'm there. We'd like to see more tour diaries, James!

Would love to see more videos like this. Often finding myself wondering what other scenes are like compared to where I live (Berlin). Tried some Square Mile Red Brick the other week for the first time at Companion Coffee. it was 🤔a little less experimental than I imagined. It's all in the name 'red brick', not sure why I didn't think it through! :) Hope to see more videos, thanks for making these. I really enjoy watching.

I feel that was my journey as well, starting with milk coffee and the Starbucks of the world, and eventually learning to appreciate coffee more and more, exploring pour over, espresso, and eventually roasting my own. A 15 year journey. I love it.

I'm really interested to see more videos like this and find out your impressions about the places you visit. Would be great to see more city shots

Miss Jakarta, lives there for 5 years... great people! 2009/2014 coffee shops started to boom everywhere...

Yes James! We want more travel vlogs. More coffee. More goods. Coming to Portland? I'll see you there, I think :)

made me laugh as per usual at the 'oh no ' moment ..... 2.01 James drinks bad coffee better than anyone else.

I love these videos. As someone who travels a lot and enjoying trying new shops out, I think it would be cool to showcase some of your adventures in finding local places.

I'm not all that up-to-date on your travel habits, but I'm thinking that New York trip in March was canceled for the foreseeable quarantined-future. I'm glad you're safe and I'm very thankful for your informative and entertaining videos. KZfaq algorithm did me right when it brought your channel to my home page.

More of these film diaries please James

Keep posting what you love to share. I hope to see you in Portland this April.

More please! It’s interesting to see the differences in coffee culture and maybe some interviews like the one with Matt Perger

Thank you, James, for bringing us along with you and for interacting with us as though we were there with you. Very personal, and interesting to us too. Keep up the great work and for the very smooth and rich production value.

thank you for coming James :)

Honestly, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. I think keeping things short and to the point really works. I normally dislike travel vlogs because they tend to be long and superfluous. I’d love to hear more about a given city’s coffee culture-unique drinks, when and where people drink coffee, etc.-and, if relevant, visits to notable cafes or roasteries. On a side note, I ordered some coffee from Square Mile (I live in the US!). Delicious! Worth the effort (and the exchange rate).

Love tour diaries, full and enjoyable. Dolce Gusto, I completely understand what you feel😆

Hey James, I lived in Jakarta from 1988 to 1998 and enjoyed everything there.

I am a big fan of "kopi tubruk" which I personally think is the ultimate and most simple way of making coffee. Just yesterday a colleague of mine and I stopped by a place in Jakarta called "Bakoel Koffie" in center Jakarta (Koffie is the Dutch spelling for coffee), where they served me a most amazing tubruk made from Timor coffee. They roast all their coffee themselves. A well made tubruk has a lot of body, the perfect cup bringing out all the flavors available in a coffee without changing it by any particular way of preparing your coffee. Tubruk grind is similar to Turkish, so very fine though a bit courser as true Turkish, finer as espresso though. Any medium or finer grind can make a nice tubruk, but finer grinds are preferred. After pouring your near boiling water on the ground coffee in your cup let it steep, then add sugar if you want (no milk), stir and wait for the grounds to have settled in the bottom of your cup. Blow the top of your cup (to have any ground coffee still present in the "crema" sink down as well) and enjoy.

Yes, more of this please.

Now I wanna see James trying out horrible coffee just to see his priceless reactions

Found out a trick for Dolce Gusto. You put in the capsule, start the machine for couple of seconds so the water enters the capsule but doesnt start dripping. then leave it like that for 15 seconds. When you start it again, the extraction is longer, which makes a better espresso in the end.

@James it breaks my heart that this was right before everything got shut down. You were quite excited telling us about NYC and SA hope you can get to it brother!

JAKARTA - I lived in JKT / Indonesia for many years - most of the locals drink coffee that tends to be very acidic. Filtered through a large SIV made from cheesecloth.. The SUSU - is condensed sweet milk from a can- very thick and very sweet. (too sweet for my taste similar to can 'leche' is South/ Central America - both words mean 'milk' but different than a container of whole milk per se) Over the last several years, more coffee shops opened - to compete with Starbucks and offer coffee from machines and some franchises offer a set-up where the operator actually roast the beans on the premises. (sometimes there can be inconsistencies through) Indonesia does offer a fine selection of coffee & beans, if you had the time to go to one of the large supermarkets, you can buy coffee ground or beans from many of the wonderful locations/coffee plantations. I just came across your videos and subscribed. Very well done. cheers

Bit late to the party here and assuming there’s very little travel going on currently! When things return to normal, I’d love to see more on: - What does coffee mean to people in different parts of the world? Is it more about the ceremony and science, or simply just a morning caffeine hit? - With the above in mind, what else could boost coffee culture in cities you visit, where perhaps it isn’t as strong as the likes of London - It would also be interesting to learn about the backgrounds of baristas in cafes and where their passion for coffee originated. Particularly in the likes of Jakarta and Saudi - Any unfamiliar modern quirks being adopted in the coffee world Anyway, great channel!

Yes, please more of your travel videos and coffee experiences in other parts of the world.

Love it! Your tour diary is passionate, eloquent and fantastic from a different perspective.Yes more please

Travel vlogs are always enjoyable, it gives many of us a new insight into a life that we would never experience. Keep them coming!

School of Coffee had a Star Wars interior...awesome!

Yes, show us all your travels.

The joys of a hotel shower before long haul is a thing of perfection. And yes, more travel logs please, James!

Great format! Please more or this. Thank you!

James in February 2020: "There's gonna be more travel vlogs! I'm going to New York in March!" Me watching in February 2021: "Oh, honey..."

Love this, James! I'd be interested in the coffee cultures and brewing styles / practices different places have and your travel setup (both your coffee and non coffee gear).

just got hooked with some of your videos recently and i found them amazing!! keep up the good work man. you deserved more love.

These vlogs are amazing, and it's great to see the industry through your travels. Please give us more!

Oh yes milk and coffee is very much love here. Part of the culture milk coffee = Kopi susu, is part ground coffee and condensed milk or coffee + milk + sugar. Morning coffee, afternoon coffee (usually with fried banana or other snack). Anyway, love you video! Thank you for coming to my city. I would love to see more of this type of video: visiting countries and try their local coffee or how the local brew. 🙏

I just recently knew you from Scott's video. If only I knew you recently got in Jakarta I would attend this event

I love the little tour diaries, I could watch you talk about drying paint.

Just found your channel in the midle of the pandemic and just realize you come to my hometown

I’ve just watched this video. I like this kind of semi-vlog. Looking forward to see this kind video again

Yes, keep doing these. It was nice seeing the Jakarta scene. I met a lot of people from there as I lived in Bali for a while. However, I didn't travel around much. This makes me want to go back and explore more. Thanks for infusing that inspiration :)

If James expanded this travel series concept I could see him filling some of the void that Anthony Bourdain left. James is humble, inquisitive and genuine, which were all qualities that made Anthony Bourdain so wonderful.

yes please , more of your travel videos

Yes more vlogs please! Have you ever thought about starting a coffee podcast? I feel like there would be enough to talk about and I love your voice!

Accidentally bounced on this vid and I gotta say that you should come back. So much to explore here and yes we need you back to experience the coffee scene down here in Indo.

Yes!!! Please keep the travel vids coming! Thanks for all you do!

Welcome!!! Thanks for coming! You should try Jogjakarta, there’s a lot of great coffee and coffee shops there. Have a great time!