TAHLIL COFFEE

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One more unique culinary lovers can enjoy coffee in Pekalongan. Namely, coffee tahlil. You can find this drink sellers around the town square of batik.

Tahlil coffee, from this beverage's name we can guess , this drink has to do with ritual tahlilan. And, it's true. That said, coffee is usually served at the time tahlilan, namely: activities chant / pray together to pray for those who just died.



Curious to try the taste, I immediately tasted the beverage of the town of batik. Next to the square, adjacent to the Great Mosque, there are coffee shops lesehan tahlil. The owner named Mrs. Mislia. When asked the meaning of the name of this coffee, he affirms that they drink it sells it's one of the requirements in the event tahlilan dish.

"In the past, new people can enjoy this coffee only when tahlilan. But, now people can drink coffee at any time, as many are sold," he said.

Not surprisingly, the coffee shop across pekalongan tahlil. But, the most crowded in the visit, there are around the town square. One of them, coffee tahlil this Mother's Mislia.

At first glance this coffee taste just steeping coffee with ginger water. It is true, according to Ms. Mislia, ginger is one of the ingredients makes this coffee. But, not only that. It was later revealed seven different foodstuffs dijerang in water to brew coffee. Namely, ginger, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, pandan, lemongrass, and nutmeg.

"All the ingredients were destroyed first, and then boiled for two hours. After the new brown sugar added. Then, mixed with coffee," said Mrs. Mislia, reveal the recipe.

So, while enjoying coffee, the warm feeling spread throughout the body directly. Bodies that had been stiff, straight fresh again. It was, we got extra energy after drinking this coffee.

Mislia mother admitted that he had three years tahlil selling coffee on the square in this town. Previously, her grandmother's coffee shop is managed. "Recipes from Grandma did too. I just went on his legacy", he added.

Price of a cup of coffee tahlil only Rp1.500. If you add milk, the price to Rp 2,500. Quite cheap right? Who would have thought, from the price of coffee is reasonably priced, the sales turnover per day is quite surprising. Mother admitted Mislia can get no less than Rp 200,000 per night.

If you want to enjoy this coffee, usually after Maghrib. At these times, a new coffee shop opened tahlil. To accompany the food tahlil sipping coffee, there is a watered sticky brown sugar and grated coconut on top. This food is suitable to be friends of this fine coffee tahlil.


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