Yesterday, a reader of my blog gave me a call to find out where he could get wood picture frames. He also wanted to know whether Tongkang Pechah coffee is still sold at the main market. Tongkang Pechah coffee? Never heard of it, but it must be quite well-known as this reader, Mr Chan, is from Johore Bahru. Anyway, he requested me to find out and buy some for him as he is coming up to Batu Pahat today. So I went to the main market searching for this man selling coffee. It is actually a mobile stall that grinds and sells white coffee which is from Senggarang and not Tongkang Pechah. This type of coffee is lighter in colour than the traditional coffee normally favoured by drinkers. But Senggarang coffee has caught on in popularity recently. This man took over from his father who had been selling it at the same place for the last 30 years.
According to him, his coffee beans are roasted over a wood fire which is much better than beans roasted using gas. He roasts his coffee at Tongkang Pecah, his home, which is near the source of his wood supply.
The stall in the main market
The coffee seller
The coffee grinder
The grounded coffee goes into a tin
One and a half kilos of white coffee at RM 20.00 per kilo
The stall in the main market
The coffee seller
The coffee grinder
The grounded coffee goes into a tin
One and a half kilos of white coffee at RM 20.00 per kilo
Where is this coffee grown? How is the flavor different?
ReplyDeletenancy in Vancouver
I have no idea why it is called senggarang coffee. Senggarang is a part of the Batu Pahat district; presumably, the coffee is grown there; its colour is light brown; so it is called 'white' coffee.
ReplyDeleteHi Nancy, it's light by Malaysian coffee standard. i just drank a cup Meeky bought. It's fragrant, sweet( no need to add sugar bec the seller Mr. Lim may have put sugar in roasting it) In fact most coffee roaster put a lot of impurities like butter and sugar while roasting it.
ReplyDeleteBP coffee is the best! Not Muar, not JB. I may drop by to Senggarang to visit another seller and roaster, the brand is called Happyland, very popular in BP too. But I find this Mr Lim in the pasar one really fragrant and fresh.
White coffee is not white in color, it's just lighter in color by Malaysian coffee standard.
Thanks Meeky. The photos are great! Another 10 years or lesser, you won't find coffee seller like this Mr. Lim. Grind and pack with his mobile mini coffee factory right in the middle of the Pasar. Chan
ReplyDeleteThanks for throwing more light on the subject. I was asking around, and I was told that Senggarang used to be a coffee planting area, but now most of the coffee comes from Indonesia.
ReplyDeleteYes everyone comments really have knowledge how to drink white coffee compare to black coffee in Singapore. I agreed the coffee in BP is very good and also not far away coffee from pontian also good. Pontian coffee have better aroma but not as smooth compare to senggarang coffee. I have both of this coffee and I rotate different day to drink. Just like eating durians you must eat bitter and sweet taste. Coffee is the same. I have 3 type of coffee beans at home at same time. Not only I learn how to brew the same standard at what I drink at the shop. I would bought 5kg at each visit . cheers ! coffee gangs.
ReplyDeletewhere I can buy the senggarang coffee powder in singapore
ReplyDeletehi Meeky,
ReplyDeleteMay I know if the uncle is still selling and do u have his contacT?
Kepada seluruh Malaysian yang dihormati;
ReplyDeleteBahawa Chairman Gombak MCA (Malaysia Chinese Association, YIP KUM FOOK menguna kuasa politiknya menipu wang kami di Taman Daya, Kepong(memohon gerai), merosakkan keluarga orang lain, import wanita dari China(dangin hidup)………….
Sekira tuan-tuan dan puan-puan tidak percayai atas kejahatannya bolih bertanya orang tempatan di Taman Daya, kepong.
Chairman MCA Gombak (Malaysia Chinese Association), YIP KUM FOOK “U” buat Dosa “U” tetap akan menimpa kesusahan tidak lama lagi. TUHAN ADA MATA.
Respected throughout the Malaysian;
That the Chairman Gombak MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association, YIP KUM FOOK used political power cheated our money at Taman Daya, Kepong (applying stalls), hurt people’s family, imports women from China (living meat) .............
If ladies and gentlemen do not trust the evil, can ask local people at Taman Daya, kepong.
Chairman Gombak MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association), YIP KUM FOOK "U" created of sin "U" will override trouble Unallocated fixed soon. GOD HAS EYES.
整个马来西亚的尊重;
Chairman Gombak MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association, YIP KUM FOOK（叶金福用政治权力，在Taman Daya，甲洞（申请摊位）骗我们的钱，伤害别人的家庭，从中国进口妇女 买卖色情业务...... ....
如果女士们，先生们，不相信他的邪恶，可以问当地的人。
Chairman Gombak MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association, YIP KUM FOOK (叶金福），叶金福 “您” 将面对因果报应。老天有眼。
主办单位: MCA Selayang..
Irrelevant to coffee.
DeleteYIP KUM FOOK (MCA GOMBAK) DON'T BREAK THE BUDDHIST RULES
ReplyDeleteTo Samnak Sambodhi Manager (Yip Kum Fook, MCA Gombak) and Yap Leaong Lan (Peggy Yap)
The local public asked about wanting to be a member of the SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION, No: 19 Jalan 38 Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong 52100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but happily they were not all MCA party members. Why?
1) This is not a place of political arena; this is a place of prayer.
2) This is where people’s property is not your own property.
Hope you are understanding and free of wrong laws immediately, otherwise unsweet things will happen.
Thank you
Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong
(Ah Low)
His son (YIP JIUN HANN叶君瀚, 律师..MCA GOMBAK) also has the same behavior and habits as his father because father (YIP KUM FOOK叶金福, 律师) does bad things in society, cheats people about money and has sex with people's wives everywhere and the children(son) also play women everywhere too
ReplyDeletenow many people know about this YIP KUM FOOK叶金福 family in their way of life, but they can't escape from people gossiping about what they have done. in the end life is hard.. pity those who do evil, not in this life but have to bear it for another life as well.
They will tremble all their lives in life and they are not free all their lives like animals touching hot water, in Buddhist who broke the Sangha community, this is the greatest sin, also not easy to confess and there is no way to cleanse it
Really to happen to you, your friends and relatives will laugh at you, you will be lonely without friends because when you have a lot of money, you are proud of them, at that time nobody wants you...you will walk the road alone
Shared by loke & friends in Kepong
People will have a chance to change you do bad things to people but karma will not give you a chance forever, you will suffer all your life because you have suffered a lot to people
ReplyDeleteNow many people know in Kepong area about you doing evil, the last time you did something bad people don't care, when you do it with Buddhist monks, that your karma will always increase and you will suffer before you die
What you are doing with the Buddhist Sangha are a very biggest sin in this life because Buddhist monks, they have practices in their journey(way) or teachings, we are ordinary people born in the world for a while and you are destroying Buddhist culture, Buddhist monks never do anything only to be you are angry but you are jealous of them(Buddhist Monks)
This Datuk Yip Kum Fook and his security and spy (Simon Low Kok Meng (Taman Daya, Kepong) everyone needs to be careful because it is more dangerous in Kepong... Mr. Simon Low is the mastermind for Datuk Yip Kum Fook... both are large crocodiles
Cheng from Taman Ehsan, Kepong