Anomali Coffee

Overview

Anomali Coffee was founded in August 2007 by Irvan Helmi (also co-founder of Pipiltin Cocoa) as one of Indonesia's first specialty coffee roasters at a time when the country exported far more coffee than it consumed. Sourcing exclusively from Indonesian origins — Aceh Gayo, Sumatra Mandailing, Java Estate, Bali Kintamani, Toraja, Flores Bajawa, Papua Wamena — the company runs a trading operation, barista academy, and seven cafes across Jakarta and Bali, each roasting in-house daily. Helmi has tasted samples from roughly 100 single origins across Indonesia's 17,000+ islands since founding the company.

Known for

• One of Indonesia's first specialty coffee roasters (2007)
• 100% Indonesian single-origin sourcing — no foreign beans
• Each of seven cafes roasts in-house daily for freshness
• Promotes and curates coffee from across the Indonesian archipelago
• Built infrastructure for Indonesian middle-class third-wave coffee culture

Why it matters

Anomali matters not because it broke new technical ground, but because it taught Indonesians to drink Indonesian specialty coffee. In a country that's the world's fourth-largest producer, building the domestic specialty market required educating consumers and producers simultaneously — and a producer-country pioneer doing this at the scale of seven cafes is rare globally.

Production

roastery location

Multiple locations (each cafe roasts daily); HQ Jl. Kemang Raya, Jakarta Selatan

Café

Jl. Kemang Raya No.72, Jakarta Selatan (flagship); additional locations in Jakarta and Bali

Sources

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/26/517035587/indonesia-wakes-and-up-and-smells-its-own-coffee-then-drinks-it
• https://www.isustainable.org/anomali-coffee
• https://www.asia-bars.com/2014/07/anomali-coffee-specialty-coffee-and-cafe-seminyak-bali/
• https://burhanabe.com/4066/ceritain-kopi-indonesia
• https://theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com/locales/anomali-coffee/