Teh Poci Pak Min and Kopi Blandongan, the Warongs for Young People

Some characteristics of the places where young people in Yogyakarta hang around are its friendliness and simplicity. You can find them in some places such as Poci Pak Min and Warung Kopi Blandongan.

Teh Poci Pak Min and Kopi Blandongan, the Warongs for Young People

Visiting such traditional places to hang out in Yogyakarta is a must because you can feel typical nuance of Yogyakarta both the meals and the friendship between the visitors. In such places, you people in this tourism city usually hang out and plan many activities.

You may start your journey from Warung Poci Pak Min that is located close to Yogyakarta Arts High School at the South-West of the Kingdom. At its name denotes, this place serves the poci or pot tea as the main menu, namely tea that is in a teapot and served with crystal sugar in pottery glasses. Usually the tea is so thick and strong with jasmine aroma.

With the concept of angkringan (foods and drinks are served close to both the seller and buyers), Poci Pak Min offers other menus such as rice with vegetables with tempe and tofu as side dishes, sate, etc. The prices are quite cheap. You only have to spend less than IDR 10,000 to have teh poci and some foods.

The citizens of Yogyakarta from different ages and status are utilizing warung Poci Pak Min as the place to meet. If you want to know Yogyakarta citizens closer, I suggest that you visit this kind of place. Such place begins to be crowded at around 05:00p.m. until late at night.

In addition to Poci Pak Min, in Gowok area, at the south of Plaza Ambarukmo there is also quite comfortable place to meet, namely Warung Kopi Blandongan. It used to have the slogan of saving the nation from cafein shortage; this coffee warong provides special coffee that is processed by the seller himself.

The taste of the coffee proves the truth of the slogan. Blandongan coffee has right thickness and bitterness that is served in the right small cups. The thickness of the coffee can even be seen from the coffee deposit in the cup after you finish it.

The atmosphere of this warong is just suitable for people to gather. Many visitors sit crosslegged. Under yellowish light and bamboo walls seem to bring you to a village atmosphere. When you are hungry, you can try light meals such as fried peanut or other fries.

To the south of Warung Kopi Blandongan there is another coffee warong named Kopi Grek. The warong offers coffee with bigger portion but less thickness. Even though it also serves coffee as the main menu, kedai Kopi Grek has different atmosphere, for example the sitting arrangement in an open space to make it comfortable to enjoy the night air. Kedai Kopi Grek also servers rice as its menu, unlike Blandongan that serves light meals only.

The prices both at Kopi Grek and Kopi Blandongan are similar; they are just cheap! A cup of coffee at Warung Kopi Blandongan sells at IDR 2,000 while at Kopi Grek it costs IDR 2,500. Sometimes, Warung Kopi Blandongan also packs its coffee and sells the coffee powder at IDR 10,000 for 250 grams package.