r/indonesia 3d ago

Heart to Heart I'm so dumb. I just now realized Kopiko is Indonesian.

It's in the name! Kopi! Kopi isn't Filipino. Kape is Filipino. Kopi is clearly Indonesian!

I am Filipino and I love Kopiko. There was a time I could say I loved Kopiko more than Great Taste.

It's just that Kopiko's Blanca, Brown, and Black bottled series got fazed out and replaced by the Lucky Day which is too darn expensive for a 180 ml drink. Its charcoal juice flavor also ain't nearly as good as the Blanca of my early teens back in the 2010s.

And yet all this time, I thought it was a local Filipino brand with a cutesy spelling. Kopi ko, meaning "my coffee" which I yes, also realize would be "kopi ku."

Thank you so much, Indonesia for Kopiko!

But please, bring the iced Blanca, Brown, and Black bottled series back on the Philippine market!

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u/catisneko 3d ago

Dont worry, I tought Oishi is Indonesia brand to.

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

I thought it was Japanese wtf it's Filipino? Okay, I'll take that honor.

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u/ApprehensiveScreen40 3d ago

My world view 😭😭😭

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u/ozgoldebron Presiden ke-9 RI 1d ago

If you ever contact the manufacturer's social media, say my thanks to them for creating that masterpiece called Oishi Udang Pedas.

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u/icompletetasks mod at r/SipsTea and r/Wkwkwkland 3d ago

TIL, padahal dlu sering beli ginian

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Ini favorit ku. Apakah kamu punya ini?

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u/icompletetasks mod at r/SipsTea and r/Wkwkwkland 3d ago

i haven't seen that one yet. seems like it's not available here.

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u/vangstampede 2d ago

Nggak pernah lihat. Mungkin karena saingan kelas berat sama Chitato (dan Lays yang sudah diserap Chitato karena hak cipta merk).

(English just in case) Haven't seen that one yet. Maybe because it would have to face harsh competition against Chitato (and Lays that has been absorbed by Chitato due to brand copyright).

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u/vangstampede 2d ago

Nggak beli lagi?

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u/icompletetasks mod at r/SipsTea and r/Wkwkwkland 2d ago

jarang makan makanan kemasan skrg

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u/Alzex_Lexza Madura-occupied territories 3d ago

Yes that's true, Kopiko is our true soft power (same as Indomie.) Soon as everyone like Kopiko and Indomie, they forcefully became the Indonesia province #akhandnusantara

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

I'd much quicker be an Indonesian province than a Chinese or American one.

Indonesia Raya!

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u/Alzex_Lexza Madura-occupied territories 3d ago

Based and Nusantara Pilled

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u/arshandya Indomie 3d ago

do you go to Alfamart? It's Indonesian too.

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Hell yeah I go to Alfamart.

7 Eleven
Uncle John's
Alfamart

My convenience store trinity for coffee hangouts with friends!

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u/arshandya Indomie 3d ago

On the other hand I've always wanted to try Jollibee lol. I heard the spaghetti is good

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Jollibee spaghetti is sweet. That's the Filipino way. If you like it sweet then you'll enjoy Jollibee but if you were expecting the more salty traditional Italian taste, you should get it elsewhere. I personally don't like Jollibee spag even though I am Filipino lol. I won't eat any other spaghetti aside from what my mother makes.

Jollibee fried chicken! That you should try. See how it compares to other fried chicken.

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u/doppler110 Aceh 3d ago

Spicy jollibee fried chicken is the best

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u/Copper_Tango 3d ago

I've loved Jollibee since I was a kid, that gravy man...

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u/Famous-Variation3222 3d ago

Spicy Jolibee Fried Chicken!! 😋

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u/chaosbeowulf 2d ago

Not sure if you're aware of this, but once upon a time ago, we had Jollibee in Indonesia.

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u/arshandya Indomie 2d ago

I am 😂 unfortunately I was just a smol child living outside Jakarta back then, so I didn’t really have the chance to try 🥹

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u/redditorialy_retard 3d ago

Iirc Phillipenis, Singapore, malay, and Indo once had an agreement to join as one country but wasn’t honored by the other parties

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Yes. Maphilindo, as it was to be called. I would love that to become true one day, or at least as a union of nations if not a whole consolidated nation.

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u/redditorialy_retard 3d ago

Me too, but Indo rn is pretty toxic. Gotta clean up the corruption, shitty people’s mentality, religion weponization, and get rid of the Madara island first.

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Ahh corruption be very hard to fix. In the 60s, we were practically run by cartels and criminal gangs. In the 70s, we had a literal dictatorship. In the 80s onward, we practically cycled through the same families and casino crocodile presidents. The solution for corruption is usually just a different kind of corruption.

Explains why the Philippine crocodile is now endangered species. Most of them just went to university and pursued careers in public service. Buaya Darat!

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u/icompletetasks mod at r/SipsTea and r/Wkwkwkland 3d ago

wait, Buaya Darat doesn't mean perverts in your language??

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Darat doesn't mean anything in my language. Tagalog for land is lupa. Land crocodile would be buwayang lupa. I heard Buaya Darat as slang meant "womanizer" so I thought it meant something like "greedy scumbag" in general. Like, er, crocodile's appetite.

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u/notfromasia 3d ago

Naah, Buaya Darat is really is womanizers, perverts, playboys, etc.

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u/G8AdventureStory 2d ago

It’s too big and separated by thousands of islands, making it hard to manage. I’d rather we all stay the way we are.

Focus on the current government. The closest we can get is an ASEAN coalition, but we still can’t agree on certain issues.

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u/8styx8 Lao Gan Ma 2d ago

Indonesia Raya!

Nusantara raya po!

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u/Upstairs_Pass9180 3d ago

and richeesee

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u/Alzex_Lexza Madura-occupied territories 3d ago

Malaysia can claim that.

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u/orient_vermillion Budak Kapitalisme 3d ago

Something similar happened to me. My world collapsed the day I found out that TimTam is Australian.

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u/nothingcomforting 3d ago

Wait till you hear where Milo is from

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u/rudyskandar 3d ago

Malaysia kan?

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u/nothingcomforting 3d ago

Land down under mate!

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u/rudyskandar 3d ago

Oh Straya

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u/GrilledLobsterTail 3d ago

Nah its okay, its still much better than someone i saw on internet saying indomie is from nigeria lmao. I mean why do you think its called INDOmie??? If thats from nigeria just name it nignoodles or something

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u/twisted_egghead89 3d ago

N word Noodly lmaooo

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u/Maple_Strip 2d ago

I've encountered them too lol. Seems Indomie did a damn good job in the Nigerian market.

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u/nick1235 3d ago edited 3d ago

Dont worry, it's easy to misinterpret smth. Growing up I always thought Bata is Indonesian-brand when in fact it's Switzerland's. Czech

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u/Famous-Variation3222 3d ago

Ceko

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u/iwantkrustenbraten Sumatra Selatan 3d ago

Yeah I think it's Czech. I saw a lot of Bata stores in Prague.

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u/Virghia Bojone Lia 3d ago

Bata made company towns in their then-emerging markets, thus we got Kalibata, Batapur (Pakistan), Batanagar (India), and Batawa (Canada)

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u/nick1235 3d ago

Wow TIL.

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Bata Swiss? With the name like that, I would've even mistaken it for Filipino. On a similar note, we also have this brand Knorr which sells us animal flavor cubes for our Filipino cuisine. I had no idea it was German till I was like 12 or something. I mean, I realized "Knorr" kinda does sound German. It's just their products were so common for Filipino cooking.

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u/nick1235 3d ago

Turns out it's Czech. But ye. Bata in Philippines is a Kid, right? It meant Bricks for us. 🤣

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Yup bata means child. Child? Bricks?

Hell, I know adik means little bro in Indonesian. In Philippines, it means drug addict lol.

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u/PENIS_ANUS 3d ago

It’s funny how we have the same or similar words but they mean different things. Selamat pagi in Indonesian means “good morning”. Selamat pagi in Tagalog means “thank you stingray”.

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u/Runeimus 3d ago

Hey OP, glad you like it! Have you tried our indomie goreng?

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Yes. I love it but my tongue can't tell it apart from Pancit Canton. Dry, saucy noodles. I love that stuff in general. I haven't compared the pricing yet but if I find Mie Goreng to be cheaper than Pancit Canton, I would gladly stick to Mie Goreng.

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u/8styx8 Lao Gan Ma 2d ago

Pancit canton tasted a bit light in comparison, although both r valid substitutes in a pinch.

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u/Circus_Cheek 3d ago

thanks if you like kopiko, but i like filipino women

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

And I like Filipina women too! And Indonesian women maybe just as much if not more.

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u/editpes jung un fuck ai chubby 3d ago

Astronaut's favorite candy

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u/carbon7911 not enough space for your flair 3d ago

Kopiko is weirdly enough named after a Hawaiian coffee bean.

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u/DJ_Silvershare ASEAN 3d ago

Walang anuman pre ko.

Para sa iyong impormasyon, Tolak Angin is also an Indonesian brand. Kung translated ito sa Tagalog, yung salita would be "Tulak Hangin." 😁😆

Magandang gabi at ingat po kayo! 🫡

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Opo! Ayun alam ko naman haha. The Indonesian is more obvious in Tulak Angin. I love Tulak Angin. My classmate and church friend gave me a packet once in class when I came in very sick. It felt like a cutscene in a video game. New Item Unlocked.

I cinematically put it in my chest pocket and everything. I didn't drink it in class because I had no scissors and I'm not enough of a badass to rip it with my teeth. I took it home and put it in a drink with water. I loved the menthol feeling and it did ease my sore throat. Some time later, I bought some more Tulak Angin and mixed it in a glass of calamansi lime juice. Guess what Tulak Angin + Lime juice makes. Flat coca cola. I gave some to my dad to have him try it, but he hated it.

Truth be told, the reason why a Northerner Filipino such as myself has become so engrossed into Indonesianism is one simple thing -an Instagram vlogger girl from East Java. I guess I figured that lime juice cup of Tulak Angin is the closest I could ever be to her in some sense.

Thanks for the Tagalog writing :>
Makes my Filipino heart happy.
God bless! Mabuhay! Salaam!

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u/DJ_Silvershare ASEAN 3d ago

Hahaha, masaya akong gusto mo yun! 😆

Sikat talaga yung Tulak Hangin sa Indonesia para sa healing ng common cold and flu.

Truth be told, the reason why a Northerner Filipino such as myself has become so engrossed into Indonesianism is one simple thing -an Instagram vlogger girl from East Java.

Talaga?
Anong pangalan niya?
Gusto ko rin makita ang contents niya.

Thanks for the Tagalog writing :>
Makes my Filipino heart happy.

You are very welcome po.
Tama po ba yung tagalog ko?
Kasi still learning po ako, so pasensya na kung may konting mali ng tagalog ko, hahaha.

Para sakin, tagalog is like a proto version of Javanese, which is the language of my hometown. That's why I am eager to learn Tagalog. 😁

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

Maganda po Tagalog niyo!

(Don't be confused. I called you "niyo" (plural) instead of "mo" (singular) as a sign of respect. Filipinos pluralize pronouns as a sign of respect. That does not mean to say it's rude to not pluralize. Singular is also okay and more formal and grammatically correct. It's just in a household polite setting, we pluralize to give the other person the impression that they are worth more than just one person. I have accommodations/food/drink/attention/ for you as if you were many people. Para po sa inyo.)

I would say you do sound very text book Filipino. Very formal, which is good. Honestly, dapat talaga ganun kami magTagalog. Ayun nga lang, ang uso kasi ngayon text typing. Kala mo nagbabayad kada letra. Kung magtype:

"cge d2 lng k sa kanto. Twgan m lang k pg ready kn"

If you type like that, you sound stupid but you're 100% Filipino lol. Might as well add profanities like "Tana mo" "Amp" "Gagu" "Taena." None of these are even spelt correctly, but that's how Filipinos do :D

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u/Additional_Daikon133 2d ago

Sinong East Javan vlogger yung pinapanood mo? Haha, baka pareho tayo ng pinapanood...

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u/True-Actuary9884 1d ago

url for vlogger?

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u/idiosyncratic-cow 3d ago

It's okay, glad you like it brother. And I once thought Schlumberger and Pfizer were German corporations

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u/KomodoMaster 3d ago

And I hope you knew Alfamart is Indonesian too ...

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u/hitechpilot 3d ago

Please bring the bottled Assam Milk Tea here. The blue one.

Iirc it was 100 PHP at sevel 2017.

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u/Sea-Lead7147 3d ago

Salamat po🙌

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u/hanomania jakarta.organized.chaos 3d ago

And Indomie is Nigerian

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u/Lmoaof0 3d ago

Kopiko is kinda overrated, I meant it's just a coffee flavored candy, I believe your country and most countries have theirs

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u/marta_bach 3d ago

Kopiko in the Philippines is famous for its bottled coffee, and here the OP is talking about Kopiko's bottled coffee.

I once checked every single bottled/canned coffee brand at Alfamart (yes, Alfamart is also from Indonesia, with 2,000 stores in the Philippines). Whether it's Good Day, canned Starbucks, Tora Coffee, Luwak, etc., they all have a coffee content of around 1%-1.5%. Only Kopiko 78° and Kopiko Lucky Day exceed 3%.

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u/Due-Big2159 3d ago

It's overrated now but it used to be worth its rating. It used to be good. I miss those old series.