Bandrek & Bajigur
The temperature of Bandung is 18-28 °C now. Moreover, it’s rainy season. We need beverage that can warm the body up. You can drink hot chocolate, coffee, milk or tea. But here in West Java, we have some traditional beverages called bandrek and bajigur. Bandrek is made of ginger and brown sugar. Sometimes, we add pepper or clove. This beverage also can be served with milk, creamer, or coconut. I heard, in Bogor there is bansulap or bandrek-susu-kelapa (bandrek with milk and coconut).
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There is popular belief in Indonesia that the name "cendol" is related to and originated from the word jendol; in Javanese, Sundanese and Indonesian language it means "bump" or "bulge", it refer to bumpy sensations of the green worm-like jelly passed through the mouth during drinking es cendol. In Malaysia, some cendol maker have been selling cendol for past three generation, since 1920th until now.
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