Kopi tiam is lighter in colour than normal coffee beans that uses sugar – hence the name 'white coffee'. Kopitiams in Indonesia are very similar to those in Malaysia or Singapore. Originally run by local Chinese people, they can be found in many residential areas. Old-fashioned kopitiams are usually located at shop houses, and often have a quite run-down appearance. The term kedai kopi or warkop (which stands for warung kopi) is more often used. More recently, modern kopitiams have emerged, and can be found in many shopping malls, particularly in big cities such as Jakarta, Medan, Batam and Surabaya. These attract
Banded palm civet Banded palm civet The banded palm civet ("Hemigalus derbyanus"), also called the banded civet, is a civet found in the Sundaic region and occurs in peninsular Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, peninsular Thailand and in Indonesia on the islands of Sipura, Sumatra and Borneo. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List because of its large geographic and elevation range and tolerance to some habitat disturbance. "Hemigalus" is a monospecific genus that was first named and described by the French zoologist Claude Jourdan in 1837. Having roughly the size of a domestic cat, this viverrid measures from 41 to