Indonesian Kretek cigarettes?

SuperXpat
By SuperXpat

I think my question is a bit tricky: Does anyone know where about in Doha I can buy Indonesian kretek (tobacco blend mixed with cloves) cigarettes?

Hopefully QLers from Indonesia might know...

Thanks!

By dragonfly212• 20 Jan 2008 13:35
Rating: 5/5
dragonfly212

wow two months holiday its shound pretty wild. u must knows our local cuisines (babi goreng and babi giling) and tradition. and yes this ciga is our back bone to many people in the industries. i think we over 10 cigarestes company in our country. and Gudang Garam located in Kediri, east Java and this where I came from originally.

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By Oryx• 20 Jan 2008 13:28
Oryx

I spent two months there many years ago... when East Timor was still in Indonesia... went to Flores.......

i loved Indonesia... truely did... but those cigarettes... they made me sick though your father seems to do well!

By dragonfly212• 20 Jan 2008 13:24
dragonfly212

Oryx, how long u been in Indonesian? and where u live while u there?

This cigaretes remind me of my father. He is a heavy smoker. But thank god, until today he never been to hospital because he is a smoker. He will be turn 84 years old by march.

Thats why I also mentioned above "beware the side effect"...

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By SuperXpat• 20 Jan 2008 11:03
SuperXpat

Nice one Oryx! Now thanks to you the Albanian mafia found out who is the inventor of the ''Meeh-Wee'' aftershave. Why don't you let me live my Albanian dream?

By SuperXpat• 20 Jan 2008 11:01
SuperXpat

Nice one Oryx! Now thanks to you the Albanian mafia found out who is the inventor of the ''Meeh-Wee'' aftershave.

By Oryx• 20 Jan 2008 10:50
Oryx

Oh I thought you were going to tell the world that you use goat's wee and market as Albanian aftershave and that is a massive best seller in Tirane

By SuperXpat• 20 Jan 2008 10:36
SuperXpat

Wow thanks Oryx, you just gave me a marketing idea! I'll feed my goats with the clove-tobacco blend, so that they produce a flavoured milk, which I'll call ''Nectar of Albania''!

By Oryx• 20 Jan 2008 10:26
Oryx

Oh will blend beautifully with your Albanian aftershave.

I hope it doesn't make the goats you keep in the second bathroom feel ill.

By SuperXpat• 20 Jan 2008 10:21
SuperXpat

Don't worry Oryx, I'm fully aware that the smell might be too much for people around me, so I'll only smoke them at home!

By Oryx• 20 Jan 2008 10:02
Oryx

Yuk almighty

I can't promise you how bad it is being locked in a bus in Indonesia with all and sundry chain smoking these things.

They give me a hideous head ache and make me chunder!

I once had to get off a bus in the middle of the island of Flores... I ended up resting in a field and hitching somewhere.

I loved Indonesia... but those darn clove cigarettes - you want 'em go to Bali and smoke them!

Lima Babi Goreng (LOL)

By Weasel• 19 Jan 2008 17:49
Rating: 5/5
Weasel

SuperXpat - You can buy Gudang Garam Kreteks at City Centre tobacco store (opposite Carrefour). Don't forget to check the expiry date as they have a shelf life of about 3 months only.

By SuperXpat• 19 Jan 2008 10:20
SuperXpat

Cheers Mila, I'll PM you.

By dragonfly212• 19 Jan 2008 10:00
dragonfly212

Superxpat, if u really want it I can asked my family to send it here, you just pay for the delivery charges + cigaretes??? you can PM me if you really interested. I just want to help.

The Cigarates + Delivery Charges maybe more or less then 100riyals.

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By SuperXpat• 19 Jan 2008 09:34
SuperXpat

Side effect? lol!

By SuperXpat• 19 Jan 2008 09:33
SuperXpat

Thanks hashin, that's right, they seem to have a high tar content so yes they're strong. However, I think one cannot smoke that many of them because of their strong flavour, so in theory a kretek smoker smokes less than one who smokes a ''western'' brand!

By SuperXpat• 19 Jan 2008 09:30
SuperXpat

Thanks Mila. I have only tried Gudang Garam and I love their taste. My relatives used to bring me some from Bali when my family worked there (I'd never visited Bali myself unfortunately)!

By dragonfly212• 19 Jan 2008 09:29
dragonfly212

indeed very heavy body and the one always smoke menthol or any other light ciga will take time to like it. be careful with the side effect,

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By anonymous• 19 Jan 2008 09:26
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

Its very heavy (in weight) and has a sweet taste right?

comes in a green packet...

If this is what you are looking for, then I had seen it long back in a supermarket opposite the Dodge showroom near the airport

By dragonfly212• 19 Jan 2008 09:24
dragonfly212

Why u want this ciga? mind if I ask. any speciality interested you?

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By dragonfly212• 19 Jan 2008 09:23
Rating: 5/5
dragonfly212

check in Qatindo (Qatar Indonesia), small supermarket just behind Al Fardan Ferrari Showroom at the Souk. or Jakarta Shop in Airport Road.

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