Bandrek

{{short description|Indonesian hot and sweet beverage}}

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| name = Bandrek

| image = Bandrek Bandung.JPG

| image_size = 250px

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| caption = Bandrek in Bandung with bits of young coconut

| country = Indonesia

| region = West Java

| creator =

| course = Beverage

| served = Hot

| main_ingredient = Ginger, palm sugar, cinnamon, spices, condensed milk

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Bandrek is a traditional hot, sweet and spicy beverage native to Sundanese of West Java, Indonesia.{{cite web|title=Bandung a haven for snack-lovers and shoppers |author=Yuli Tri Suwarni |date=April 22, 2005 |url=http://m.thejakartapost.com/news/2005/04/22/bandung-haven-snacklovers-and-shoppers.html |publisher=The Jakarta Post |access-date=August 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821134717/http://m.thejakartapost.com/news/2005/04/22/bandung-haven-snacklovers-and-shoppers.html |archive-date=August 21, 2014 }} The Sundanese people who live in the cool, highlands consume bandrek to warm themselves at night and during cold weather.

This hot beverage is made of a mixture of ginger water, palm sugar and cinnamon. Other ingredients such as, star anise, cloves, coriander seeds, cardamom pods, lemongrass, and a small amount of black pepper are sometimes added.{{cite web | title=Torehan Sejarah dalam Segelas Bandrek | author=M Yusuf Zain | date=February 7, 2014 | url=http://travel.kompas.com/read/2014/02/07/1315009/Torehan.Sejarah.dalam.Segelas.Bandrek | publisher=Kompas.com | language=id | access-date=August 20, 2014}} Milk can also be added to the mix, depending on one's taste. Sweetened condensed milk or coconut milk is commonly used for this purpose.

It is believed that bandrek has a healing effect on minor health problems, such as sore throat.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}