cirebon cultural tourism 
Syrup is a drink that has a sweet and rich taste and people love it almost all over the world. In Indonesia, there are also many variants of syrup in circulation, one of which is legendary is campolay fruit cap syrup, aka Syrup Tjampolay. This traditional syrup from the city of Cirebon, West Java, have existed since 1936 and is one of the oldest flavour drinks in Indonesia. Many tourists are looking for this syrup when visiting shrimp city.
According to Cirebon historian, Jajat Sudrajat, Tjampolay Syrup was originally a drink made from campolay fruit, or more commonly known as Dutch sawo. This fruit comes from outside Cirebon, precisely from Ciamis, West Java. Initially, a Cirebon resident of Chinese descent named Tan Tjek Tiu found Dutch sapodilla that had a flavour that was suitable for making drinks. Since then, he began to be creative in making drinks for his own consumption. The company did not continue in business when Tan died.
In 1970 his son continued his father’s business.At the end of 1970, the company’s industry stopped because it could not compete with Orson and Lemonade. . In 1980, the syrup production resumed operations by moving the factory to the Lawanggada area. Pulasaren,Pakalipan Makes 9 flavor variants and most people like race and lemonade. After the syrup was ready, then Tan Tjek Tjiu began to try to introduce it to the community. Where he lived to his relatives who also liked the drink. In 1936 he succeeded in selling Tjampolay syrup to areas around the city of Cirebon. From what initially only had three variants, now Tjampolay Syrup has nine variants.
Tjampolay syrup has a variety of flavors that are more varied, including rozen rose, tamarind orange, pineapple, milk banana, melon. Then there are lychee fruit, gedong mango, lime and mocha coffee. The taste that many people like the most is the taste of milk bananas. Packaging Tjampolay Syrup using a 630 ml glass bottle. Bottle cap that still carries the concept of simplicity or is still the same as when it was first produced.
written by Iksan Inayatuloh
