Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago
Fermented Black Garlic is one of the craziest superfoods I've come across! Slow roasted and fermented, this white garlic turns naturally pitch black and becomes like a gummy bear packed with vitamins and nutrients.
Jim of Empathy Herbal is an Australian who came across these unique foods while surfing all over Indonesia. Now he has a small factory and working with local Acehnese people in Sumatra he creates and sells black garlic, moringa. red ginger, turmeric and other wild blends of jamu (herbs) all over. Today we take a tour of his facility near Banda Aceh and learn about his business and all the health benefits. We visit a local fish market, see his factory and process, hear about his story creating this lifestyle business and anti-inflammatory goals, explore the mountains to find some wild fruits and plants, and enjoy a meal with his Indonesian family.
Bless up,
Matty P
🌱Check out more from Jim here!🌱
https://empathyherbal.com.au/
instagram.com/empathy_herbal
PS thanks to Yachek and Ibu for the hospitality!
More history of Banda Aceh here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banda_Aceh
CHAPTERS
00:00 Meet Jim in Aceh
03:50 Yachek and Ibu's home
05:17 The Black Garlic Factory!
15:29 Jim's Story & Philosophy
21:45 Mountain Hike for Medicinal Plants & Herbs
28:35 Tasting the kerupuk
30:16 The Moringa tree
33:35 Acehnese Meal
Fermented Black Garlic is one of the craziest superfoods I've come across! Slow roasted and fermented, this white garlic turns naturally pitch black and becomes like a gummy bear packed with vitamins and nutrients.
Jim of Empathy Herbal is an Australian who came across these unique foods while surfing all over Indonesia. Now he has a small factory and working with local Acehnese people in Sumatra he creates and sells black garlic, moringa. red ginger, turmeric and other wild blends of jamu (herbs) all over. Today we take a tour of his facility near Banda Aceh and learn about his business and all the health benefits. We visit a local fish market, see his factory and process, hear about his story creating this lifestyle business and anti-inflammatory goals, explore the mountains to find some wild fruits and plants, and enjoy a meal with his Indonesian family.
Bless up,
Matty P
🌱Check out more from Jim here!🌱
https://empathyherbal.com.au/
instagram.com/empathy_herbal
PS thanks to Yachek and Ibu for the hospitality!
More history of Banda Aceh here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banda_Aceh
CHAPTERS
00:00 Meet Jim in Aceh
03:50 Yachek and Ibu's home
05:17 The Black Garlic Factory!
15:29 Jim's Story & Philosophy
21:45 Mountain Hike for Medicinal Plants & Herbs
28:35 Tasting the kerupuk
30:16 The Moringa tree
33:35 Acehnese Meal
