A Coffee Fanatic’s Dream Come True

Recently came back from my amazing vacation to Bali. Every morning I enjoyed a carafe of Balinese coffee pool side overlooking the beach.

For the next 11 days I was blissfully happy, just looking at this picture helps me relax.

Bali is well known for their coffee. They take their coffee seriously. Balinese java is much denser, full bodied with hints of cocoa and herbs. I drank coffee 2 -3 times a day, I couldn’t’ get enough of it, I was hooked.

After some convincing, our private guide took us to a Luwak coffee plantation, a coffee fanatic’s dream come true. I was taken on a tour of the plantation, touching, seeing and smelling and trying to digest every little detail.

Some background information:

Luwak coffee comes from feeding a civit-like animal, Paradoxurus otherwise known as luwaks, ripe coffee cherries, cocoa beans and various berries. The coffee beans ferments while going through the Luwak digestive systems. When it exits the bean remains intact. It is washed, dried, roasted and ground up.

The flavor is amazing, I’m a heavy coffee fanatic and this is by far the best coffee I’ve ever had. It is rich and heavy with hints of caramel and chocolate. The body is almost syrupy, yet it goes down so smooth. Very earthy and had a natural sweetness to it.

This is a Luwak