While travelling in Indonesia I was lucky enough to be able to sample the world's rarest coffee!! Here's my report on it.
So where does the world's rarest coffee come from? Well as a traveller you quickly learn that everywhere advertises and promotes themselves as "the world's best", "the world's highest", "the world's cheapest" etc. so to be honest I normally take no notice of such things. Singapore is a city renowned for exaggerating stuff and quite frankly on my few trips there it has made me cringe the amount of things they claim to be the world's best or the world's first.
I was in Munduk in Bali and touring near rice fields only to find a coffee plantation nearby. While checking out the coffee plantation we were introduced to a somewhat odd looking creature known as the Luwak Fox!! It is this creature that eats red coffee beans, is a mix between a cat, wolf, fox and dog and it helps produce the Luwak Coffee!
Right where do I start? The Luwak Fox eats coffee beans and they then come out of its ass. They use these digested and excreted beans to make the special Luwak Coffee. Really? Yes its the excretion of a Luwak Fox!! I couldn't quite believe it but it had to be tried!!
We noticed a bonus option was to try an alcoholic version of it - so we did - they added a drop of booze into our Luwak Coffee!
The cafe we went to is in Munduk and called Kubu Kopi, but there are a lot of cafes around. If you are on a day tour get your driver to take you to a coffee plantation. It would be hard to find by car to be honest but make sure you're in or around Munduk if you want to try it. The coffee is available all over Indonesia and is also exported so being in Bali isn't your only option by the way!
You get a wide range on the menu which includes a photo of the amazing Luwak Fox on it just to convince you to buy and try it. The price was around $8 US Dollars so go for it - as this is the world's rarest coffee! But hold on - what did it taste like?? It was great - I can't easily describe the taste but a totally relaxing and tasty coffee - plus you're in a peaceful environment with a fab view!
It's coffee time for me now - will have to go for a more normal one this time! Happy travels!
Where to buy the world's rarest coffee? - Munduk, Bali, INDONESIA (it's also exported)
So what's it called? - Luwak Coffee
How much will it cost you? - Less than 10 US Dollars (mine was around 8USD)
What's it made from? - Coffee bean which has been excreted from the Luwak Fox
Is it worth it? - Come on now, you only live once. And believe me I've wasted 8 US Dollars on plenty of worse things in my time...
So where does the world's rarest coffee come from? Well as a traveller you quickly learn that everywhere advertises and promotes themselves as "the world's best", "the world's highest", "the world's cheapest" etc. so to be honest I normally take no notice of such things. Singapore is a city renowned for exaggerating stuff and quite frankly on my few trips there it has made me cringe the amount of things they claim to be the world's best or the world's first.
I was in Munduk in Bali and touring near rice fields only to find a coffee plantation nearby. While checking out the coffee plantation we were introduced to a somewhat odd looking creature known as the Luwak Fox!! It is this creature that eats red coffee beans, is a mix between a cat, wolf, fox and dog and it helps produce the Luwak Coffee!
Right where do I start? The Luwak Fox eats coffee beans and they then come out of its ass. They use these digested and excreted beans to make the special Luwak Coffee. Really? Yes its the excretion of a Luwak Fox!! I couldn't quite believe it but it had to be tried!!
We noticed a bonus option was to try an alcoholic version of it - so we did - they added a drop of booze into our Luwak Coffee!
The cafe we went to is in Munduk and called Kubu Kopi, but there are a lot of cafes around. If you are on a day tour get your driver to take you to a coffee plantation. It would be hard to find by car to be honest but make sure you're in or around Munduk if you want to try it. The coffee is available all over Indonesia and is also exported so being in Bali isn't your only option by the way!
You get a wide range on the menu which includes a photo of the amazing Luwak Fox on it just to convince you to buy and try it. The price was around $8 US Dollars so go for it - as this is the world's rarest coffee! But hold on - what did it taste like?? It was great - I can't easily describe the taste but a totally relaxing and tasty coffee - plus you're in a peaceful environment with a fab view!
It's coffee time for me now - will have to go for a more normal one this time! Happy travels!
Where to buy the world's rarest coffee? - Munduk, Bali, INDONESIA (it's also exported)
So what's it called? - Luwak Coffee
How much will it cost you? - Less than 10 US Dollars (mine was around 8USD)
What's it made from? - Coffee bean which has been excreted from the Luwak Fox
Is it worth it? - Come on now, you only live once. And believe me I've wasted 8 US Dollars on plenty of worse things in my time...
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