I'm a travelling Northern Irishman who likes a good pint of Guinness but earlier this year I had the chance to sample the world's rarest coffee! Swapping Guinness for coffee is a good idea sometimes!
So where is the world's rarest coffee produced? To be honest when you travel around, lots of places pretend they are the world's best, world's first, world's largest etc. and this sort of thing annoys me - especially in Singapore. It's cringeworthy to claim everything is the best in the world. But this post is for real - this really is a rare coffee!!
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!
The oddest and most disturbing fact of this is that the Luwak Fox digests the coffee bean and it comes back out in its excretion (yes, it's sh1t!) and this is how they made the world's rarest coffee. It's coffee which has been digested and excreted by the Luwak Fox. When our guide told us this, I really didn't believe it, but reports later on confirmed it. So we had to try it. The name, obviously is Luwak Coffee.
The coffee costs a lot of money as it's so rare so we decided on the alcoholic version to get a bit of money's worth from it!
The Luwak coffee can be tried all over Bali and Indonesia, and of course is also exported. We went to a cafe called Kubu Kopi but there are a few around. Your driver will more than likely take you to a coffee plantation if you do a day tour of northern Bali. It's not touristy to try the Luwak coffee - so if you want to try it - make sure he takes you there. It'sin Munduk, so another option is to stay in Munduk itself.
A picture of the Luwak fox appears on the menu and the coffee is priced at around $8 US dollars. I guess the cheapest place you will get it is here in Bali, at the source. But come on this is the world's rarest coffee and is worth trying! But is it any good? Yes, we loved it - and it arrives in a wooden cup and saucer so you can drink in a unique environment with a view of the many gorgeous fields of Bali without a care in the world.
Right, I'm off to get myself a coffee (a 'normal' granulated one). Don't Stop Living!
Where can you sample the world's most rare coffee? Head to Munduk in Bali, Indonesia, though it is also exported!
What's the name of the world's 'rarest coffee'? - Luwak Coffee
How much will it cost you? - Less than 10 US Dollars (mine was around 8USD)
How's it made? - From coffee beans which have been digested and extracted from the Luwak fox
Should you try it? Of course!! You only get one chance in life, live it!!
So where is the world's rarest coffee produced? To be honest when you travel around, lots of places pretend they are the world's best, world's first, world's largest etc. and this sort of thing annoys me - especially in Singapore. It's cringeworthy to claim everything is the best in the world. But this post is for real - this really is a rare coffee!!
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!
The oddest and most disturbing fact of this is that the Luwak Fox digests the coffee bean and it comes back out in its excretion (yes, it's sh1t!) and this is how they made the world's rarest coffee. It's coffee which has been digested and excreted by the Luwak Fox. When our guide told us this, I really didn't believe it, but reports later on confirmed it. So we had to try it. The name, obviously is Luwak Coffee.
The coffee costs a lot of money as it's so rare so we decided on the alcoholic version to get a bit of money's worth from it!
The Luwak coffee can be tried all over Bali and Indonesia, and of course is also exported. We went to a cafe called Kubu Kopi but there are a few around. Your driver will more than likely take you to a coffee plantation if you do a day tour of northern Bali. It's not touristy to try the Luwak coffee - so if you want to try it - make sure he takes you there. It'sin Munduk, so another option is to stay in Munduk itself.
A picture of the Luwak fox appears on the menu and the coffee is priced at around $8 US dollars. I guess the cheapest place you will get it is here in Bali, at the source. But come on this is the world's rarest coffee and is worth trying! But is it any good? Yes, we loved it - and it arrives in a wooden cup and saucer so you can drink in a unique environment with a view of the many gorgeous fields of Bali without a care in the world.
Right, I'm off to get myself a coffee (a 'normal' granulated one). Don't Stop Living!
Where can you sample the world's most rare coffee? Head to Munduk in Bali, Indonesia, though it is also exported!
What's the name of the world's 'rarest coffee'? - Luwak Coffee
How much will it cost you? - Less than 10 US Dollars (mine was around 8USD)
How's it made? - From coffee beans which have been digested and extracted from the Luwak fox
Should you try it? Of course!! You only get one chance in life, live it!!
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