While travelling in Indonesia I was lucky enough to be able to sample the world's rarest coffee!! Here's my report on it.
Where can you buy or find the world's rarest coffee? Read on and I'll tell you and it's for real - not one of these fake statements that cities like Singapore use to say they have the world's best, the world's biggest etc. This one really is the rarest coffee in the world!!
So earlier this year I was on a tour round North Bali in Indonesia with my Brazilian friend Rodrigo and we came across a coffee plantation in amongst the many rice fields of Bali. After a quick visit to the actual plantation, we were shown a bizarre creature living in a cage. This creature in the Luwak Fox! (The what? - it seemed to me to be a strange mix between a wolf, cat, dog and fox). Why am I telling you this? Because the Luwak Fox is a rare breed and it relies on red coffee beans to survive.
The strangest and most flabbergasting fact of this is that the Luwak Fox eats these coffee beans and they come back out in its excretion (yes, it's poo poo!) so this apparently is how the world's rarest coffee is made - from the poo poo of the Luwak fox. Disgusting maybe but life is short and adventurous and I was very much up for trying this amazing Luwak Coffee!!
We tried an alcoholic version of it, as if you're paying a lot for a cup of coffee, you might as well take the bonus of it coming with alcohol.
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)
What's the name of the world's 'rarest coffee'? - Luwak Coffee
How much is it? - About 8 US Dollars a cup
What's it made of - to be blunt it's the poo poo from the Luwak Fox (which has eaten red coffee beans!)
Should you try it? Of course!! You only get one chance in life, live it!!
Where can you buy or find the world's rarest coffee? Read on and I'll tell you and it's for real - not one of these fake statements that cities like Singapore use to say they have the world's best, the world's biggest etc. This one really is the rarest coffee in the world!!
So earlier this year I was on a tour round North Bali in Indonesia with my Brazilian friend Rodrigo and we came across a coffee plantation in amongst the many rice fields of Bali. After a quick visit to the actual plantation, we were shown a bizarre creature living in a cage. This creature in the Luwak Fox! (The what? - it seemed to me to be a strange mix between a wolf, cat, dog and fox). Why am I telling you this? Because the Luwak Fox is a rare breed and it relies on red coffee beans to survive.
The strangest and most flabbergasting fact of this is that the Luwak Fox eats these coffee beans and they come back out in its excretion (yes, it's poo poo!) so this apparently is how the world's rarest coffee is made - from the poo poo of the Luwak fox. Disgusting maybe but life is short and adventurous and I was very much up for trying this amazing Luwak Coffee!!
We tried an alcoholic version of it, as if you're paying a lot for a cup of coffee, you might as well take the bonus of it coming with alcohol.
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)
What's the name of the world's 'rarest coffee'? - Luwak Coffee
How much is it? - About 8 US Dollars a cup
What's it made of - to be blunt it's the poo poo from the Luwak Fox (which has eaten red coffee beans!)
Should you try it? Of course!! You only get one chance in life, live it!!
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To find more about crazy cafe tours and cafe in East Timor check out the Backpacking Indonesia part of Don't Stop Living travel blog.
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