Introduction to Bali Coffee Bean Varieties - Why You Should Never Buy Coffee in Bali?

For many people around the world today, coffee is more than just a morning beverage. It's considered a personal culture and lifestyle. From cheap instant coffee to mysterious and exquisite cups of black gold, coffee enthusiasts worldwide wake up talking about coffee.

In 1696 during the Dutch colonial period, coffee was first introduced to Indonesia from Batavia (now Jakarta), when the Dutch brought Arabica coffee, cultivated and grown along the route from Cibodas National Park to Puncak Peak. This became one of the Dutch's top products. The East India Company VOC first exported Indonesian coffee in 1711, and in the following 10 years, exports grew to 60 tons annually.

In Indonesia, coffee is not just a lifestyle but has also become an important commodity for the country. Indonesia is one of the world's largest coffee producers, along with other countries like Brazil, Vietnam, and Colombia. It's not only consumed by Indonesians but has also become a source of livelihood for many people. From coffee farmers to coffee traders, it's an important part of many people's daily lives.

Indonesia produces some of the world's best coffee beans, including what Oprah introduced as "the world's most expensive coffee": Bali coffee beans.

Today, many coffee enthusiasts travel to the Indonesian archipelago to taste a cup of mysterious and delicious Java coffee.

Balinese Kintamani Coffee - Tamani

Bali is also popular for coffee beans produced in the cool highlands of Kintamani. Unlike other coffee varieties, Kintamani is quite unique among Arabica coffees because of its mild taste, medium acidity, and a slight fruity flavor. The fruity taste comes from these coffees being grown alongside fruits and vegetables, with the coffee beans absorbing the surrounding flavors. If you want to try an extraordinary cup of Joe coffee, Kintamani coffee is an excellent choice to bring back some to share with your family and friends.

Toraja Coffee

The people of Tana Toraja on Sulawesi Island cultivate and grow exquisite Toraja coffee beans. This coffee is a multi-dimensional coffee that grows in the northern highlands of South Sulawesi. Its mature fruit is distinguished by its rich flavor and dark chocolate color. The Toraja people produce two types of coffee beans, Arabica and Robusta. Toraja coffee has a rich musty fruit aroma and rustic sweetness. For those who hate bitter coffee, this is the best choice because when you taste it, the initial bitterness disappears miraculously, leaving a wonderful pleasure in your mouth.

Aceh Gayo Coffee

Every Indonesian knows Aceh Gayo coffee, which grows in the Gayo highlands of central Aceh in northeastern Sumatra. Besides jokingly saying "Gayo," it's also one of the best-selling coffees nationwide. Although Arabica and Robusta coffee beans are also made into Gayo coffee, the most commonly consumed and exported is Arabica Gayo coffee. Gayo Arabica coffee has a strong and complex taste. Its aroma is very strong, and its very mild bitterness makes it an excellent coffee.

Flores Bajawa Coffee

Flores is renowned for its unparalleled beauty and is the home of the world's "Hobbit" ancestors. Who would have thought that this amazing region also produces some of the world's best coffee beans? Flores Island is a larger island stretching from west to east from Bali to East Timor. Bajawa is a port town in the southern coastal highlands, where coffee is also grown. The cultivation process of Arabica coffee follows traditional methods passed down through generations. The characteristic flavor of this coffee comes from the strong fragrance of flowers, chocolate, earth, and sometimes moist tobacco. Using the wet hulling process, which leaves a relatively thick pulp, that unique aromatic flavor can only be found in this region.

Kopi Luwak

Indonesia is also the origin of the world's most expensive coffee, known as Kopi Luwak. The historical origin of Kopi Luwak is as interesting as its taste. Authentic Kopi Luwak is collected from the feces of wild civets (common civets, coconut civets), which are nocturnal cats that roam coffee plantations at night, foraging for premium mature coffee beans. But they cannot digest stones, coffee halls, and cherries, so these cherry stones and coffee beans pass through these civets' digestive systems and are excreted whole. Coffee farmers then collect, clean, and process these coffee beans. The fermentation process of the coffee beans in the civet's stomach breaks down the coffee proteins and removes the bitterness, making Kopi Luwak smoother, rustic, and chewy. The low acidity of Kopi Luwak makes it easily digestible even for people with stomach ulcers and digestive problems.

So how much would you be willing to pay for such a strange and wonderful bitter medicinal juice?

We can't seem to stop introducing articles about coffee. There's another coffee in Indonesia that you must try at least once in your lifetime. The rumor that Sumatra is a paradise for coffee plantations is indeed true. This island also has another treasure that coffee lovers love: Sidikalang coffee from North Sumatra.

Sidikalang coffee has both strong aroma and taste, with a spicy flavor similar to Lintong Nihuta. It has lower acidity and a chocolate taste, and its best preparation method is the tubruk method, or plain coffee without sugar. If you have time in September, you can go to the Njuah Njuah Festival at Lake Toba in North Sumatra from September 26 to 30, 2016, where you'll be amazed by the local culture, and you can also taste a cup of authentic hot Sidikalang coffee.

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