culinary
Highland Coffee With Nyoman
Munduk, Buleleng 3 hours All ages
Pick, pulp, dry and hand-roast robusta in a Munduk garden where coffee, clove and cacao grow in the same shade.
Nyoman's family has farmed the same hillside garden for four generations. You pick what is ripe, pulp it by hand, learn why the beans dry on a tarp rather than a machine, then roast a small batch in a clay wok over a wood fire and grind it while it is still warm.
The story behind the experience
Why Bali's best coffee rarely leaves the village
Smallholders sell wet cherries to collectors for cash flow, so the fully processed, hand-roasted coffee usually stays in the household. Buying at the farm gate flips that arithmetic.
How this scores
Cultural respect
Public
What to bring
- · Light rain layer
- · Walking shoes
What not to do
- · Expect civet coffee — this family does not keep caged animals
Your host
Meet Nyoman
Highland coffee and clove farmer · Munduk, Buleleng
Nyoman took over her family's mixed garden after her father's stroke and stopped selling wet cherries to collectors. She now processes and roasts everything at home, which pays roughly three times as much and keeps the knowledge in the village.