Thinking of the most expensive poop!
I love traveling, but I haven’t been doing it for a while. To me, working trip and leisure traveling is totally different story all over. The experience and and expectation is different. So, my Hong Kong cum China trip last year, and Germany cum London trip early this year is merely a biz trip. If you work with me before, or know the way I work, I am usually very objective oriented person. I will focus on what I want to achieved rather than where I must go and what I must do during my biz trip.
So now, I am going for a real trip to Bali. It is a valentine gift from JP. He know my desire for freedom and personal sophisticated preference. So, I basically get to make the call of what or where I would go. The disadvantage is, I have to do the homework. Urgh…
Bali is a beautiful island with nice beaches, nice architecture building (usually palace & temple) with very own Bali flavor and many concept hotel given different sensation based on different choice. To me, there is something I really really want to do… on top of the beautiful beaches, shopping and spa and….it is to discover the taste of the infamous Kopi Luwak (civet coffee). It can be found in an Orchid Garden in Denpasar. The unusual Indonesian bean sells for as much as $1,200 a kilogram in the United States, making it the world’s most expensive coffee.
The coffee, branded as among he rarest in the world, is naturally fermented through a civet cat’s digestive tract. Luwak- a cat-like mammal that lives in coffee plantations in Sulawesi, Java and Sumatra. Luwak exists entirely only the choicest, most perfectly matured beans which it then excretes, collected, clean it up, roast it and finally brewing these beans produces an unusual drink. The beans are hard to come by, which makes it exclusive and therefore, to some…very high class.
I am very tempted to try the coffee for years, yet after several days of research and reading…I am considering to drop the idea. Based on one of the feedback I found, the Kopi Luwak doesn’t taste as fantastic as it sounds. The idea of drinking the “poo” wasn’t a great sight to begin with, on top of that, I am not confident with the cleaning and brewing process prior to serving. Lastly, it would cost me RM120 for 2, the most expensive coffee I ever had in my life.
I am not sure if I am trying to convince you, or myself that I am not going for it…but anyway, do let me know if you tried it before or if I should go and give it a try.
Cheers! ^_~
Hi
I can attest for the quality of Kopi Luwak. I can’t account for how each cup is prepared, but I do know that the Kopi Luwak from Bali Orchid Garden is excellent when roasted and brewed well.
In fact, i did a tasting of Kopi Luwak with my roasters (i import in to NZ) who are professional roasters who make tons of normal coffee each week and are regarded as amongst the finest coffee roasters in NZ.
I’m no coffee pro, but I do know that they raved on about the Kopi Luwak and the flavour it offered compared to the normal coffee. It was apparent that there had been a flavour change with the Kopi Luwak being smoother to drink (less of the coffee acidity and harshness) and with some chocolaty undertones.
If you can get some Kopi Luwak and prepare it right then I reckon you’ll love it
Hope the trip to Bali goes great!
Paul
Hi Paul,
Thanks for sharing!
Are you suggesting I should get the Kopi Luwak and prepare it myself rather than having it in Bali Orchid Garden?
The problem for me (shyly)…I do not have a roaster and I am more of a coffee drinker (drinking only ready brewed coffee) rather than preparing my own cup of coffee.
So, getting the Kopi Luwak bean alone is not a good option for me.
Maybe if you know any other establish cafe or hotel in Bali who served Kopi Luwak? All I want to just to try it once and I will be grateful.
Thanks a lot!
Hi imeau
Glad to hear you tried some… hope it was a great experience
Paul
imeau, just try it. i reckon it’ll be once in a lifetime thingy. at least if it’s really a poo, you have a story to tell in future…haha
Tweets,
I AM BACK! I didn’t go to the Denpasar Orchid Garden because JP do not want to try it…although he likes cat alot!
SO…I bought a pack of 50g “Dark Roasted” Kopi Luwak from a local shop in Bali.
I am yet find my way to brew it…till then…I will let you know how it taste ^_~
By the way…
yeah..it is the most expensive poop…lol
Hi Mariza,
I check your blog. Nice one! I wish you reply me earlier. ^_~
Anyway…just curious, did you try the Kopi Luwak in Depansar?
Cheers
thank