Business trip to Bengkulu in search of the most expensive coffee
Bengkulu, historically known as Bencoolen or British Bencoolen, is one of the Provinces of Indonesia and is located in the southwest coast of Sumatra.
Bengkulu is the 25th largest province by area; it is divided into nine regencies and the separate city of Bengkulu, the capital and largest city. Bengkulu is also the 26th largest province by population in Indonesia
Bengkulu Province comprises not only land on southwest Sumatra, but also includes Mega Island and Enggano Island in the Indian Ocean.
The luak, that’s a small catlike animal, gorges after dark on the most ripe, the best of our crop. It digests the fruit and expels the beans, which our farm people collect, wash, and roast, a real delicacy. Something about the natural fermentation that occurs in the luak’s stomach seems to make the difference. For Javanese, this is the best of all coffees — our Kopi luak.
— Doyo Soeyono Kertosastro, Indonesian Coffee Farmer, March 1981 National Geographic
Сivets choosing to eat only certain coffee cherries, but they also eat small vertebrates, insects, ripe fruits and seeds on the farm.
This is how the first drying looks like, after the beans is sorted out and washed again
Finished and cleaned beans are packed in vacuum bags.
Our team was invited to the farm to see the production and give a professional assessment and of course to taste of this specific coffee
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