July 6, 2015
These are a few clips from my recent trip to BaliCoffee from the Indonesian island of Bali was formerly sold mainly to the Japanese market. Perhaps it is the changing face of world economics that finds the first... ...more to check out the processingThe removal of the cherry and parchment from the coffee seed.: Coffee is either wet-processed (also called washed or wet-milled) or dry-processed (also called wild, natural or natural... ...more and small-holder coffee farms. Bali produces a wet-processed coffee (unlike wet-hulled coffee of other Indo origins like SumatraIndonesians are available as a unique wet-hulled or dry-hulled (washed) coffees. Giling Basah is the name for the wet-hulling process in Bahasa language, and will have more body... ...more and SulawesiSulawesi coffees are low-acid with great body and that deep, brooding cup profile akin to Sumatra. The coffee is sometimes known as Celebes, which was the Dutch colonial... ...more). Coffee comes starts at a modest 1000 meters and tops out around 1350 meters. A small amount is grown higher up but it’s very little volume. This is a long (and long-winded), handheld self-shot iPhone video. It’s just a glimpse of Bali coffee from a limited visit to the island. -T