Clouds in the Mountains

As we left the coffee plantation, the clouds settled right down on the road. It looked like we were driving through heavy fog -- but we were in the clouds.

This is the view out the front window of our bus.

Ground Coffee

This is the ground coffee, ready to be packaged.

It is ground very fine.

Grinding the Coffee

Grinding the coffee, using a mortar and pestle method. It was ground, sifted, and reground if necessary.

Sifting the Coffee Beans

Sifting the coffee beans to remove the hulls before grinding them.

Roasting the Coffee

This young man would turn this canister for two hours to roast the coffee over the fire.

Coffee Plantation

The plantation processes two types of coffee. one being much darker than the other.

I don't drink coffee, but some in our group had fresh ground coffee with their lunch and they said it was very strong.

Ngiring Ngewedang Restaurant/Coffee Plantation

We drove to the summit of the mountain, passing tropical rainforest, and Buyan and Tamblingam lakes to see the unique, traditional Bali Coffee processing at Ngiring Ngewedang Restaurant in the village of Munduk.

Even though it was not the season for picking the coffee beans, we saw the process -- all done by hand. We enjoyed lunch at the Restaurant - with the most spectacular view of the mountains on every side.