Tracing the Plaga Coffee Plantation, Discovering Bali Arabica Last week, a friend invited me to visit a coffee plantation in the Plaga area. The hook in the invitation: this coffee plantation existed before the ones in Kintamani. Without hesitation, I accepted. Plaga is known for lending its name to a local wine brand. However,...

Bali is a Coffee Island! You might not believe it, but it’s true! And I don’t just mean the cafés and coffee shops popping up in every tourist center—yes, even Starbucks has made it here. In Bali, coffee is both roasted and grown. The Kintamani region in the northeast of the island provides the...