Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The Real Taste of Java


We call it coffee, the Americans call it java. It’s actually quite apt as coffee was widely cultivated in Java (part of the Dutch East Indies) in the 17th century. Today Java's remaining colonial-era plantations provide just a fraction of the coffee grown on the island. And I dropped in at one of these, Losari Coffee Plantation (which is now a 26-suite boutique hotel and spa with a working coffee plantation on site) for a cuppa. I must say it’s one of the best coffee (100% organically grown) I’ve ever had!

P.S. This post is dedicated to my former classmate, Dr Leslie Tay, blogger extraordinaire of ieatishootipost.sg.

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