Condor Kristen: Bali Farming

Along our Bike Ride we stopped in a coffee plantation that also grew many other fruits, vegetables and herbs. It is great to see the local Balinese harvesting and creating on their own without any manmade machinery to assist. We watched a gentleman roast the coffee beans, dry them out and grind them and then we had the opportunity to taste the final product; very nutty and quite strong, but delicious. Much different from taking our pods of coffee and putting into a machine to instantly fix our coffee crave every morning before work.

Almost everything is grown locally. Even the meat, even though that’s not quite growing, every family has chickens, pigs, etc. Lots of restaurants and hotels have their own farms. Man, the difference fresh ingredients make in your cuisine - it is unbelievable. Eating a pineapple, green beans and pumpkin salad with fresh basil and a dribble of olive oil – yum! And the fresh juices, they are everywhere! I’m drinking a Lemon Vera as I type this, which is a blend of lemon, aloe vera, honey and ginger. And I had the Lemonana this morning; lemon, honey and mint.

I could go on and on about this and I will, in a new post dedicated just to food! I have to satisfy all my fellow foodies :).