Culture · Kintamani
Coffee Plantation
From bean to cup, in the Kintamani hills.
About the experience
From bean to cup.
Kintamani is Bali’s coffee country: on the slopes of Batur, above 1,000 metres, cool and damp in the mornings. The plantation is a working garden — rows of coffee trees with cacao, vanilla, cinnamon and ginger growing between them.
The walk is short and shaded. Your guide shows you which fruit is ripe, why the harvest is still done by hand, and the stages a bean passes through before roasting. Roasting is still done over a wood fire in a pan turned by hand; you can take a turn if you like.
It ends at the tasting table: twelve small cups on a terrace above the valley. Coffees, herbal teas, cacao and spiced blends. Luwak coffee is served as a separate cup and is not part of the tasting fee — whether you try it is entirely your call.
“Twelve cups, one valley view and ninety unhurried minutes.”
Highlights
Three things to expect from this stop
Not a showroom. Cacao, vanilla and cinnamon grow between the coffee trees and you see which is harvested in which season.
The beans are still turned by hand in a pan over an open fire. The smell arrives before the tasting does.
Coffees, herbal teas and spiced blends served on a terrace above the valley. The tasting is included in the entry.
Who it suits
Is this your kind of day
You’ll love it if
- Anyone adding a short cultural stop to a Batur or Ubud day
- People curious about coffee, and anyone who likes sweet tea
- Families — the walk is short and shaded
- Couples who want a slow morning
Think twice if
- Anyone sensitive to caffeine — there are twelve cups
- Anyone coming only for luwak coffee; it isn’t the point of this stop
- Anyone with less than an hour
- Anyone wanting a proper hike — this is a flat garden
Programme
How the day runs
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Welcome
Plantation entrance.
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+20 minutes
Walk
Garden and production.
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+45 minutes
Roast & taste
Varieties at the table.
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+90 minutes
Close
Optional shopping.
Transparent price
What’s in, what’s not
Included
- Plantation entry
- Guided commentary
- Tasting set
Not included
- Transfer (add on request)
- Coffee shopping
- Meals
Meet: Kintamani plantation point · A private transfer from Ubud can be added.
Prepare
Bring with you
Good to know
Small, important notes
Served as a separately priced cup, not part of the tasting. We don’t work with operators that keep civets in cages; the choice is yours.
Ninety minutes, and it sits on the road between Batur and Ubud. Adding rafting or Tegallalang the same day costs no driving time.
Free up to 24 hours. In rain the tasting moves under cover and the visit continues.
FAQ
Common questions
Shall we hold this day?
Once dates and group size are clear, we reply the same day.
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