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Cacao in Bali is a treasure.

Protected from

industrial cocoa

production trends that raise cacao trees with

high yields, disease

resistance and high fat

content at the cost of flavor,

the cacao found

throughout the Island of the Gods is some of the rarest and

most magical.

Indonesia is currently the world’s third largest producer of cacao beans

Bali Cacao is one of the last

remaining under-commercialized,

under-manipulated

origins of cacao on earth

Drying beans on wood platforms

under a tent

Drying beans in the sunlight

Checking the beans for perfect drying

Checking for poor quality beans

Cocoa powder done by hand

The alchemy art of growing cacao and

making artisan chocolate is a craft

known only to a few. All artisan chocolate products (whether

they be liquor, couverture or finished chocolate) start with best quality cacao

beans removed from extremely fresh pods and fermented for a few days to enhance

the flavor ‘pre-cursors’ of the ultimate

chocolate.

Beautiful market in Denpasar

Many locals come to Market to buy canangsari or Balinese offerings that you will have seen at almost every residence and place of business in Bali.

Bali is a great place to find some exotic flora

Orchids are a favourite decorative flower in Bali, and they are cultivated everywhere. Orchids are called Anggrek in Bali

Dendrobium tortile is a species of orchid, commonly known as the Twisted Dendrobium

Dwarf Magnolia, Cempaka TelurBunga cempaka

Dwarf Magnolia, Cempaka Telur

Magnoliaceae, Michelia alba, White Champak

Barringtonia asiatica

Adenium (Adenium obesum)

Water Lily

Bali Lollipop Plant or Golden Shrimp Plant (Pacystachys lutea)

Heliconia pendula

Frangipani (Bunga jepun) is a holy flower used in Hindu’s rituals and offerings (white is believed as a holy color in Bali, yellow is believed as wisdom color and the aroma of this flower purifying the one who smell it)

Crocodile or Satin wood Zanthoxylum rhetsa Crocodile wood

Crocodile wood

Cloves are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. Cloves are often used in Asian, African, and Middle Eastern cooking in adding flavor to meats, curries, and meat marinades

Drying cloves in the sunlight

Drying cloves in the sunlight

Drying cloves in the sunlight

The spice is used in a type of cigarette called kretek in Indonesia. Kreteks have been smoked throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. In 2009, clove cigarettes (as well as fruit and candy flavored cigarettes) were outlawed in the US. Cigarettes containing clove are now classified as Cigars when sold in the US.Clove also works as an ant repellantCloves are used in Indian Ayurvedic medicine, Chinese medicine, and western herbalism and dentistry as an anodyne (painkiller) for dental emergencies. Cloves are used as a carminative, to increase hydrochloric acid in the stomach and to improve peristalsis. Cloves are also said to be a natural anthelmintic

Cloves flowers

Cloves flowers

Cloves flowers

Drying cloves in the sunlight

Coconuts

Mimosa pudica

Mimosa pudica

Ananas

Snake fruit (salak)

Snake fruit (salak)

Snake fruit (salak)

Snake fruit (salak)

Coffee flowers

Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota )

Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota ) is a long-lived, evergreen tree native to southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion, where it is a subdominant plant species. It was introduced to the Philippines during Spanish colonization. It is grown in huge quantities in India, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh

Papaya tree

Originally from southern Mexico (particularly Chiapas and Veracruz), and Central America, the papaya is now cultivated in most tropical countries.

Papaya

Papaya tree

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