BALI, Jan 15 — Starbucks has opened what it is calling a coffee sanctuary in Bali, designed to take guests on a seed-to-cup experience with a working coffee farm, seedling nursery and greenhouse.

The largest Starbucks store in South-east Asia, the Starbucks Dewata Coffee Sanctuary opened over the weekend in the premium retail district on Sunset Road, as a tribute to Indonesia’s coffee heritage.

Along with being the fourth-largest Arabica coffee-growing region in the world, the country is also known for its single-origin Sumatra coffee.

Designed to guide customers through the seed-to-cup coffee-making process, customers can tour a 1,000-square-foot coffee tree farm and try their hand at de-pulping, washing, drying, and raking green unripened coffee beans.

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An interactive video wall also teaches customers about the coffee-making process.

The space is designed to reflect its unique Balinese heritage with traditional local, Indonesian art: wood carvings depict the country’s six coffee-growing regions and their local culture and architecture, and a two-story mural pays tribute to Indonesian coffee farmers.

The main floor houses the 13-metre teak Reserve bar, where customers can sample rare, small-batch Reserve coffees.

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The Coffee Sanctuary marks the 10th Starbucks Reserve Bar in Indonesia, and is one of 185 stores around the world. — AFP-Relaxnews