Animalcoffee - About Us

Animalcoffee is an Indonesian company that is owned by Troy Davis.
It is managed (very capably) in Bali by Mr Muchtar Tjakra; if you intend calling or visting our Bali office you will speak with Muchtar.

At the risk of sounding self indulgent, here is a bit about how Animalcoffee began.

In the early 90's I moved to Indonesia to work for Bali Hai Cruises, who do day cruises around some small islands near Bali.

I have always had an interest in strange plants, and I started doing trips to Sumatra to photograph them.

Most of the more interesting plants, such as the famous big stinky flower Amorphophallus titanum (see below), are found at altitude, which meant climbing mountains.

In the late 90's, while hiking through a coffee plantation in Sumatra, I noticed some strange things on the ground which turned out to be kopi luwak.

I did some research and found that it was in demand in the US so I asked the porters I used in Sumatra to start collecting it for me.

I began selling kopi luwak in small bags to tourists in Bali, and soon after I put it on-line.

While on a trip in central Java I found a cool little box shop and they started making the boxes for me.

That's Animalcoffee in a nutshell; along the way I have seen some fairly interesting things...