The Best Coconut Oil in the World
Bali virgin coconut oil is prized around the world. The knowledge to transform a simple fruit into a wellness staple has been passed down through generations. In villages like Manggis, virgin coconut oil is created slowly, carefully, and with a deep respect for what the land provides. At Kaura, that craft is carried forward by the women of the Bakung Asri collective, and every drop tells a story of place, skill, and community resilience.
The Women Behind Bali Virgin Coconut Oil in Manggis
Bakung Asri is a women-led farming group that has grown into a collective of makers, growers, and entrepreneurs using local resources to build sustainable livelihoods. Their work is practical, proud, and deeply rooted in the everyday rhythm of village life. When you meet them, you’ll feel it immediately.
What Makes Virgin Coconut Oil Different
Virgin coconut oil isn’t refined in the way many mass-market oils are. It’s created through a natural process that preserves the coconut’s purity and character, clean, lightly fragrant, and versatile. At Kaura, the focus is quality and integrity: small-batch production, careful handling, and a process that protects what matters most, the oils, aromas, and nutrients that make Bali virgin coconut oil so valued in food, skincare, and wellness rituals.
Coconut Oil in East Bali, Rooted in the Valley
In Manggis coconuts are integral to the landscape. Palms rise over rice fields and gardens, and the valley provides what the community needs when it’s tended well. The coconut oil story belongs here, because the resources come from here, and the benefits stay here too, circulating back into the community through skills, training, and enterprise.
The Right Pace for Real Craft
The method isn’t rushed, because high quality can’t be rushed. Coconut oil making follows its own time, grating, squeezing, fermenting, waiting, and harvesting. In a world that often pushes speed, this practice is a quiet reminder that care is a process.
Zero Waste and Sustainable Value from Every Coconut
One of the most powerful elements of Bakung Asri’s approach is its no-waste mindset. Every part of the coconut has purpose, for food, for health, for skincare. This is sustainability as the village has always practised it. By adding value locally, the women turn abundance into opportunity, creating income in a way that doesn’t rely on extraction, but on craft and stewardship.
Join the Workshop
Guests can experience this first-hand through Kaura’s virgin coconut oil workshop. You’ll step into village life as the women guide you through each stage: grating coconut flesh, squeezing coconut milk, letting the fermentation process do its work, and finally harvesting the oil. You’ll learn why technique, patience, and community ownership matter.
Join the virgin coconut oil workshops and discover how one ingredient, made with care, can nourish skin, enrich meals, and uplift an entire community.
