Fragrant Coffee and Bread Enjoyed in Kaohsiung's Rural Villages

　Start a pleasant half-day trip visiting a mountain village bakery and a local coffee farm. Take away delicious kiln-baked bread from Namasia or dine in for a mutton hot pot and coffee in Neimen.

Bakery Deep in the Mountains

　The billowing smoke of the mountain bakery's firewood kiln begins at 5 a.m. Visitors travel to the mountain village to sample the tasty handmade bread baked fresh in a kiln. 

　Bakery owner Apu'u Kaaviana described how Typhoon Morakot devastated her village, Namasia. "However," she said, "residents have decided to return to their homes instead of moving into government housing." Upon returning to their village, they began to live more sustainably and self-sufficiently. Later, well-known baker Wu Ke-ji came to help the village. He taught the women how to bake bread, which financially helped the people carry out reconstruction in their village.

　Apu'u Kaaviana believes the tribe's future lies in a healthy ecology and eco-friendly farming. Nowadays, she only uses locally grown plants for her products. She grows roses for sauces and uses them in her signature rose walnut loaves. She also uses other locally grown crops,  such as turmeric, lemons, ailanthus prickly ash, and Gracilaria. The bakery is also known for its various types of bread made with other seasonal ingredients.

　The bakery owners also offer delicious meals, run an eco-friendly farm and offer cultural and eco-tours so tourists can learn more about Namasia. However, it is essential to make a reservation in advance.

Laosan Coffee Farm

　Luo Yu-hou and his wife, former mutton hot pot owners, are now running Laosan Coffee Farm. They moved back to their hometown over ten years ago and began farming. With the guidance of a Neimen coffee production and sales team, they learned how to grow coffee and planted coffee under their longan trees. Since bees pollinate both crops, they flower around the same time, which gives the uniquely flavored roasted coffee beans a faint aroma of dried longan.

　The owner's wife sat in the front yard, sipping her strong, refreshing hand-brewed coffee, and looking out at the distant Wushan Mountain ridges. She reminisced about her childhood, sharing, "When I was young, I always admired the spectacular scenery of faraway mountains. However, as I have grown older, I have grown to love the mountains in my village."

　At first, the couple only sold or gave away longan coffee to friends, but visitors began seeking their coffee. Since they had traveled so far, Luo Yu-hou began entertaining their guests and serving them delicious stewed mutton hot pot. Since then, their mutton hot pots have become popular with local gourmets. It is now so popular that reservations for the Laosan Coffee Farm's mutton hot pots are essential.

秘鏡小屋 尋覓咖啡麵包香

　　探訪在深山的麵包店和郊區的咖啡農場，展開半日的愜意旅行，外帶美味的窯烤麵包與親友分享，或是在內門大啖羊肉爐配咖啡。

深山裡的麵包店

　　深山麵包店柴窯自清晨5點開始升火，炊煙裊裊，窯烤的麵包的好滋味，讓食客翻山越嶺而來，沒預約幾乎買不到。

　　麵包店主理人阿布娪（Ａpu'u）．卡阿斐依亞那談起，2009年時，家園受到八八風災重創，那瑪夏的居民不願搬遷至政府規劃的永久屋，希望返鄉生活自己自足，輾轉認識知名的麵包師傅吳克己傳授部落婦女製作麵包的技藝，陪伴部落重建。

　　阿布娪認為健康的土地和生態是原鄉的契機，堅持使用部落裡的植物或友善耕作的農作物，比如自己種玫瑰花熬煮醬料，烘焙招牌玫瑰核桃吐司，選用當地種植的薑黃、檸檬、刺蔥及龍鬚菜等，推出當季食材製作的麵包品項，成了麵包坊的特色。

　　深山裡的麵包店結合部落友善耕作小農，推出預約制的風味餐以及文化、生態旅遊，讓遊客深入認識那瑪夏。

老三咖啡農場

　　老三咖啡農場的經營者羅玉厚夫婦原本經營羊肉爐生意，十多年前返鄉務農，在內門咖啡產銷班的輔導下種植咖啡。羅老闆將咖啡樹栽種於龍眼樹下，二者花期接近，透過蜜蜂授粉，烘焙後的咖啡豆尾韻帶有淡淡的龍眼乾香氣，風味獨特。

　　老闆娘坐在前庭，啜飲濃醇回甘的手沖咖啡，眺望遠方烏山山稜，有感而發的說：「年輕時總愛追求別人的山，年紀漸長，發現自家的山也挺可愛的。」

　　原本羅老闆與朋友分享自產自銷的龍眼咖啡，但許多人大老遠跑一趟，於是羅老闆清燉羊肉火鍋款待客人，溫體羊肉無絲毫羶味，讓饕客垂涎三尺，口耳相傳，到老三咖啡農場得預約享用「吃羊肉爐配咖啡」。