Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms
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The Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms are an historical cafe and a self-contained holiday cabin located at the top of Herveys Range, approximately 45 km north-west of Townsville in North Queensland
, Australia
. They are owned by Allan and Michelle Sharpe. The tea rooms are famous for being the only cafe in Queensland to include Kopi Luwak
coffee on their menu, hailed as the most expensive coffee in the world.
1,250 per kilogram.
In the 1860s the inn provided a welcome respite for early travelers ascending the range via Thorntons gap
show Border Security: Australia's Front Line ran a story on Kopi Luwak being imported into Australia. Customs officials decided after much deliberation that the rare coffee would pose no threat to the Australian agricultural industry, and approved the importation. For many viewers, this was the first they had ever heard of Kopi Luwak.
The next day on 2 July, the Channel Seven breakfast chat show Sunrise
based their morning weather presentations from the Heritage Tea Rooms. Weather presenter Monique Wright
confirmed during this episode of Sunrise that the Heritage Tea Room was in fact linked to the Border Security story on the importation of the Kopi Luwak.
North Queensland
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the state of Queensland in Australia. Queensland is a massive state, larger than most countries, and the tropical northern part of it has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. They are owned by Allan and Michelle Sharpe. The tea rooms are famous for being the only cafe in Queensland to include Kopi Luwak
Kopi Luwak
Kopi luwak , or civet coffee, is one of the world's most expensive and low-production varieties of coffee. It is made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet and other related civets, then passed through its digestive tract. A civet eats the berries for their...
coffee on their menu, hailed as the most expensive coffee in the world.
Kopi Luwak
Kopi Luwak is an Indonesian coffee made from beans that have passed through the digestive system of the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), known in Indonedia as the luwak. Collected from the floor of the jungle, the defecated beans are dried and roasted, and then exported for a price of up to A$Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
1,250 per kilogram.
North Queensland's oldest building
The Heritage Tea Rooms are situated inside North Queensland's oldest building - a split log construction built circa 1865. Formerly known as the Eureka Hotel, the building has been restored to its former glory and remains standing as one of the countries few slab sided inn's.In the 1860s the inn provided a welcome respite for early travelers ascending the range via Thorntons gap
Other attractions
Aside from Kopi Luwak, the Heritage Tea Rooms provide a variety of attractions including:- Mountain Way Tunnel Tours, passing through a series of tunnels originally constructed in 1974 for the Townsville to GreenvaleGreenvale, QueenslandGreenvale is a nickel mining settlement in Queensland, Australia, approximately northwest of Townsville. Other metal ores are also extracted there. It is located within the Charters Towers Region....
railway line. - Birdwatching - with over 150 varieties of birds in the local vicinity.
- Close proximity to the Herveys Range scenic drive, with direct road access to Charters Towers and the Atherton Tablelands
In the media
On 1 July 2007, the Australian Channel SevenSeven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
show Border Security: Australia's Front Line ran a story on Kopi Luwak being imported into Australia. Customs officials decided after much deliberation that the rare coffee would pose no threat to the Australian agricultural industry, and approved the importation. For many viewers, this was the first they had ever heard of Kopi Luwak.
The next day on 2 July, the Channel Seven breakfast chat show Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)
Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.-History:...
based their morning weather presentations from the Heritage Tea Rooms. Weather presenter Monique Wright
Monique Wright
Monique Wright is an Australian journalist and television personality. She received national exposure as the weather presenter on the Seven Network's national breakfast program, Sunrise during 2007, being promoted from feature reporter to replace former weather presenter Grant Denyer.As a member...
confirmed during this episode of Sunrise that the Heritage Tea Room was in fact linked to the Border Security story on the importation of the Kopi Luwak.