What is the cat of the Kopi Luwak? introduction to the civet.

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What kind of cat is the Kopi Luwak cat?

Cat poop coffee beans are produced by the feces of Indonesian coconut cats (a kind of civets) as raw materials, so they are called "cat poop coffee beans". This kind of animal mainly feeds on coffee beans. After completing fermentation in the coconut cat's stomach, it destroys protein, produces short peptides and more free amino acids, reduces the bitter taste of coffee, and then excretes feces as the main raw material. Because coffee beans cannot be digested, they are excreted and become cat poop coffee beans after washing and roasting.

Fermented beans in animals include not only civets, but also Phoenix-crowned pheasants, monkeys and elephants, but none of the latter have formed a scale, only civets stand out.

Musk cats haunt at night, rely on their eyesight and sense of smell, choose the reddest coffee fruits to eat, and are not interested in half-unripe raw fruits, so the beans excreted are all ripe and well-ripe. These fecal beans are washed and then baked, killing all bacteria. The biggest feature is that the flavor is gentle and the taste is doubled. The basic flavor depends on the variety of coffee the civet eats.

Indonesian coconut cats are omnivores. Apart from eating seeds, they also eat insects, snakes, birds, amphibians and reptiles, so the feces emitted by really wild coconut cats will be mixed with all kinds of substances. Local farmers in Indonesia catch coconut cats to raise them and feed coffee beans to make them. But after all, there are some differences between artificial cultivation and natural ones.

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Civets-lovely and watery wild animals

Musk cat is "Luwak" in Indonesian. He is an arboreal wild animal. He looks like a cat and a beaver, mostly with black, white and gray hair, and is delightful with innocent eyes.

The range of activities is about 2000 meters above sea level, so most wild civets eat robusta beans rather than better quality Arabica beans. Civets are actually very good at picking coffee beans. Nocturnal animals will rely on their keen sense of smell at night to judge the sweetest and fullest coffee cherries in the coffee tree, while the fruit is partially broken down by intestinal enzymes after passing through the cat's digestive tract. Coffee beans are excreted by feces, and this kind of coffee is also known as "Kopi Luwak". Special intestinal enzymes make coffee beans have a unique flavor and mellow flavor, which is very delicious in the eyes of many people, but some people still do not like the coffee beans produced in this way.

In fact, civets are omnivorous creatures. They don't just eat coffee fruits. They eat bananas or many tropical fruits, as well as small animals such as insects and snails. Such a variety of foods can maintain the balance and health of the body and the normal levels of intestinal enzymes. Just like people, eating apples every day cannot survive.

Civet Coffee-Natural gifts or Human greed

Musk coffee is made from coffee beans that cannot be decomposed in cat feces, Kopi Luwak in Indonesia and Civet Coffee in English, while similar mink coffee in Vietnam is also broken down and mixed by special enzymes in the organism. The coffee beans cannot be digested and excreted in feces, and then collected by coffee farmers through drying, washing, baking and other actions can be brewed into the cup.