Is Kopi Luwak the same coffee as mink coffee?

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Kopi Luwak is produced in Indonesia, and mink coffee is produced in Vietnam. It is the same animal, musk cat, which eats ripe coffee fruit, which is excreted through the digestive system and fermented by the stomach.

Kopi Luwak is produced by the feces of Indonesian coconut cats (civet cats) as raw materials, so it is called "Kopi Luwak". 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 bitterness of coffee, and then excretes feces as the main raw material. Because coffee beans cannot be digested, they are excreted and Kopi Luwak is made after washing and baking.

In the plateau region of central Vietnam, there is a special kind of mink-musk mink (also known as civet). Whenever the coffee garden is fruitful, they will choose ripe red coffee beans to have a good meal. But the coffee beans are not digested in the mink's stomach, and the mycin in the digestive tract combines with the coffee beans, destroying the protein and reducing the bitterness of the coffee. The next day, coffee workers collect coffee beans from musk minks according to experience, wash and dry them, and then carefully bake them to make musk coffee.

Kopi Luwak, produced in Indonesia, is one of the most expensive coffee in the world. In the international market, Luwak coffee has always been a veritable luxury, and one of the main reasons is that it is not made by people but by wild animals. It is extracted from the feces of the civet and processed. The civet eats the ripe coffee fruit and is excreted through the digestive system. Due to the fermentation of the stomach, the coffee produced has a special taste and has become a hot product in the international market. Kopi Luwak has a strong earthy smell and a consistency similar to that of syrup, which has a very special flavor. After drinking, there will still be a touch of mint cool feeling in the mouth. After drinking a cup, take a deep breath or take a mouthful of cold water, you can obviously feel the coolness from mouth to throat, as if you had just eaten a mint lozenge.