Cat poop Coffee Bean Flavor and Taste Story the difference between Yunnan Coffee Bean and Indonesia

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Indonesian Kopi Luwak can be said to be the Herm è s in the boutique coffee market. In New York in 2002, a pound of cat poop coffee beans cost as much as US $500. This is because the production of Indonesian Kopi Luwak is very low; although the name of Kopi Luwak does not sound elegant, it also has a special Indonesian herbal aroma, high mellow thickness, and a period of indescribable sweetness. Next, Qianjie Coffee will tell us the characteristics and story of cat poop coffee beans.

The source of Kopi Luwak in Indonesia

Kopi Luwak originated in Indonesia, but with Kopi Luwak becoming famous, Vietnam and Myanmar also began to produce Kopi Luwak, but it is not as good as Indonesian Kopi Luwak in quality, so it is cheaper in price.

According to Qianjie Coffee, Indonesia first discovered Kopi Luwak in the early 18th century, when Dutch people introduced coffee trees to Sumatra and Java in Indonesia to develop coffee economy and trade. and local coffee farmers are not allowed to pick and eat coffee fruits.

However, local coffee farmers in Indonesia also want to taste whether the fruits they grow are delicious or not. at this time, civet, a cat unique to Indonesia, often comes to steal coffee fruit, and the civet is particularly picky, although it is an omnivorous animal. Mainly to eat meat, but will still steal to eat the most mature and red coffee fruit, which can make the local coffee farmers angry. I watched helplessly as the fruits of my labor were stolen by wild civets, but I could not taste half of them.

Against this background, local coffee farmers often see coffee fruits discharged from civets in the outdoor grass. These coffee fruits cannot be digested, but can only digest mature coffee pulp. Hard coffee beans are eventually excreted because they are semi-digested. Therefore, out of greediness or curiosity, the local coffee farmers took the coffee beans discharged from the civets home and washed them, then processed and tasted the beans, and found that the taste was really good, not only very mellow, but also sweet, which made them very happy, so Kopi Luwak spread among the local coffee farmers.

But the good times did not last long, the existence of Kopi Luwak was also discovered by the Dutch colonists, so they sold Kopi Luwak to the European royal family at a high price. Because of its scarce production, it far exceeded the noble coffee such as Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee at that time, and became the most expensive coffee bean in the coffee industry.

Here, Qianjie Coffee should also emphasize that not all coffee beans excreted by cats can be called Kopi Luwak, only beans excreted by wild musk cats in Indonesia can be called Kopi Luwak.

What's the flavor of Indonesian Kopi Luwak?

So how good is the flavor of Kopi Luwak to make coffee fans around the world crazy about it? In fact, Qianjie Coffee thinks that the flavor of cat shit coffee beans is more or less the same as that of Mantenin coffee beans, the most famous coffee bean in Indonesia.

Because civets mainly live in the hills of Indonesia below 2100 meters above sea level and in low-altitude areas of Indonesia, the varieties of coffee beans in these areas are generally dominated by robusta, so there are not only Indonesian tin card varieties of coffee beans in Kopi Luwak. There will also be Robusta beans, so Kopi Luwak will also have the unique earthy and herbal aroma of Robusta coffee beans. In addition, Indonesia's special wet planing treatment of coffee beans also makes its coffee more mellow, with a unique herbal flavor.

Secondly, the biggest difference between Kopi Luwak and Indonesian Mantenin coffee beans is that cat poop coffee beans are civet cats that use their keen sense of smell to select the sweetest ripe coffee fruit, which is similar to the Ethiopian red cherry plan, except that one is to harvest 100% ripe coffee fruit manually, and the other is to select ripe coffee fruit through animals. And this ripe coffee fruit naturally lays the foundation for the high quality of Kopi Luwak flavor.

Therefore, Qianjie Coffee thinks that the flavor of Kopi Luwak is good, but with the development of the boutique coffee market industry, many producing areas choose full-ripe coffee fruits to produce coffee beans. For example, the local pwn company in Indonesia chooses full-ripe coffee fruits, and selects defective beans manually three times and machine selects defective beans once to ensure Manning's quality. So Kopi Luwak is more of a gimmick. If you are not really curious about what is really special about the flavor of Kopi Luwak, then Qianjie Coffee fans are recommended to choose Indonesian pwn gold Mantenin coffee beans.

And according to Qianjie search data, there are also cup testing experts who say that the selling point of musk cat shit coffee lies in its story rather than its quality. Because according to SCAA, Kopi Luwak sometimes does not score as high as the average coffee bean, and sometimes even scores lower than them.

And when passing the cup test in the front street, it was found that the flavor of Kopi Luwak was a little more sour and tasteless than other ordinary Indonesian coffee, such as Manning. Qianjie Coffee quoted experts who have tasted Kopi Luwak as saying that generally speaking, Indonesian coffee has an earthy and traditional Chinese medicine flavor, and its concentration is relatively thick, but the flavor is very special. However, if you don't like the flavor of Indonesian coffee, Kopi Luwak is not very suitable for you, but if you can accept the fishy smell of old Mantenin coffee beans, you may love the unique flavor of this Kopi Luwak.

In vivo fermentation treatment of Musk Cat feces Coffee

Secondly, Qianjie Coffee is often said in previous articles that the flavor of a coffee bean is mainly determined by the coffee producing area, variety and treatment, so does the musk cat's in-body fermentation really have a great effect on the flavor of coffee beans?

Some merchants believe that although coffee beans are not digested in the civets' digestive tract, strong corrosive digestive juices have corroded its surface, and there is a special protease in these digestive juices, which can break down the original protein chain of coffee beans. break down long-chain proteins into small particles to form short-chain peptides and amino acids. Make the flavor of coffee beans better.

But in fact, according to Qianjie, it is known that the musk cat may expel the coffee beans, that is, an hour or two after they eat the coffee beans, and the coffee beans are in the civets' stomach for an hour or two. Qianjie thinks that such a short period of time is not enough to produce a series of changes mentioned above. Beans are still the same beans when they are eaten, and even if there is a change in flavor, it is a subtle change.

The in vivo fermentation treatment is just a gimmick for a merchant to sell Kopi Luwak, because local coffee farmers have to go through Indonesia's unique wet planing treatment after harvest, from which the civet's contribution is only to select the ripe coffee fruit. Therefore, in fact, the civet in vivo fermentation did not contribute much to the flavor performance of Kopi Luwak.

The above is the story and related content about Kopi Luwak organized by Qianjie Coffee, and then Qianjie will share some of the Kopi Luwak and its baking and cooking data in Qianjie Cafe.

Qianjie coffee Indonesian cat shit coffee beans

Country: Indonesia

Producing area: Sumatra

Altitude: 1600-2100

Variety: Arabica

Treatment: in vivo fermentation of civets

Flavor: herbs, nuts, dark chocolate, fermented taste

Suggestion of Kopi Luwak baking in Qianjie

Roaster: Yangjia 800N: furnace temperature preheated to 200 degrees, facilities dropped to 160 degrees into the pot, throttle open 3, firepower adjustment 130, temperature recovery point 1: 28 ", keep firepower, 5: 40" turn yellow, grass smell disappears, enter dehydration stage, firepower increases to 140, throttle opens to 4, surface wrinkles, toast flavor turns to coffee, prelude to explosion, firepower is lowered to 100, throttle is opened to 5, and listen to the sound of an explosion. When it starts to explode at 9: 15, all the throttle doors are open. After an explosion, the development time is 4 minutes, and the time is 3925 minutes, and the time is 203℃.

Suggestion on brewing Kopi Luwak in Qianjie

Filter cup: KONO

Water temperature: 86-87 degrees

Ratio of powder to water: 1:15

Degree of grinding: medium and coarse grinding (Chinese standard No. 20 screen pass rate 75%)

The front street uses segmented extraction: steaming with 30 grams of water for 30 seconds, small water injection to 125 grams, continuous water injection to 225 grams when the water level is about to be exposed to the powder bed, and removing the filter cup when the water level is about to expose the powder bed. (the time of steaming starts) the extraction time is 2 minutes 39 percent.

Kopi Luwak flavor description: herbs, nuts, dark chocolate, fermented taste, mellow, smooth.

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