Why is Kopi Luwak so expensive? is Kopi Luwak really so bad?

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Kopi Luwak is one of the most expensive coffee in the world, costing hundreds of dollars per pound. When it comes to cat shit, not all cats can produce tree Kopi Luwak. Only civet cats on the Indonesian island of Sumatra can produce Kopi Luwak.

The civet eats the ripe coffee fruit and excretes it through the digestive system. Due to the fermentation of the stomach, the coffee produced has a different taste and is very popular in the national market.

Because Sumatra's civets live in the jungle and are omnivores, the natural production of Kopi Luwak is very rare. In order to increase production, some unscrupulous businessmen do not hesitate to keep civets in small, dirty cages and eat only screened coffee beans every day.

Civet cats are freedom-loving creatures. After being kept in captivity, they often go on hunger strike and suffer from mental breakdown due to extreme irritability and depression.

After the cruel truth behind Kopi Luwak was revealed, many people have begun to boycott Kopi Luwak. No business, no harm. I hope this freedom-loving creature will no longer be hurt by human desires. Share it out and let everyone see this cruel truth!

Is Kopi Luwak really that bad?

How do the two compare with typical boutique coffee? To answer these questions, we arranged a set of tests for coffee including: Kenya Gichuka, Kopi Luwak (Kopi Luwak), Costa Rican Honey processing, Guatemala Rose Summer, Panama Emerald Manor Rose Summer.

More than 20 people participated in the activity, and the test was, of course, a blind test. The process is simple: try each kind of coffee, take notes, choose your favorite coffee, and we even complain that everyone has a Kopi Luwak, whether you like it or not.

During the event, I knew the exact location of Kopi Luwak, and I kept an eye on the faces of people when they tried it.

After the test, vote by a show of hands to find out everyone's favorite coffee.

When we pointed to Kopi Luwak to ask members to vote, no one raised their hands, zero.

When we pointed to Rose Summer, half of them raised their hands.

It seems that the showdown between Kopi Luwak and Rosa Coffee is one-sided.

I ask you to describe Kopi Luwak.

It smells stale and musty.

"weird".

"like BBQ sauce".

"Dinosaur droppings in the bathtub" (Washington Post food writer Tim Carman's comment).

Obviously, cat shit coffee alone is not worth its high price in terms of quality and taste.

The taste of emerald rosy summer is active in taste, vitality, flower, fruit and so on. My humble opinion: drinking good coffee like Rosa is worth every penny. Our conclusion is that the quality of coffee represents everything, and it can create a myth or break a myth.