Musk Coffee: the Secret behind the most arrogant Coffee Bean

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Musk Coffee: the Secret behind the most arrogant Coffee Bean

Civets have also appeared in the ears of people who do not drink coffee. Before the advent of geisha coffee, the most expensive coffee was always won by civets, but in this coffee industry chain, exactly how to produce coffee beans, after reading the article, you may think more about this coffee, is it worth drinking?

Civets-lovely and watery wild animals

Musk cat is "Luwak" in Indonesian. It is an arboreal wild animal. There are also civets in Taiwan, but they are different in biology. They are a kind of close relatives. They look like cats and beavers. Most of them have crisscross black, white and gray hair, and they are quite 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 Indonesian and Civet Coffee in English, while similar mink coffee in Vietnam is also broken down and mixed by special enzymes in the organism. Coffee beans cannot be digested and excreted in feces, and then collected by coffee farmers through dry washing and roasting and other actions can be brewed into the cup.

History-the greed of European powers and the discovery of farmers

Historically, why would someone look for coffee from feces? This is puzzling, but through historical records, we have found the reasons and the people who made these discoveries.

In the era of navigation, European powers wanted to acquire more land around the world. Taiwan was once an island colonized by the Dutch and Spaniards, while Indonesia, an island of civets, was also occupied by the Dutch. It even set up the so-called "East India Company" at that time, which was a government agency with great power.

Under the threat of force, Indonesian farmers became cheap labor for the Dutch, growing spices in the early days and coffee in the middle and later stages. Indonesian crops in the tropics were very popular in Europe, so the Netherlands earned a lot of money. In the age of navigation, which country did not treat the local people in this way? Many European countries laid a certain foundation at that time. Up to now, they may only know that their ancestors have gained prestige all over the world, and they have to rely on their leadership.

On the other hand, farmers have never drunk their own coffee, and the problem still exists today. At that time, farmers did not dare to pick crops without authorization, but they were found to be severely punished, but their curiosity will not stop. When some people find coffee beans left in the feces of civets, they find them delicious after treatment. It seems that they can understand why the Western world loves coffee so much, even the ones picked up from animal droppings are so delicious.

The good times are not very long. After the Dutch knew about this, collecting civet coffee has become one of the new jobs, and I can no longer drink that special taste of coffee.

Current situation-fakes are full of, cruelty to animals

Today, 80% of the civet coffee on the market is not the best it used to be.

How do you say that? Today's civets are mostly raised rather than wild civets, which are forced to feed coffee beans of unknown quality and kept in narrow cages every day, and civets, as nocturnal animals, do not like to be caged. this will put a lot of pressure on them; plus only feeding coffee beans has a very bad effect on their nutrition, remember? Delicious coffee beans are broken down by healthy digestive enzymes. Wild animals are happy to find food. When they become caged cats, how can coffee beans produced by unhappy cats taste good?.

The American Fine Coffee Association said: "it is agreed in the coffee industry that this kind of coffee tastes bad, and this treatment makes the coffee lighter and loses its sour and sweet taste." But the sense of taste is very subjective, and some people think that this insipid taste is delicious.

Tony Wild, the businessman who introduced coffee to Europe, mentioned in the Guardian column that these stressed civets shake their heads every day, lose their spirits and even bite their legs, resulting in blood loss and even death. Just imagine that a cup of coffee will keep such a large human being awake, not to mention that civets are forced to feed so many coffee beans every day, and their excitement and uneasiness make the civets a living hell.

Buy and sell-expensive, refuse to buy

Few institutions in the world dare to certify civet coffee because the risk is too high. Wild civet coffee is delicious, but the quantity is very small, precious and expensive. Like the sale of pets, there is no breeding farm if there is no purchase. When everyone is crazy about raising a certain kind of dog, there will be a breeding farm because there is a profit, but usually the method is inhumane; so is the Musk Coffee Cat.

As long as people are infatuated with and buy civet coffee, even if they buy really wild coffee beans, this will only accelerate the investment of more people in the industry. More people keep more civets, forcing them to eat non-high-end coffee beans. Anyway, after baking, no one can tell whether it is wild or farmed civet coffee from the outside. So all the media around the world are calling for no more attempts to buy civet coffee.

Conclusion: reflection on coffee industry

The feces of civets may not be what they are today if they are not found, and when we discuss the production process, whether we are humane and friendly to these animals is also one of the key points. What we see on the other side is the coffee farmers, or many people do not know that their own coffee is so delicious, and there are many facts and difficulties in the coffee industry that cannot be changed for a while, but coffee is so charming, right?