Kopi Luwak cruel production process, coffee lovers refused to drink inhumane civet coffee!

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Civet coffee is mostly kept in captivity rather than wild civets. In order to obtain expensive civet coffee beans, the breeding process is so inhumane that it has become a coffee rejected by most coffee lovers.

Have you ever heard of Kopi Luwak (Kopi Luwak)? This coffee name, which sounds a little strange, means "civet coffee" in Indonesian, because things are rare and have a reputation for dreamy coffee. But what kind of coffee is this?

Kopi in Indonesian Kopi Luwak means coffee, while Luwak is a civet of the same kind as White-nosed Heart (or masked palm civet). Kopi Luwak translates directly, meaning "civet coffee". Coffee, which sounds like a wonderful name, was actually born under a very special process.

Wild Indonesian musk cats only pick old ripe coffee fruits to eat!

In coffee farms in Indonesia, it is common for ripe coffee fruits to be eaten by wild civets. Civet cats only choose fully ripe sweet coffee fruits to eat, but they can only digest the flesh, and the indigestible seeds are excreted with feces attached to the endocarp. The civet coffee can be made by taking the seeds from the civet feces, washing them and removing the endocarp.

Civet coffee has a unique flavor that other coffees do not have. It is generally believed that this is because seeds eaten into civets are affected by digestive enzymes or bacteria. It is characterized by a sense of hierarchy, sweetness and unique and strong aroma.

In movies such as "Seagull Canteen" or "play all the way to hang", civet coffee has become the finishing touch of the story.

Brazilian bird shit coffee is similar to civet coffee beans!

There are other animals in the world that also like coffee fruits and can produce coffee beans with a unique style. For example, in Brazil, there is a kind of bird called Jacu, which also pecks the ripe coffee fruit and discharges the seeds in the same process as the civet to make coffee beans, which is a bird shit coffee (Jacu Bird Coffee) with unique aroma and esoteric flavor, which is very precious.

In addition, such as civets in South India or the Philippines, macaques in Taiwan or monkeys in Africa, squirrels in New Guinea, and so on, there are wonderful and special coffees related to animals all over the world. These coffees are treasures with low quantity and high price, which is why they are called Dream Coffee.

Inhumane breeding, coffee lovers refuse to drink civet coffee beans

According to media reports, today's civets are mostly captive rather than wild civets. Unworthy farmers in order to obtain expensive civet coffee beans, the breeding process is extremely inhumane, and because of the collection of animal feces, the risk of infection, coupled with the market full of fakes, has become a kind of coffee rejected by most coffee lovers.

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