The authentic Kopi Luwak is not easy to come by. How does Kopi Luwak brew the production conditions of Kopi Luwak?

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When the gale of Kopi Luwak blows, there is a dazzling variety of civet coffee on the Indonesian market, with prices ranging from incredibly cheap to nearly ridiculously expensive. For consumers, how to choose? to drink the taste of cat shit coffee?

How can consumers distinguish between counterfeit goods and inferior goods before paying?

The most difficult thing about the trade of this kind of food is that it does not have an easily discernible way and standard, and the taste of Kopi Luwak is not determined by a fixed flavor and taste, and in the end it depends on whether you like it or not.

But in any case, the responsibility of the operator to the consumer is to collect the money and deliver 100% of the goods with real talent.

If you want to buy a bag of civet coffee and taste it slowly, and look at the dazzling bags of civets in the market with pictures of civets, how can you do it so as not to miss?

For consumers, they simply do not have a chance to participate in the production process of civets, just how the listeners publicize them, but those uncomplicated but professional and attentive production processes are most likely to be tampered with or ignored at all. How can consumers buy Kopi Luwak with peace of mind?

Let's first talk about how profiteers promote "fake cat shit". Generally speaking, there are only a few kinds of Kopi Luwak that are not really talented: 1, they are said to be wild cats, but they are actually kept in captivity; 2, they are said to be cat poop beans, but they are actually ordinary beans; 3, they are actually spiced; 4, they are produced by themselves, and they are harvested from farmers; 5, they are selected beans, but they are actually mixed beans.

Consumers will not know in advance that when they look at a bag or box of beautifully packaged wild civet coffee products, they are basically just looking at the mood and courage of the day to decide whether they are willing to pay a high price to buy it.

Ke Bailin, owner of Golden Bailin Manor, said that many cat shit coffee makers simply do not have a strong certificate to prove to consumers, which proves that the quality of their products is uneven, otherwise their certificates or awards would have been given.

Moreover, because of the high value of civet coffee in the market, there are indeed some lawbreakers who take wild civets home to raise them, forcing them to devour large amounts of inferior coffee cherries in order to produce more Kopi Luwak and chase high profits.

"who called Kopi Luwak is the world's most luxurious coffee, the world's most expensive coffee, the world's rarest coffee?

It's so profitable. "

It is profitable to attract a lot of fakes

It is known that the Kopi Luwak brand is the only officially recognized brand by the Indonesian government, and it is deeply loved by coffee lovers for its unique fruity aroma and long aftertaste.

Indonesian coffee has a long historical background, and coffee footprints can be found in almost every corner of the country, as if every Indonesian is drinking coffee.

Indonesia's mountainous and island geographical environment is very suitable for the growth of coffee trees, but also suitable for the growth of civets, the producer of Kopi Luwak, so that it is a perfect match to create the world's number one coffee delicacy.

Ke Bailin, the owner of Golden Bailin Manor, said that the fruit of coffee is called cherry coffee because it is very similar to cherries. The ripe coffee berries look like cherries in shape, bright red and with sweet flesh. The civets like them very much. They contain seeds that can be split in two, namely coffee beans, which pass through the civets' intestines and stomach. Finally, they become cups of Kopi Luwak that smell good all over the world and fascinate the coffee fans.

Each coffee bean has a thin outer film, which is called silver skin, and its outer layer is covered with a yellow outer skin, called endocarp. Coffee beans are wrapped in a sticky pulp to form coffee pulp, which is soft and sweet, and the outermost layer is the shell.

Coffee is resistant to shade and cold, but not resistant to light and drought. Coffee trees like mild temperatures during the day and less than two hours of direct sunshine, so the coffee garden needs to plant a lot of taller trees for shade.

At night, they adapt to an environment of about ten degrees Celsius, but the temperature should not be too low, because too warm will make the coffee berries grow too fast to produce small, strong, hard and high-quality coffee beans; in case it is too cold to frost, the coffee trees will freeze to death.

Climate is the decisive factor for coffee cultivation. Coffee trees are only suitable for growing in the tropics or subtropics, so the zone between latitude 25 degrees south and north is generally called coffee belt or coffee area. However, not all the land located in this area can produce good coffee trees.

The ideal planting conditions for coffee trees are as follows: the temperature is between 15 ℃ and 25 mm, and the annual rainfall must reach 1500 mm, and the rainfall time should be in line with the flowering cycle of coffee trees.

The conditions for cultivating good coffee trees are strict.

Fertile soil, good climate, sufficient rainfall, coffee good!

A good coffee tree should not only have seasonal rainfall, but also have fertile soil and good drainage environment, especially the fertile soil containing volcanic ash.

In addition, although sunlight is an indispensable factor for the growth and fruiting of coffee trees, too strong sunlight will inhibit the growth of coffee trees, so various producing areas will usually cooperate with the planting of some shade trees. As for the ideal altitude, it is between 500 and 2000 meters.

It can be seen that the conditions for the cultivation of high-quality coffee trees are very strict: sunlight, rainfall, soil, air temperature, as well as the way coffee beans are harvested and the production process will affect the quality of coffee itself.

Based on these characteristics, the promised land suitable for Arabica coffee is mostly located in countries with alpine terrain, which is also known as the coffee belt.

Husband and wife, cat love!

Having said so much civet coffee, let's also talk about how Ke Baili, the owner of Golden Bailin Manor, has formed an inextricable bond with the civet.

He said that his wife likes to drink coffee, so he went directly to the coffee garden to buy fresh coffee beans. Later, he went to the coffee mountain in which he had invested. He found that their coffee beans were the freshest, so he often bought a lot of coffee beans from the owner Hazi. Then he became good friends with Haz, and then he became a major shareholder after Haz's kind invitation and his own evaluation.

"I would also like to thank my wife Lin Jiaqi. If it hadn't been for her, I couldn't have gone from the textile industry to the coffee industry. At present, I am doing both at the same time."

Ke Baili loves nature and the fertile land given by God, so he does not want to destroy such natural beauty. He claims that to preserve the original appearance, we can only make it better, not affect the place because it is too commercialized.

"in the future, I will build leisure farms, villas, hotels, theme restaurants and hot springs in the coffee garden, so that city people can spend their holidays on our farm, relax and have a good cup of coffee." Ke Baili's vision is to develop a forest park and create a green forest home.

"I hope to promote the economic development of this village and improve the lives of farmers. Therefore, I will not only turn my coffee garden into a resort to enhance the employment opportunities of farmers, but also divide part of my land to farmers to grow coffee beans. "

He plans to provide farmers with 2 hectares of land for each household to grow coffee beans and buy all their harvests so that everyone can become bosses and the business will grow.

Making coffee is a great knowledge.

How to brew a cup of delicious civet coffee?

To enjoy the true taste of civet coffee, do not add sugar or milk to the coffee. It is recommended to use a Siphon, add 160 ml of water, pour 17 grams (grams) of coffee powder, and gently press down the raised coffee powder with flat bamboo slices after the water boils up.

Do not stir, otherwise the coffee will become bitter, sour and astringent.

Water temperature 96 ℃, water pressure 9-10atm, boiling about 1 minute 45 seconds-2 minutes quickly remove the source of fire, and then repeatedly wipe the glass bottle with a cold wet cloth to make it rapidly cool, the brewed coffee will quickly fall and show a large number of golden fine foam, so that you can achieve the most mellow taste.

The real musk cat coffee bubble will exude a smell like honey and chocolate, without adding sugar and cream to have a sweet, smooth, full-bodied taste, while the texture of the original water has been fully covered by the round and rich texture of the coffee, so the tip of the tongue can hardly feel the quality of the water when it is just imported, it is not bitter, sour, not astringent, but it has a bit more milk flavor, and not scraping the stomach after entering the throat will not cause stomach discomfort.

Even if it is cold, the taste is still mellow. After tasting it, there is still a sweet smell in the cup. Kopi Luwak is a unique rich texture and depth of coffee, is absolutely unique.

Some experts said that after drinking civet coffee, they went to taste the wine, because it was still sweet in the mouth, and the vintage of the wine instantly changed from 12 years to 18 years. Give it a try!