How about Indonesian civet coffee _ how to distinguish wild Kopi Luwak from captive Kopi Luwak

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Kopi Luwak is one of the most expensive coffee in the world, with a price of several hundred US dollars per pound. It is extracted from the feces of civets and processed. The civet eats the ripe coffee fruit and is excreted through the digestive system. After it is fermented through the stomach, the coffee produced has a special taste and has become a hot item in the international market.

The civets' digestive juices break down the protein in coffee beans into very small particles, which enhances the aroma of coffee during grinding. In addition, the civets' intestines can filter out certain proteins, thereby reducing the bitterness of the coffee.

We came to a place where captive civets are kept and fed coffee fruit every day, while coffee farmers collect their feces to extract Kopi Luwak.

● Indonesian coffee has the taste of earth and traditional Chinese medicine, and its consistency is among the highest in all continents. But "Kopi Luwak" has a heavier earthy smell, and its consistency is closer to that of syrup. It has a very special flavor. After drinking, there will still be a touch of peppermint cool feeling in the mouth, which is the "exclusive taste" that ordinary coffee does not have. After drinking a cup, take a deep breath or take a sip of cold water, you can obviously feel cool from mouth to throat. It's like I just ate a mint lotion.

Experts say there is a gland near the sexual organs of the Indonesian "civet" that secretes milky oil, which has always been a precious raw material for the perfume industry. Even Shakespeare's play King Lear has this dialogue: "Please give me some civet oil to stimulate my inspiration." Others said, "this coffee is unique and is a specialty of Indonesia." Drink it, it's like finding a diamond in a stone. " Because the wild "civets" are obviously better at selecting good coffee fruits, so that this kind of coffee has outstanding characteristics.

Ripe coffee fruit is the food of civets.

The poop of a civet.

Coffee beans after deodorization and sun drying

Mash and remove the silver gray film on the surface of coffee beans

Pick and choose coffee beans

This is the famous Kopi Luwak. The Kopi Luwak particles in captivity are relatively large and uniform.

● Wild Kopi Luwak

Finally, we went to the local coffee farmer to buy some wild Kopi Luwak samples and go back to study. Because civets are very picky eaters, they only eat the freshest coffee fruit, so it has already helped us filter out defective beans. But wild civets are haunted and can only rely on coffee farmers to find their poop. The output is rare and hard-won, so it is even more precious.

This is a wild Kopi Luwak with a shell that has been processed.

Civets only choose fresh coffee fruit, but can not choose the size of the fruit, so the size of wild Kopi Luwak is more uneven than that of captive civets.

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