The principle of Kopi Luwak explains what is the natural fermentation method and the flavor and taste characteristics of Kopi Luwak.

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What is Kopi Luwak?

You must be no stranger to mention Kopi Luwak.

Because of its unique flavor and rich, round and sweet taste

It is very thick and mellow, which makes Kopi Luwak very popular.

But do you know why cat poop coffee tastes so good?

The reason why the pure Kopi Luwak tastes good is that the civet is an omnivorous nocturnal animal. By its keen sense of smell, it judges the sweetest and fullest coffee cherries in the coffee tree, and occasionally chooses some coffee fruit as a snack, while coffee is found in the civet.

After fermentation in the body, it will produce a special flavor, but coffee beans are indigestible and will be excreted from the body.

The biggest effect of coffee beans fermented through the civets' intestines is to remove the acid and bitterness, so this coffee tastes very coffee but not bitter and tastes good.

Civet's internal fermentation, for civets, actually can only digest a little bit of outer skin pulp, of course, it eats coffee fruit only for the purpose of outer skin pulp, and because they will choose better coffee fruit.

The hard coffee bean seeds are soaked and fermented by digestive enzymes in the body, and special intestinal enzymes decompose the protein, producing short peptides and many free amino acids, reducing the bitterness of the coffee itself.

These coffee beans will be excreted from the civet body intact, along with the feces, which is the most primitive body.

The "natural fermentation method" has achieved the unique flavor of Kopi Luwak.

After the coffee bean is pulled out by the civet, it will remove the same thing as the poop and the film outside the bean, so there is no fecal ingredient in the coffee you drink.