Does Kopi Luwak taste bitter? are authentic Indonesian cat poop coffee beans Arabica beans? Flavor characteristics

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Before the text begins, the editor asks you, do you eat shit?

I think, under normal circumstances, you should answer-- "no"? If your answer is-- Yes! I eat poop! Then I can only say-- I respect your special preference, but you'd better stay and enjoy it.

But in the coffee world, there is a kind of animal excrement-that is, shit! Its price is higher than Blue Mountain Coffee, the King of Coffee! It is called Kopi Luwak, derived from Indonesian, which few people know, and translated into Chinese is called civet coffee or-Kopi Luwak! The reason why coffee is taken as "cat shit" is not to make a mystery or a gimmick.

But because it really comes from cat shit!

Cat shit! In vernacular terms, it is called cat poop.

Chicken shit white seems to be a good cure for all diseases in the farmer's calendar (by the way, chicken shit white is actually a plant), but cat shit? I'm afraid cat shit can only be used as fertilizer! Can you use it to make coffee?

Yes! He can really use it to make coffee. But don't go through your kitten's bedpan. If you are naive enough to throw the droppings into the coffee, I think you should go to the hospital to register with the Department of Gastroenterology and Psychiatry before reading this article.

In Indonesia's island groups such as Jawa, Sumatra, Bali and Sulawesi, there is a favorite civet called Yazi Cat. The so-called Kopi Luwak and civet coffee are brewed in its precious digestive system and exported to its elegant … Anus.

Don't find it disgusting to describe it like that! Yes, it's really disgusting!

However, the reason why your Kopi Luwak is so famous is that after the coffee bean is fermented in the stomach, the protein in the outer layer of the coffee is destroyed and the short is released. And more free amino acids. Who knows what that means? In short, the indigestible coffee beans will be excreted with the Yezi cat's mm-hmm. The coffee beans discharged after the "natural fermentation" of cat intestines, not only no longer bitter, but brewing a unique flavor, the taste is particularly mellow, rich and round sweet taste is not comparable to the general coffee beans!

However, don't think that the hot cat shit can be used to make coffee! Just like the source of raw materials is not easy to obtain, the post-operation of civet coffee is particularly complicated. Baked coffee beans must be strictly dried, roasted, brewed and other sanitary treatment in order to produce a unique style of civet coffee.

Wait, after all this, how does Kopi Luwak taste?

Kopi Luwak's comments are quite bipolar. Some people say that this kind of coffee is difficult to enter and swallow, and it is just a gimmick. But some people say that Kopi Luwak is a specialty of Indonesia. Drinking it is like finding a diamond in a stone. It is the most delicious food in the world. What's more, it used to be a top offering to the Dutch royal family (Indonesia used to be a Dutch colony).

Let's explain it this way! Indonesian coffee itself has an earthy flavor and traditional Chinese medicine flavor, the style is very "unique"! What does the word unique mean? Just like our stinky tofu in Taiwan and duck eggs in Vietnam, some people love them very much, while others do not eat them, depending on whether they are to your taste or not. More importantly, the name of Kopi Luwak is too loud! The source is special, and for many people, it creates an engraving impression before they drink it-for better or worse! In fact, it is said that at a banquet, many celebrities tasted civet coffee without being told the truth, and many people used gorgeous words to describe this exotic delicacy. But after people knew the origin of this coffee, they began to feel sick to their stomach, saying that this kind of coffee tasted unbearably strange!

Also, there are many people who know where this coffee comes from, and they are stupid when they hear the name "civet coffee". Such expensive coffee is delicious even if it is served with Guijiawan soy sauce.

However, although as the saying goes-natural is good! The same is true of coffee, of course! But the only thing that is certain is that natural civet coffee is definitely less and less! Due to the serious problem of over-reclamation and poaching, there are fewer and fewer coconut cats in the wild, but the demand for coffee beans is increasing. Therefore, the poop of captive coconut cats has become the main source of Kopi Luwak. Although the price of coffee has been greatly reduced, due to cost considerations, most of the coffee beans that keep Ye Zi cats are Robusta beans, rather than Arabica beans, which are preferred by wild coconut cats. Is it better than in other aspects?

Speaking of this, the editor suddenly thought of the civet coffee he had drunk before. Um... Boss! We have civet coffee. Can I try it? I want to trace back my memory!