What does Kopi Luwak taste like? how does Kopi Luwak taste? why is it so expensive? what's so special?

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Indonesian Musk Coffee Bean (Kopi Luwak) Kopi Luwak

Do you know the origin of the name Kopi Luwak?

Kopi Luwak is produced by the feces of Indonesian coconut cats (a kind of civet) as raw materials, so it is called "Kopi Luwak". This kind of animal mainly feeds on coffee beans. After completing fermentation in the coconut cat's stomach, it destroys protein, produces short peptides and more free amino acids, reduces the bitterness of coffee, and then excretes feces as the main raw material. Because coffee beans cannot be digested, they are excreted and Kopi Luwak is made after washing and baking.

Coconut cats are omnivores. In addition to eating seeds, they also eat insects, snakes, birds, amphibians and reptiles, so the feces discharged by really wild coconut cats will be mixed with all kinds of substances. Local farmers in Indonesia catch coconut cats to raise them and feed coffee beans to make them. But there is a difference between artificial cultivation and natural ones after all.

The picture below shows a batch of untreated cat poop coffee beans. If you look at the picture, you will probably know why it is called Kopi Luwak, because it is not only the excrement of civets, but also similar in shape, size and color to our normal poop. If it is not the shape of particles, I really think it is an ordinary old shit! So many friends will be deterred from laugh for the most expensive top coffee when they see this scene.

Kopiluwak

Output

The output of Kopi Luwak is very small, so it is very expensive. And the land for sale is even less. It is rare even in Indonesia of origin. Therefore, most of the Kopi Luwak sold on the market are kept artificially, and their flavor is naturally different from that of the most primitive and natural wild Kopi Luwak.

The best quality coffee beans selected by civet Wild Luwak

The civet has a unique ability to eat only fully mature coffee beans to ensure that the coffee beans are of the highest quality.

The unique flavor of civet coffee Kopi Luwak

There is a gonad near the civet's sexual organs that secretes milky musk oil, which provides the unique and attractive aroma of civet coffee Kopi Luwak (Kopi Luwak) and is a precious raw material for premium perfumes.

Baking method: City Roast

Characteristics: 1. Palate: very mellow, rich in coffee oil creama

two。 Aroma: with cocoa aromas.

Kopi Luwak rating:

Explanation: for a coffee fan, having a cup of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is not a dream, but drinking a cup of "Kopi Luwak" (Kopi Luwak) is a lifetime without regret. The global output of the scarce "Kopi Luwak" does not exceed 120lb a year. Retail prices in North America and Europe cost more than NT $20,000 a pound. If you only crave one cup, the first "Kopi Luwak" will cost NT$3,600, and the second will be as high as NT$2500.

What's so special about this rare coffee-"Kopi Luwak"? There is a kind of wild musk cat named Luwak in the mountains of Indonesia, which likes to eat ripe coffee fruit with fat and multi-oars, but the hard hard nut (raw bean) cannot be digested. It is excreted with feces, washed and becomes a "Kopi Luwak" coffee raw bean! Therefore, many people call it "cat shit" coffee.

Indonesians find that the coffee beans fermented by the civets' intestines and stomach are very thick and mellow, so they collect civets' feces, sift out the coffee beans and brew them to drink. Because the yield is rare and the fermentation process is unique, the flavor is very different from that of ordinary coffee. Traditionally, coffee fruit is washed or sun-treated to remove the peel, pulp and sheep skin, and finally take out the coffee beans. However, Luwak uses natural fermentation in the body to remove the coffee beans, so it has a special flavor. In general, when coffee is boiled to the second bubble, it will not only go bad, but it will also become less fragrant, but Kopi Luwak can be boiled to the third bubble, and the taste of each cup is different. The only thing in common is that it still retains the fragrance of Luwak. " This "cat shit" coffee, which is 10 times more expensive than Blue Mountain coffee, is always full of smelly men, and the price is still high. As a result, it has become a difficult and expensive cup of coffee in the world.

This batch of Kopi Luwak is wild Kopi Luwak, wild civets will find their own food to find the most mature coffee to eat, unlike captive civets, due to the poor environment, but also eat only human-picked coffee fruits can easily cause civets to get sick or even die in the long run. Therefore, captive civets are easy to cause the most important "digestive enzymes" in their bodies to be killed by bad bacteria because the civets themselves are unhealthy. They cannot convert the most important enzymes to coffee, or even produce toxins. So please try not to eat captive Kopi Luwak.

How on earth should Kopi Luwak be cooked?

There are many ways to cook Kopi Luwak. In fact, no matter how you cook it, as long as you feel it tastes good, Kopi Luwak is suitable for all kinds of cooking methods, but considering that the most precious enzyme in Kopi Luwak will not be damaged by high temperature, Mr. Coffee is most recommended to make it by hand at a low temperature (no more than 85 degrees Celsius) or by ice drop. Of course. You can still taste the rich and changeable taste of Kopi Luwak in other ways.