Why is civet coffee the most expensive coffee in the world?

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Pick out the undigested coffee seeds from the civet feces, remove the silver gray film, rinse them with water, dry them in the sun, and finally stir-fry to make coffee beans, so Kopi Luwak is actually very clean and hygienic. Kopi Luwak raw beans are not easy to get, so its brewing method is more fastidious.

If you want to enjoy the true taste of Kopi Luwak, it is recommended not to add sugar or milk to the coffee. The best temperature for brewing Kopi Luwak is 96 ℃, and the best water pressure is 9-10atm. Boil for about 1 minute 45 seconds-2 minutes to quickly remove the fire and at the same time wipe the glass bottle with a cold wet cloth to make it cool rapidly. The brewed coffee will quickly fall and show a lot of fine golden foam, so that you can achieve the most extreme flavor. Do not stir in the brewing process of Kopi Luwak, otherwise the coffee will become bitter, sour and astringent. In the general way of brewing, some people say that civet coffee can be brewed 3 times, but the above brewing method is regarded as the most essence after boiling for a long time, so rebrewing is not recommended.

Since Kopi Luwak became famous, it has been expensive, and civets have become the spokesperson of Kopi Luwak. Kopi Luwak is the least produced coffee in the world, and the number of wild civets is limited. Only experienced villagers go deep into the forest can they find them and collect feces. Although people are gradually raising civets in captivity, specializing in the production of coffee beans, the global annual output is no more than 400 kilograms. A bag of 50 grams of coffee beans is worth 1500 yuan and can only be soaked in 3 Murray for 4 cups. In other words, the price of a cup is about 400 yuan. So Kopi Luwak is not something that the average customer can afford. Some people even say that after drinking Kopi Luwak, they are reluctant to brush their teeth for a few days, just hope to have more aftertaste of the round taste of Kopi Luwak.