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What on earth is Kopi Luwak? How is Kopi Luwak made?

Published: 2026-07-14 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/07/14, Kopi Luwak is just another name for this coffee. Its official name is Kopi Luwak. Kopi means coffee in Indonesian, and Luwak refers to a wild animal called a civet. The origin of civet coffee can be traced back to the colonial era in Indonesia, when the Dutch government banned local people from eating and roasting coffee in the coffee garden, but accidentally found wild civets eating in the back row of the garden.

Kopi Luwak is just another name for this coffee, and its official name is "Kopi Luwak". Kopi means "coffee" in Indonesian, and Luwak refers to a wild animal called "civet". The origin of civet coffee can be traced back to the colonial era in Indonesia, when the Dutch government banned local people from eating and roasting coffee in the coffee garden, but accidentally found that the coffee beans discharged by the wild civets after eating in the garden had a completely different taste.

The civet likes to choose the most mature, sweet, juicy coffee fruit in the coffee tree as food, but only the pulp of the coffee fruit can be digested by the civet, and the hard coffee beans will be excreted from the body.

After eating coffee beans, coffee beans will be fermented and shelled in its stomach, coupled with the breakdown of proteins by hormones secreted by its gastric mucosa, and the amino acids produced can reduce the original bitter taste of coffee beans.

Although Kopi Luwak tastes mellow, today's civets are farmed, and the taste of coffee depends on the quality of the fed coffee fruit.

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