Is Kopi Luwak made in Vietnam authentic and clean? Why is the harm of Kopi Luwak in Vietnam so cheap?

The real Kopi Luwak comes from Indonesia and is one of the most expensive coffee in the world. But there is Vietnamese Kopi Luwak on the market, and it is not very expensive, what on earth is going on? Qianjie believes that this situation is a bit like Blue Mountain Coffee. The authentic Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the most expensive coffee in the world, with a low yield, so there will be a lot of Blue Mountain Coffee marked with Blue Mountain flavor on the market.

Vietnam mainly produces Robusta coffee, which is generally used as instant coffee and Italian beans, so the price will not be very expensive. The Kopi Luwak, formerly known as civet coffee, was originally produced in Indonesia. It was pulled out of poop by an arboreal wild animal called "Musk Cat" on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. After many processes, such as selection, drying, deodorization, processing and roasting, it is very expensive, and it can be said to be the most expensive and unique variety of coffee at present.

This creature, the civet, is unique to Indonesia. It looks for ripe coffee fruit to eat. When the coffee fruit is digested in the civet, it will decompose the peel, pulp and pectin of the coffee, but it cannot decompose the parchment layer of the coffee. The coffee beans will eventually be removed through the feces, and we will wash them clean, then dry the water, and finally peel to complete the whole process of raw beans. Cat poop coffee beans ferment through the special environment of the musk cat's stomach, resulting in a special flavor, less bitterness and higher alcohol thickness. Authentic bean cat shit coffee beans taste mellow, almost sour.

Vietnam does have Kopi Luwak, but it is different from Indonesian Kopi Luwak in taste and quality. The meerkats in Vietnam are imported from abroad, supplemented by the feeding of coffee beans, which are not formed by natural evolution, and there are many human intervention factors.

Vietnam Kopi Luwak

(1) Vietnam Central Plains G8 mink rat coffee

Legendary Wild Mink Coffee created in the Central Plains No. 8 is a special mixed coffee made from two kinds of plateau coffee beans Robusta and Arabica.

Here we would like to talk about mink coffee. In the highlands of central Vietnam, there is a special kind of musk mink (also known as civet). Whenever the coffee garden is fruitful, they will choose ripe red coffee beans to have a good meal. But the coffee beans are not digested in the mink's stomach, and the mycin in the digestive tract combines with the coffee beans, destroying the protein and reducing the bitterness of the coffee. The next day, coffee workers collect coffee beans from musk minks according to experience, wash and dry them, and then carefully bake them to make musk coffee.

Mink coffee has a thick saturated alcohol, is a strong flavor of coffee. This kind of coffee is made by the Central Plains Coffee Company of Vietnam. It is made in Vietnamese way and tastes like Blue Mountain Coffee.

(2) Kopi Luwak, Wiener, Vietnam

Three-in-one instant coffee powder, although instant, but the taste is very pure, delicate taste, moderate sweetness, return to fragrance. Instant Kopi Luwak is easy to brew and tastes good. This one is very popular.

(3) Vietnamese Kopi Luwak

Instant coffee, this coffee is very delicious, washed out with a strong milky flavor, tastes very delicious. This coffee is suitable for those who like the taste of milk.

(4) Vietnamese Cat King Kopi Luwak

Is also a three-in-one instant coffee, open is a fragrance, anyway, is the editor drank the best coffee, fragrant smooth, rich aroma, typical Vietnamese coffee taste.

Why are there so many fake coffee products? Because these civets themselves are relatively rare animals, their populations are not high and can hardly be domesticated. The civets do not eat much, so there is not much natural excrement, and the proportion of available coffee beans in the civets' feces is only about 30%. Together with the loss of cleaning, grinding, and so on, the annual output of the real "Kopi Luwak" will not exceed 400kg, so it is almost unlikely that there will be much "Kopi Luwak" in circulation.

In addition to many fakes, the production process of "Kopi Luwak" is also very cruel. At first, the Kopi Luwak Initiative was discovered only after people accidentally picked up the civets' droppings, but when they realized the huge profits, the civets suffered, and they were enclosed by humans and lost their freedom. the tragic life of being artificially fed coffee fruits to produce coffee beans.

In fact, this kind of captive "Kopi Luwak" is almost left as a gimmick, because the coffee beans are not screened by the civets themselves, but forced by humans to eat. Moreover, these animals are already very shy, timid and difficult to domesticate. after losing their freedom, they live in narrow cages and are forced to eat coffee fruits and defecate all day long. They get sick and begin to bite their companions and bite themselves. in the end, they may die because of this cruel way of producing coffee.

Qianjie Chong and Cook Kopi Luwak parameters:

When brewing Kopi Luwak, the front street will choose the KONO filter cup, because the only exhaust part of this filter cup is the 1/4 ribs. When the water level passes over the ribs, the amount of water in the filter cup continues to rise, and the pressure increases through the weight of the water. Because the outlet is relatively small, it can extend the contact time between coffee particles and water for a longer time, as the current drives it to bring out the soluble matter more effectively. It can generally achieve the effect of high alcohol thickness expected by guests.

KONO filter cup, 88 degrees Celsius water temperature, 1:15 powder / water ratio, 15g coffee powder, grinding degree (standard sieve 20 pass rate 75%), three-stage extraction.

The use of segmented extraction, with twice the amount of coffee powder water for steaming, that is, 30 grams of water for 30 seconds, and the reason for the need for steaming process is to make coffee powder can discharge the internal carbon dioxide gas, so that the latter stage of the extraction is better stable. When the small water is injected around the circle to 125 grams, the injection will be stopped until 225 grams, then the filter cup will be removed after the dripping of the filter cup, and the extraction time will be 2 minutes 39 grams. Next, pick up and shake the whole cup of coffee, then pour it into the cup and taste it.

Kopi Luwak flavor description: herbs, nuts, smooth, mellow taste.

Qianjie coffee brewing suggestion:

If you want to brew a delicious cup of coffee, Qianjie believes that the freshness of coffee beans is a very important part of brewing. The coffee beans shipped in Qianjie are all roasted within 5 days. The purpose of Qianjie roasting is "freshly roasted coffee", so that every guest who places an order is the freshest coffee when he receives the coffee. The bean cultivation period of coffee is about 4-7 days, so when the guest gets it, it is the time when the flavor is the best.

For those who need to be ground, Qianjie warmly reminds you that if the coffee beans are ground in advance, there is no need to raise the beans, because in the process of transportation, the pressure caused by carbon dioxide in the package can also make the coffee flavor round. so you can drink a cup of coffee as soon as you receive the coffee powder. But the coffee powder needs to be brewed in time, because the coffee powder oxidizes more quickly after contact with the air, that is to say, the flavor of the coffee will dissipate more quickly, and the flavor of the coffee is not so good. Therefore, Qianjie suggests buying whole beans, grinding and flushing now, so that we can better taste the flavor of coffee.

For coffee, Qianjie does not recommend that everyone must drink Kopi Luwak. Authentic Kopi Luwak is expensive and rare, but not authentic, there is no need to taste it, it is better to taste coffee from other countries. If you really don't know how to choose, you can try the food rations and beans in Qianjie first. There are eight different flavors of coffee in Qianjie, which is very cost-effective. For example, the floral aroma of Ethiopian coffee, the sour and black taste of Colombian coffee, the nutty pine flavor of Mantenin in Indonesia, the citrus berry notes of Panamanian summer, and so on.

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