Vietnamese cat shit | introduction to how to brew Vietnamese Kopi Luwak _ which one of Vietnamese Kopi Luwak is authentic.

There is a kind of coffee called "Kopi Luwak", this kind of coffee can be regarded as the "aristocrat" of coffee. Indonesian coffee has the taste of earth and traditional Chinese medicine, and its consistency is also very high. But Kopi Luwak tastes more earthy and has a consistency similar to that of syrup. It has a special fragrance, and after drinking it, there will be a touch of mint coolness in the mouth, which is not found in ordinary coffee. After drinking, take a deep breath or contain a mouthful of cold water, just like eating a peppermint, there is a cool feeling from mouth to throat.

Kopi Luwak will emit a flavor similar to honey and chocolate after brewing. It also has a sweet and silky taste without adding sugar and cream. It is not bitter, sour or astringent, and does not scrape your stomach after entering the throat. Even if the coffee is cold, it still tastes sweet.

There are a lot of Kopi Luwak on the market, among which there is more Kopi Luwak in Vietnam. Is this authentic Kopi Luwak? Vietnam's coffee export output is very large, is the world's second largest coffee producer, Vietnam's main coffee is Robusta coffee beans, Robusta is generally used as an auxiliary blend with instant coffee and espresso. Vietnamese Kopi Luwak sells instant coffee, that is, what kind of packet of coffee is dissolved in boiling water. This kind of Kopi Luwak is fake Kopi Luwak, it is only cat shit flavor coffee, not authentic Kopi Luwak. Authentic Kopi Luwak can't be so cheap. Its output determines that it can't be sold so cheaply. Cat shit flavor coffee is only coffee with a similar flavor to Kopi Luwak. There is no Kopi Luwak in it.

Kopi Luwak

The authentic Kopi Luwak comes from Indonesia and is formerly known as Muscat Coffee. 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.

Kopi Luwak (Kopi Luwak) is a raw coffee bean originally extracted from the droppings of an animal called a civet on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Although the most expensive coffee has something to do with shit, it also gives Kopi Luwak an excellent taste. The civet is a wild omnivore. Locals like to call it luwak, with a pointed mouth, dark gray fur and coffee fruits that are ripe and sweet and red to comfort themselves. The pulp of the coffee fruit is digested as it passes through the civets' digestive tract, while the hard, indigestible coffee beans are excreted with excrement. Coffee beans ferment naturally in the body, creating a wonderful processing process of Kopi Luwak: when civets excrete coffee beans, their feces pass through nearby reproductive organs, and the beans are stained with musk oil secreted by their reproductive organs. as a result, there is a special level of taste. After this digestion process, the coffee bean has a magical change, the flavor is unique, the taste is particularly mellow, which is incomparable to other coffee beans.

After eating the coffee beans, the civet breaks down the protein in the coffee beans, and many of the ingredients in the coffee beans have changed. Careful comparison of ordinary coffee beans, may be due to the acid corrosion of the intestinal tract of Luwak, the rugged surface of general coffee beans becomes obviously smooth, "biological energy" replaces the traditional processing technology, reducing the acid and bitterness in the original beans, so it is particularly mellow. What makes Luwak special is that when musk cats excrete coffee beans, their feces pass through the nearby genital palace. As a result, coffee beans are stained with musk oil secreted by their reproductive organs, giving them a special sense of taste.

"Kopi Luwak" tastes more earthy, and its consistency is closer to that of syrup. After drinking, there will still be a hint of peppermint coolness in the mouth, which is the "exclusive taste" that ordinary coffee does not have. After drinking a cup, take a deep breath or take a sip of cold water, you can obviously feel cool from mouth to throat, as if you have just eaten a mint lozenge. Kopi Luwak tastes particularly mellow, rich and round sweet taste is also incomparable to other coffee beans.

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.

Kopi Luwak, it actually comes from the excrement of civets. Wild civets digest and ferment coffee beans in their bodies after eating coffee fruits. Because of the secrecy of cat defecation, civet coffee beans are known as the treasure of nature. However, the demand of consumers is too large, in order to meet the needs of the market, artificial breeding civet industry arises at the historic moment.

Farmers forbid the civets in a small, leaky iron cage and feed coffee fruits every day. Civets no longer choose coffee fruits for the sake of satiety, but are forced to eat a large number of coffee fruits in narrow cages, so that civets keep defecating. Day after day, they are on the verge of collapse, biting each other's companions, biting their legs, pulling blood, and dying one after another, greatly reducing the number of civets.

Today's civets are farmed, and the taste of coffee depends on the quality of the fed coffee fruit. Although the quality of coffee fruit generally has its own characteristics, the quality of Arabica is better than that of Robusta. Of course, there are differences in the price of these coffees. Generally speaking, premium coffee is made from Arabica, while Robusta is mostly used as instant coffee.

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 your coffee.

How to cook Kopi Luwak in Qianjie

In order to better show the herbal flavor and mellow taste of Kopi Luwak, Qianjie coffee roasted cat poop coffee beans are roasted at medium depth. The dewatering rate of medium and deep baked beans is generally higher, so the weight is relatively light, and the powder does not sink completely at the bottom when cooking, and the injected water will be absorbed immediately at the beginning, because the exhaust powder is surrounded by bubbles, and the more fresh the beans in these channels, the longer the maintenance time, so that the water level drops rapidly. I usually use thick water to circle slowly. Qianjie will use KONO filter cup to cook, because it can bring out a more round and mellow taste will be more direct.

The Indonesian cat poop coffee beans of Qianjie coffee are roasted in medium depth, and the brewed coffee has a smooth taste. In order to reflect the herbal and nutty flavor of cat poop coffee beans in the front street, the KONO filter cup was used in the next cooking process. KONO filter cup, because it can bring out a more round and mellow taste will be more direct. However, the exhaust effect of the KONO filter cup is relatively poor, because his ribs are straight and the depth is only 1/4 of the depth of the filter cup, except for the position of more than 1/4 to form an airtight state close to the cup wall. The reason why the deep-roasted cat poop coffee beans in the front street will choose the KONO filter cup is that the only exhaust part of the KONO filter cup is in 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 is increased by the weight of the water. Because the outlet is relatively small, the contact time between coffee particles and water can be prolonged for a longer time. With the flow of water, it can bring out the soluble matter more effectively and achieve the effect of high alcohol thickness we expected.

Qianjie Chong and Cook Kopi Luwak parameters:

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 your coffee. Qianjie coffee hopes to better show the herbal flavor and mellow taste of Indonesian cat poop coffee beans, so when baking, Qianjie made this Indonesian cat poop coffee beans into medium-deep roasting.

Coffee beans with medium and deep roasting generally have a higher weight loss ratio and lighter weight. During brewing, the coffee powder will not completely sink to the bottom, so the water injection will be absorbed immediately; due to the strong exhaust, the coffee powder is surrounded by bubbles, thus creating channels; and these channels, the more fresh beans are maintained for longer, the more rapidly the water level drops; so the front street will generally use rough water and slowly circle to cook Indonesian cat shit coffee beans.

Use Kono filter cup water temperature: 88 ℃ powder quantity: 15g powder water ratio: 1:15 powder water ratio grinding degree: medium fine grinding (Chinese standard No. 20 sieve pass rate 75%)

Kopi Luwak flavor description: herbs, nuts, dark chocolate, fermented taste.

Suggestions for making coffee in front of the street:

For the brewing of coffee, Qianjie has always believed that the freshness of coffee beans has a great relationship with the flavor of coffee, so the coffee beans shipped in Qianjie coffee are 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 it. 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.

Therefore, Qianjie does not recommend people to drink Kopi Luwak, although the real Kopi Luwak flavor is very good, but the coffee from other countries is also very good. For example: Panamanian rosy summer coffee, which is also one of the most expensive coffee in the world; Essena coffee with sour fruit flavor, but now people pursue flower-fruit tea-like coffee; Brazil's nut caramel balanced taste, neither sour nor bitter, is also one of everyone's favorite coffee. There are so many coffees in the world, it is also a happy thing to experience more coffee from different producing areas and to feel different flavors of coffee.

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