The world's most expensive coffee, Sumatran civet coffee.

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee is the most expensive coffee in the world? Wrong answer. The most expensive coffee is made in Sumatra, Indonesia, and is stained with some kind of animal droppings. It costs as much as $300 per pound, 10 times more expensive than Blue Mountain coffee.

This rare coffee is called Kopi Luwak, also known as Sumatran civet coffee. After a unique fermentation process, its flavor is very different from that of ordinary coffee. Traditionally, coffee fruit is washed or tanned to remove the peel, pulp and sheep skin, and finally take out the coffee beans. However, Luwak uses the method of natural fermentation in the body to remove the coffee beans, so it has a special flavor. In the mountains of Indonesia, there is a kind of civet named Luwak that likes to eat oar coffee fruit, but the hard coffee seeds cannot be digested. With the excrement, Indonesians find that the coffee beans fermented by civets' intestines and stomach are very thick and mellow, so they collect civets' feces, sift them out, and brew them to drink. Due to the scarcity of production, the price remains high. It was the world's most valuable coffee that first introduced Ruwak coffee to the United States (M.P. Mountanos) pointed out that at first, when I heard about this kind of coffee fermented in the body, I thought it was a joke in the industry, but I didn't take it seriously. it was only when I saw a special report on Ruwak coffee in National Geographic that I became interested in her. it took seven years to find a stable supply and began to introduce a small amount to the United States.

What's the flavor of this coffee? According to coffee experts, most of the Ruwak coffee is low-altitude robusta beans, which proves that civets prefer robusta to high-altitude Arabica beans. Generally speaking, Indonesian coffee has the taste of earth and traditional Chinese medicine, and its consistency is the highest in all continents, but Ruwak has a stronger taste and consistency, which is almost close to syrup, and its flavor is very special. if you don't like Indonesian coffee in the first place, you must hate Ruwak coffee even more. if you prefer the fishy smell of Indonesian aged beans or Indian-style beans, you may fall in love with Ruwak coffee with similar flavor.

Experts who have tasted Ruwak coffee have put forward a polarized evaluation. Some people compare it to the best coffee in the world, which is quite thick, tastes unusual, is difficult to describe, is a little fishy, slightly choking and visceral, and stays in the mouth for a long time until the last drop. Some people say that it is difficult to swallow, it is a complete gimmick, and it is not worth spending money on smelly coffee. However, some people are willing to pay $10 for a cup of Ruwak coffee. Montanas sold only 30 pounds last year, which shows that this kind of coffee is still in the fresh stage in the United States and is more popular in Japan.

There is a gland near the sexual organs of Indonesian civets, which secretes milky grease, which has always been a precious raw material in the perfume industry. Even Shakespeare's play King Lear has a dialogue: "Please give me some civet oil to stimulate my inspiration." "however, too much dose can cause a pungent smell, and civets sometimes emit this oil to defend themselves.