Civet Coffee-Indonesia's National Treasure Coffee

Indonesia had close cultural and trade contacts with us as early as thousands of years ago, and Zheng he's voyages in the Ming Dynasty had a great impact on the local economic and social development. The Indonesian Pavilion of the Expo unveiled at the Expo with a series of natural and environmentally friendly materials such as wood and bamboo, showing beautiful tropical scenery and cultural features, making visitors linger.

Indonesia is a country that pays attention to gourmet food. This World Expo, the Indonesian Pavilion specially brought national treasure food-Kopi Luwak, Kopi Luwak is a unique variety of coffee in Indonesia, it is said that the price per gram is more expensive than gold.

Kopi Luwak's "English" name is Kopi Luwak, "Kopi" is Indonesian Javanese "coffee", and "Luwak" is a wild civet that lives in the Indonesian archipelago. As its name suggests, Kopi Luwak is associated with the Indonesian wild civet, a unique wild vegetarian animal that is wrapped in coffee berries and attacks the most mature coffee beans.

Because the civets' intestines and stomach can only digest the part of the flesh, while the hard kernels (that is, coffee beans) cannot be digested, they are excreted along with the civets' feces. Due to the acid corrosion of the intestinal tract, the rugged surface of the general coffee bean becomes obviously smooth, and the "biological energy" replaces the traditional processing technology, reducing the acid and bitterness in the original bean, so it is particularly mellow. These civet "special" coffee beans are fine, and it is found that the coffee brewed from these beans tastes strange, hence the name "Kopi Luwak".

Unfortunately, wild civets in Indonesia were heavily hunted in the past, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of wild civets and a small number of civets. The natural production of Kopi Luwak is no longer high. At present, Indonesia produces only about 1000 pounds of Kopi Luwak a year. And in the international market, the price of Kopi Luwak is always about 1000 US dollars per kilogram, so it is a veritable luxury.