Introduction to the characteristics of Indonesian civet coffee flavor and taste manor area

Eighty-five percent of Kopi Luwak on the market is fake, and many coffee companies label regular coffee as "cat shit" to bid up prices. Even if it comes from real cat shit, it is basically the product of industrial production. It is almost impossible for coconut cats to be omnivores. In addition to eating seeds for a living, they also eat insects and snakes, birds, amphibians and reptiles. Therefore, the feces discharged by real wild coconut cats will be mixed with all kinds of substances. Local farmers in Indonesia catch coconut cats to raise them and feed coffee beans to make them. But there is a difference between artisanal and natural, after all, Tim Carman, a food columnist for the Washington Post, commented on Kopi Luwak sold in the United States and concluded, "it tastes like Folger coffee." It's like rotten, lifeless taste. It's like petrified dinosaur shit in bath water. I can't finish it Kopi Luwak, Kopi (Indonesian, coffee), Luwak refers to an arboreal wild animal commonly known as "civet" in Indonesia, after processing and roasting, Kopi Luwak has become a luxury coffee drink and spread to luxury kingdoms around the world. Local coffee farmers, in pursuit of high profits, bring wild civets home to raise them so that they can produce more Kopi Luwak. However, the Kopi Luwak produced by breeding civets will be much worse in color and taste. Even so, the output of this kind of coffee is still very rare, and not all coffee lovers can afford it. M.P. Mountanos, which first introduced Kopi Luwak coffee to the United States, pointed out that when I first heard this kind of internal fermented coffee, I thought it was an industry joke, but I didn't take it seriously. later, I saw a special report on Kopi Luwak in National Geographic magazine and became interested in her. It took seven years to find a stable source of supply and began to introduce a small amount into the United States. What's the flavor of this coffee? Generally speaking, Indonesian coffee has the taste of earth and traditional Chinese medicine, and its consistency is among the highest in all continents, but the taste and consistency of Kopi Luwak are stronger, and its consistency is almost close to that of syrup. The special flavor of coffee beans usually goes through the process of fermentation through the shell. Coffee beans in the civets' intestines, special bacteria provide a unique fermentation environment, the flavor becomes unique, particularly thick and mellow. The coffee beans fermented by civets' intestines and stomach are very thick and mellow. in the international market, Luwak coffee has always been a veritable luxury, and one of the main reasons is that it is not made by people but by wild animals. Traditionally, the coffee fruit is washed or sun-treated, removing the skin, pulp and sheep skin, and finally taking out the coffee beans, but Luwak coffee is made by natural fermentation in wild animals. What's more, these wild animals are found only on small islands like Indonesia, and their time and place are mysterious, and their number is decreasing day by day. Although Indonesia has claimed that the number of "civets" has rebounded steadily through protection and artificial feeding, the temptation of human taste buds, which depends on its digestive system, cannot be compared with the products of the industrial era.