The characteristic flavor of civet coffee

Cat poop coffee is produced from the feces of Indonesian coconut cats (a kind of civet cat), so it is called "cat poop coffee". This kind of animal mainly feeds on coffee beans. After fermentation in coconut cat stomach, protein is destroyed, short peptides and more free amino acids are produced, the bitter taste of coffee will be reduced, and the feces discharged will be the main raw material. Since coffee beans cannot be digested, they will be excreted. After washing and baking, they become cat feces coffee. Coffee critic Chris Rubin said,"The bouquet is so rich and intense, and the coffee is incredibly rich, almost syrupy. The thickness and chocolaty texture of it, and lingering on the tongue for a long time, pure aftertaste."

Coconut cats are omnivorous animals. In addition to eating seeds for a living, they also eat insects, snakes, birds, amphibians and reptiles. Therefore, the feces discharged by real wild coconut cats will be mixed with various substances. Indonesian local farmers catch coconut cats to raise and feed coffee beans to make them. However, there was still a certain difference between artificial cultivation and natural cultivation.

In the coffee industry, cat poop coffee is widely regarded as a novelty product. According to the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA),"the consensus in the industry is that it tastes bad." SCAA quoted a coffee expert as saying: "Obviously, the selling point of cat poop coffee lies in its story rather than its quality. Cat poop coffee scored two points lower than the lowest score of the other three coffees on SCAA criteria. Presumably the cat poop coffee processing reduces the acidity and flavor of the premium coffee and makes it more bland. Of course, many people seem to see this bland taste as a plus for this coffee."

Washington Post food columnist Tim Carman once commented on cat poop coffee sold in the United States and concluded that "it tastes just like Folger coffee." It smells like rotting, lifeless. It's like fossilized dinosaur shit in bathwater. I can't finish it."

Civets like to pick the sweetest, purest and juiciest fruits of the coffee tree for food. The coffee fruit passes through its digestive system, and only the pulp on the outside of the fruit is digested. The hard coffee beans are then excreted intact by the civet's digestive system.

In this way, in the process of digestion, the coffee beans have produced unparalleled magical changes, the flavor tends to be unique, the taste is particularly mellow, and the rich and mellow sweet taste is unmatched by other coffee beans. This is because the civet's digestive system destroys the protein in the coffee beans, making the coffee produced by the protein much less bitter, but increasing the round taste of the coffee beans.

Because wild civets are obviously better at picking good coffee fruits, this coffee has a unique character.