The price of the world's most luxurious food "Kopi Luwak" in Kunming is 268 yuan per cup.

Even in Kunming, Yunnan, more than 3000 kilometers from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, you can taste authentic Kopi Luwak, the "world's most luxurious food" recently settled in Kunming. On the 18th, the reporter visited the cat shit coffee shop. "the rarest coffee in the world" costs 268 yuan per cup, but it is still popular among the public.

Kopi Luwak is an arboreal wild animal living in Indonesia. The civet eats ripe coffee fruit, which is fermented by the digestive system and excreted out of the body. Its global annual output is about 600 kilograms. Due to its rare output and unique flavor, the market price is more than 100 yuan per gram, so it is a veritable luxury.

In recent years, with the rapid development of China's coffee industry, more and more international famous coffee products, such as Blue Mountain of Jamaica, Kona of Hawaii, Kopi Luwak of Indonesia and so on, have begun to enter the domestic market. In Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, the expensive Kopi Luwak, which costs 268 yuan per cup, is also popular with citizens, reaching an average of more than 10 cups a day in just five days after opening the shop.

"after digestion in the civets, the original acidity and bitterness of the coffee beans are broken down, so the Kopi Luwak is very fruity." Zhang Ying, head of the cat shit coffee shop in Kunming, told reporters that production is extremely rare because Kopi Luwak is made by wild animals and is produced only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. "Global Kopi Luwak production in 2012 was about 600kg, of which 300kg to 400kg entered the Chinese market."

While explaining the Kopi Luwak culture, the barista demonstrated the production process of Kopi Luwak for the reporter. After the imported cat poop coffee beans are roasted in the ancient way, the aroma is overflowing. The barista pours the hand-ground coffee powder into the siphon pot, and after a few seconds, a cup of mellow Kopi Luwak is ready for the guests to enjoy.

Zhang Ying told reporters that every guest who orders Kopi Luwak will have his own barista to make it on the spot and tell the guest the story of Kopi Luwak. "compared with fast food coffee, our coffee making method is more traditional. We want customers not only to buy coffee, but also to experience coffee culture, which is more conducive to the spread of coffee culture in China. "

(responsible Editor: Leo)