$70 USD for a quarter-pound of crap coffee ….
I’ve been trying to convince a coffee connoisseur that there is one coffee that he’s not aware of and that it’s got the most expensive price tag of them all.
All that I got back from him was "CRAP, CRAP, CRAP ! " – But that’s exactly what I’m talking about - Coffee from poop – Civet poop that is.
Because he just wouldn’t believe a word, I’ll be setting the record straight once and for all.
DRUMMING - Kopi Luwak facts :)
Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee cherries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). The animals gorge on the ripe berries, and the undigested beans are excreted. This process takes place on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago, in the Philippines (where the product is called Kape Alamid), in the country of Vietnam, and the coffee estates of south India.
Kopi Luwak is the most expensive coffee in the world, selling up to $70 USD per quarter pound, and is sold mainly in Japan and United States, but it is increasingly becoming available elsewhere, though supplies are limited.
Kopi is the Indonesian word for coffee, and luwak is a local name of the Palm Civet. The raw, red coffee berries are part of its normal diet, along with insects, small mammals, and other fruit. The inner bean of the berry is not digested, but it is believed that enzymes in the stomach of the civet add to the coffee's flavor by breaking down the proteins that give coffee its bitter taste. The beans are excreted still covered in some inner layers of the cherry, and locals then gather them and sell them to dealers. The beans are washed, and given only a light roast so as to not destroy the complex flavors that develop through the process.
At the end of the day one thing comes to mind - who tried this crap first? Who was the person who was going through poop and though "I bet those coffee beans are still good"?
Kopi Luwak links:
Damn interesting
Wikipedia
Research explaining the taste
Forbes – Most Expensive Coffee
Buy it online
I’ve been trying to convince a coffee connoisseur that there is one coffee that he’s not aware of and that it’s got the most expensive price tag of them all.
All that I got back from him was "CRAP, CRAP, CRAP ! " – But that’s exactly what I’m talking about - Coffee from poop – Civet poop that is.
Because he just wouldn’t believe a word, I’ll be setting the record straight once and for all.
DRUMMING - Kopi Luwak facts :)
Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee cherries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). The animals gorge on the ripe berries, and the undigested beans are excreted. This process takes place on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago, in the Philippines (where the product is called Kape Alamid), in the country of Vietnam, and the coffee estates of south India.
Kopi Luwak is the most expensive coffee in the world, selling up to $70 USD per quarter pound, and is sold mainly in Japan and United States, but it is increasingly becoming available elsewhere, though supplies are limited.
Kopi is the Indonesian word for coffee, and luwak is a local name of the Palm Civet. The raw, red coffee berries are part of its normal diet, along with insects, small mammals, and other fruit. The inner bean of the berry is not digested, but it is believed that enzymes in the stomach of the civet add to the coffee's flavor by breaking down the proteins that give coffee its bitter taste. The beans are excreted still covered in some inner layers of the cherry, and locals then gather them and sell them to dealers. The beans are washed, and given only a light roast so as to not destroy the complex flavors that develop through the process.
At the end of the day one thing comes to mind - who tried this crap first? Who was the person who was going through poop and though "I bet those coffee beans are still good"?
Kopi Luwak links:
Damn interesting
Wikipedia
Research explaining the taste
Forbes – Most Expensive Coffee
Buy it online
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