Kopi Luwak
Author: Glenn Slaven5 Sep
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Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee berries 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. Vietnam has a similar type of coffee, called Weasel Coffee which also comes from the droppings of coffee beans after weasels eat robusta coffee cherries.
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.
The sad thing is, I now want to try some.
tags: Coffee, Civet, Kopi Luwak
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6 Responses for "Kopi Luwak"
Well it’s all good news for Australia. Kopi Luwak will go on sale in the comming weeks @a tea room in Townsville. Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms will have Kopi Luwak on the menu for the every day coffee ,um er well cona sewer so to speak. We are unsure if it is available anywhere else. We will however keep the price so we can all afford to try it at least once.
We will do a free tasting evening so if you are interested give us a call.
Well it’s all good news for Australia. Kopi Luwak will go on sale in the comming weeks @a tea room in Townsville. Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms will have Kopi Luwak on the menu for the every day coffee ,um er well cona sewer so to speak. We are unsure if it is available anywhere else. We will however keep the price so we can all afford to try it at least once.
We will do a free tasting evening so if you are interested give us a call.
just a quick note that the Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms are NOT in Townsville they are in the City of Thuringowa. Oh and this coffie sells for more than $1200 a kg and people say crack is a costly addition i wouldn’t like to get hooked on this coffie.
just a quick note that the Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms are NOT in Townsville they are in the City of Thuringowa. Oh and this coffie sells for more than $1200 a kg and people say crack is a costly addition i wouldn’t like to get hooked on this coffie.
Has anyone taken the poor Luwak into consideration? The image of coffee farmers stooping to pick up poo in coffee plantations is an idealised story of times passed. Apparently the poor things are kept cooped up in filthy conditions and fed coffee beans, with consumer demand comes another cruel farming process. Keep that in mind when you pay your $50 bucks a cup!
Has anyone taken the poor Luwak into consideration? The image of coffee farmers stooping to pick up poo in coffee plantations is an idealised story of times passed. Apparently the poor things are kept cooped up in filthy conditions and fed coffee beans, with consumer demand comes another cruel farming process. Keep that in mind when you pay your $50 bucks a cup!
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