Kopi Luwak

KOPI LUWAK (Civet Cat Coffee)

Kopi Luwak is the world’s most expensive but low-production variety of coffee beans. Thriving in mountain ranges of Mindanao are the mammals and wild animals called Luwak or Civet Cats (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) that are very famous in eating the beans of coffee berries. The Civet Cats eat the best and the ripest berries the coffee tree can offer for their sweet pulp. As the Civet Cats chewed and eventually swallowed the beans of coffee berries, it will pass through their digestive tract. In the gastrointestinal tract, it will undergo chemical treatment and natural fermentation process. The Civet Cats’ proteolytic enzymes will then seep into the beans, making shorter peptides and more free amino acids. The beans then will pass through the Civet Cats’ intestines, and are defecated but keeping their shapes. After gathering, thorough washing and cleaning, sun drying, roasting, and brewing, these beans will yield a very aromatic coffee with much less bitterness. Kopi Luwak coffee flavor ranges from being caramelly, chocolaty, and fruity. This coffee is widely noted as the most expensive coffee in the world for almost three centuries already. Kopi Luwak is the gourmet among the unique and adventurous people for being rare and the most exotic beverage available in the food industry.