Would you cringe at the thought of forking $600 for a pound of coffee named Kopi Luwak?!! No, it's not your average "kopi" at the "kopitiam" that is laden with edible 24k gold. It's actually a "civet cat coffee", a direct translation of Kopi Luwak. This coffee is from the islands of Sumatra, Java. No other coffee can rival its price nor its taste because this coffee has a very unique flavour and an interesting background.
It is actually coffee made from coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and other related civet populations but the beans inside pass through their system undigested. While the bean is in the little guy's stomach, it undergoes chemical treatments and fermentations. The bean finishes its journey through the digestive system, and exits. The still-intact beans are collected from the forest floor, and are cleaned, then roasted and ground just like any other coffee.
The beans before it's roasted...
Believe it or not, the coffee has a rich, heavy flavour with hints of caramel or chocolate. Other terms used to describe it are earthy, musty and exotic. The body is almost syrupy and it's very smooth. Although I have not tried it for myself, I can't believe someone out there would actually pick up the animal's feces and made good money with it!
One small cafe, the Heritage Tea Rooms, in the hills outside Townsville in Australia, has Kopi Luwak coffee on the menu at US$33.00 per cup, selling approximately four cups a week, which has gained nationwide Australian press. It is also available now in Selfridges London at the "Edible" range of its exotic food & beverages section. What makes it so expensive is that there's only a mere 300kgs of beans produced every year.
Now would you give this coffee a try? Provided you can find it and have a couple of hundreds to spare.
It is actually coffee made from coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and other related civet populations but the beans inside pass through their system undigested. While the bean is in the little guy's stomach, it undergoes chemical treatments and fermentations. The bean finishes its journey through the digestive system, and exits. The still-intact beans are collected from the forest floor, and are cleaned, then roasted and ground just like any other coffee.
The beans before it's roasted...Believe it or not, the coffee has a rich, heavy flavour with hints of caramel or chocolate. Other terms used to describe it are earthy, musty and exotic. The body is almost syrupy and it's very smooth. Although I have not tried it for myself, I can't believe someone out there would actually pick up the animal's feces and made good money with it!
One small cafe, the Heritage Tea Rooms, in the hills outside Townsville in Australia, has Kopi Luwak coffee on the menu at US$33.00 per cup, selling approximately four cups a week, which has gained nationwide Australian press. It is also available now in Selfridges London at the "Edible" range of its exotic food & beverages section. What makes it so expensive is that there's only a mere 300kgs of beans produced every year.
Now would you give this coffee a try? Provided you can find it and have a couple of hundreds to spare.
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