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What is Kopi Luwak Coffee?
Kopi Luwak Coffee, also known as Civet coffee, is coffee that is made from coffee berries that have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract (yes crapped out) of the Asian Palm Civet. The civets eat the berries but the beans pass through their system undigested.
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The raw, red coffee berries are part of the Civet’s diet, a staple that goes with insects, small mammals, small reptiles, bird eggs and fruit. It is believed that enzymes in the civet’s stomach add to kopi luak coffee’s flavor, by breaking down the proteins that give coffee its bitter taste. The beans are excreted covered in some inner layers of the berry, and are then washed and given a light roast to retain the complex flavors developed through the process.
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While these beans were once collected from the wild in the early days, today captured civets are fed the raw berries, and the excreta produced are then processed into the coffee beans offered for sale.
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The main sources of kopi luwak beans are Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi in Indonesia. However there is a similar process found in the Philippines, where the coffee beans are ingested and excreted by bats. The beans are said to be of excellent quality, even before they are ingested by the civet, but that does not downplay the role the enzymes have in contributing to its unique flavor. These coffee berries grow in the mountainous regions of South East Asia.

How Much Kopi Luwak Coffee Cost?

Kopi Luac Coffee is the most expensive coffee in the world, selling between $120 and $600 USD per pound.