Civet Crap Choice Coffee is also known as “Kopi Luwak”, and is considered by many to be the world’s finest coffee. Certainly, it’s the most rare – only 500 kg are gathered each year. Civet Crap Choice Coffee has an intense but delicate flavor and no aftertaste (which is unique in coffee). The flavor is due to the fact that the beans have been partially fermented inside the digestive system of the Civet.
Kopi Luwak (pronounced [ˈkopi ˈluwak]) or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee berries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). The civets eat the berries, but the beans inside pass through their system undigested. 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) and in East Timor (locally called kafé-laku). Vietnam has a similar type of coffee, called weasel coffee, which is made from coffee berries which have been regurgitated by local weasels. In actuality the “weasel” is just the local version of the Asian Palm Civet.
It’s a steal at $34.99 per pound 57 grams – that’s only $269.15/lb.
One sip keeps you wired for a week, so you won’t be falling asleep during
The Overnight Open Thread.
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