Civet Cats Coffee Bean

Thus this uncommon fermentation method results in the smooth well-balanced taste of Civet Coffee.

Civet cats coffee bean. Civet cats love to eat coffee cherries they often show up in coffee plantations to snack on the berries. Due to Kopi luwak becoming increasingly famous many wild civet cats are captured and only fed coffee berries. During this process some kind of fermentation also occurs that gives the civet cat coffee its special flavor.

The civet selects and eats only the ripest coffee berries in the wild but it cannot digest the beans so it poops out these intact. Kopi luwak is made from the beans of coffee berries that have been eaten and excretedyes you read that rightby the Asian palm civet. Kopi Luwak or civet coffee is created mainly in Indonesia from beans of coffee berries that are fed to Asian palm civets small cat-like creatures found in south-east Asia.

Enzymes in the stomach of the Civet Cat break down a protein in the coffee beans that is the major source of bitterness in coffee. This coffee is famous for its unique method of processing. Made from the beans of coffee berries that have been eaten and excreted by the Asian palm civet or civet cat this coffee which is known as kopi luwak or cat poop coffee can be found in cafés and coffee gardens in Bali Indonesia and elsewhere.

A caged civet cat snacks on coffee berries in Bali Indonesia. They eat ripe coffee cherries freely on coffee plantations and cant digest coffee beans so the coffee beans are excreted in their droppings. In the digestion process of the civet cats the cherry goes through the digestive tract only removing the skin and the pulp leaving the beans undigested.

Civet Café Ltd produces and supplies Philippine-sourced Civet Coffee from wild-roaming civet cats. The Civets in southeast Asia play an important part of the process. Faeces collectors make the trek to the cats natural habitat in the primary forest and gather the droppings piece by piece bunch by bunch.

Civet cat coffee known in its original language as Kopi Luwak is the worlds most expensive coffee. They pass through their digestive system harmlessly and eventually end up in their shit. During the digestion process the bitterness of the coffee is removed.