THE MOST EXPENSIVE COFFEE IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO FORBES MAGAZINE
Kopi Luwak are robusta or arabica coffee beans which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Common Palm Civet. This process takes place on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago.
"Kopi" is the Indonesian word for coffee and "Luwak" is local name of this animal which eats the raw red coffee 'cherries' as part of its usual diet. This animal eats a mixed diet of insects, small mammals and fruits along with the softer outer part of the coffee cherry but does not digest the inner beans, instead excreting them still covered in some inner layers of the cherry.
Locals then gather the beans -- which come through the 'animal stage' fairly intact -- and sell them on to dealers. It is believed that enzymes in the stomach of the civet add to the coffee's flavour through fermentation of some type.
Sun Drying process of Kopi Luwak coffee beans | We process our Kopi Luwak naturally.. | Unroasted Kopi Luwak coffee beans, ready to roast ! |
Like true coffee addicts, the guys over at Forbes have scoured the globe looking for the most expensive coffees in the world.
Starting off the list at $160 per pound is Kopi Luwak, this is followed by Hacienda La Esmeralda (Panama, $104/lb), Island of St. Helena Coffee Company ($79/lb), El Injerto (Guatemala, $25-50/lb), Fazenda Santa Ines (Brazil, $50/lb), Jamaica Blue Mountain ($49/lb), Los Planes (El Salvador, $40/lb), Kona ($34/lb), Starbucks Rwanda Blue Bourbon ($24/lb), Yauco Selecto AA (Puerto Rico, $22/lb), Fazenda Sao Benedito (Brazil, $21/lb).
The resulting coffee is said to be like no other. It 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.
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Cup of joe, morning java, caffeine kick… coffee is coffee, right? Not quite. A pound of Kopi Luwak coffee will run you about $300, or about $50 a cup.
One of the reasons it's so pricey is because of the unique process through which the coffee bean goes to get from Indonesia, where it is harvested, to the roaster.
Coffee expert Tom Kilty says a nocturnal animal called the luwak feasts on the matured coffee "cherry" once it falls off the tree.
"It then passes through the animal and into the waste it goes," Kilty explains. Farmers then come and pick the coffee out of the waste, process and clean it, and ship it to roasters."
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The beans actually pass through the digestive track of the palm civet.
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