Civet Cats Coffee Bean
Thus this uncommon fermentation method results in the smooth well-balanced taste of Civet Coffee.
Civet cats coffee bean. It is made through a process by which an animal called a civet cat eats coffee beans before pooping them. They pass through their digestive system harmlessly and eventually end up in their shit. They have exquisite taste and eat only the finest ripest coffee beans they can find.
The coffee in question is Kopi Luwak for which enthusiasts will pay as much as 80 a cup. Unsuspecting tourists from all over the world visit such cafés where theyre. 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.
Coffee firms say wild civet cats eat the ripest beans which gain a desirable flavour - but a BBC investigation by Chris Rogers suggests many are. Civet Café Ltd produces and supplies Philippine-sourced Civet Coffee from wild-roaming civet cats. In the wild their diet includes fruit insects and reptiles.
As a supplier myself I made sure my source processes cage-free coffee beans from wildly-roaming and wildly-living Civet Cats. It is said that the internal stomach enzymes of the Civet cats ends up adding a unique flavor to the coffee beans removing its bitter flavor which is why the beans are then picked up by locals and sold for making coffee. During this process the cats proteolytic enzymes seep into the coffee beans thus creating shorten peptide as well as an abundance of amino acids.
Passing through the digestion tract of the catlike civetThe civet cat eats ripe coffee cherries and after it has digested the fruity pulp excretes the coffee beans. Civet cat coffee is basically made up of beans which are fed to civet cats. 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.
As they digest the coffee cherries the enzyme in their bodies breaks down the cherries and removes the pulp leaving behind just the coffee beans. They eat ripe coffee cherries freely on coffee plantations and cant digest coffee beans so the coffee beans are excreted in their droppings. Kopi luwak is made from the beans of coffee berries that have been eaten and excretedyes you read that rightby the Asian palm civet.