Kopi Liwak, or civet coffee, is one of the world`s most expensive and low-production varieties of coffee. It is made from beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet and other related civet eats the berries for their fleshy pulp. In its stomach, proteolytic enzymes seep into the beans, making shorter peptides and more free amino acid. Passing through a civet`s intestines the beans are then defecated, keeping their shape. After gathering, through washing, sun drying, light roasting and brewing, these beans yield an aromatic coffee with much less bitterness. This coffee is widely noted as the most expensive coffee in the world with prices reaching $160 per pound.
Kopi Luwak is produced mainly on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago. It is also product in the Philippines( Where the product is called motit coffee in the Cordillera, kape alamid in Tagalog areas) and also produced in English translation of its Vietnamese name ca phe Chon, where popular, chemically simulated versions are also produced. However, Vietnam has 2 farms with 300 wild civets in chon coffee. The farmers collect the coffee seeds and produce only 300 kg of authentic Vietnamese chon coffee. The civets in the wild and are fed beef. The processed civet beans are imported from the UK to the farmer`s sole UK supplier.
野生麝香猫喜好的食物很特别，它们总是喜欢挑些成熟、香甜、饱满、多汁的咖啡果实。但是由于它们无法消化坚硬的生咖啡豆，所以会被原封不动的将其排出体外。然而咖啡豆在麝香猫的肠胃里经过发酵，已经产生了神奇变化，味道特别香浓醇厚。这种特殊风味是其他咖啡豆难以比拟的。但是，当人们把野生麝香猫捉回家之后，生产的咖啡味道会逊色很多。
麝香猫咖啡的历史
The origin of Kopi Luwak is connected with the history of coffee production in Indonesia. In the early 18th century the Dutch established the cash-crop coffee plantations in their colonies on the Dutch East Indies islands of Java and Sumatra, including Arabica coffee introduced from Yemen. During the era of Cultuurstelsel (1830-1870), the Dutch prohibited the native farmers and plantation workers from picking coffee fruits for their own use. Still, the native farmers wanted to have a taste of famed coffee beverage. Soon, the natives learned that a certain species of musang or Luwak ( Asian Palm Civet) consuming the coffee fruits, yet they left the coffee seeds undigested in their droppings. The natives collected these Luwaks` coffee seed droppings, then cleaned, roasted and ground them to make their own coffee fruits, yet they left the coffee seeds undigested in their droppings. The natives collected these beverage. The fame of aromatic civet coffee spread from locals to Dutch plantation owners and soon became their favorite, yet because of this rarity and unusual process, the civet coffee was expensive even in colonial times.
虽然早在几百年前，印度尼西亚的农民就开始生产麝香猫咖啡，但真正让它走向世界的是美国人。在《国家地理杂志》中看到关于麝香猫咖啡的报道之后，美国的蒙塔纳斯公司真正对它产生了兴趣，并花了七年功夫才找到比较稳定的供货来源。然后，这种咖啡才渐渐为全世界的人们所熟知。
Something about Kopi Luwak 关于麝香猫咖啡的一些知识
The tradition coffee stretches back hundreds of years to the time of Dutch rule in Indonesia.
麝香猫咖啡的历史可追溯到几百年前荷兰人统治印度尼西亚的时候。
The enzymes in Civet`s stomach remove some of the bitter coffee taste.
麝香猫胃里的酶提纯了咖啡的苦味。
Having nibbled off the thin outer layer of the fruit, the civets put their digestive juices to work.
在咬掉咖啡果实外面一层薄薄的壳后，麝香猫把咖啡豆吞入肚中让消化液进行消化。
500g of the feces of civet cats can extract about 150 grams of coffee beans, the roasting process can also cause 20% of the loss.
500克麝香猫排泄物中只能提取出约150克咖啡豆，在烘焙过程中还会产生20%的损耗。
The least production of coffee in the world is “Kopi Luwak”, a bag of 50 g packing of coffee beans value 1500 yuan, can only bubble 3-4 cups of coffee.
“猫屎咖啡”是世界产量最少的咖啡，一袋50克包装的咖啡豆价值1500元，只能泡3-4杯咖啡。
Wild civet cats are good at packing fruit coffee of good, and let the coffee has the characteristics of excellence.
野生麝香猫善于挑选好的咖啡果实，从而让这种咖啡有着卓尔不凡的特点。
Kopi Luwak presents a lot of golden yellow cotton fine bubble.
猫屎咖啡会呈现大量的金黄色绵细泡沫。
