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PHILIPPINE CIVET COFFEE / KOPI LUWAK
Civet coffee is the most expensive coffee in the world. Its made from coffee berries that have been eaten and passed through the digestive tract of the asian palm civet cat. When in the cats stomach. proteolytic enzymes seep into the beans making shorter peptides and more free amino acids. After the beans are roasted the beans yield an aromatic coffee with much less bitterness than regular coffee. Civet coffee is produced in Indonesia and the Philippines.
The origin of Kopi Luwak is closely connected with the history of Coffee production in Indonesia. In early 18th century The Dutch established the cash-crop plantations in their colony in the Dutch East Indies islands of Java and Sumatra, including Arabica coffee.The Dutch prohibited the native farmers and native plantation workers to pick coffee fruits for their own use. Yet the native farmers desired to have a taste of the famed coffee. Soon the natives learned that the Asian Palm Civet Cat consumed these coffee fruits, yet they left the coffee seeds undigested in their droppings. The natives collect these dropping coffee seeds; clean, roast and grind it to make coffee. The fame of aromatic civet coffee spread from locals to Dutch plantation owners and became a great discovery producing the most delicious coffee in the world.
Civet Coffee
Civet Coffee also known as Kopi Luwak comes from coffee beans that have been spat or passed through the digestive track of a wild civet, a small nocturnal animal found in the Mt. Apo range. They search for only the sweetest and ripest coffee cherries. The coffee beans are eaten and pass through the civet digestive system whole. The fermenting in the stomach is the key process that makes the Mount Apo Civet Coffee such a unique and heavenly coffee.
Civet coffee contains only 100% organic, premium Catimor beans that produce an exotic cup with distinct characteristics and profile. Catimor coffee is a hybrid of Timor coffee and Caturra coffee. The Catimor bean was created in Portugal in 1959. The Catimor beans are naturally bitter with a strong flavor. If you are a fan of strong coffee, then you are going to love the extra kick a Catimor bean provides. The Catimor coffee bean is a rare and exotic bean that when combined with a Civet Cat’s digestion, produces a truly unique and heavenly coffee.
