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It stands to reason; So labor intensive. It’s one of those products that people feel, when they buy, that they are members of a rare, exclusive club. Interesting that it is highly prized in Japan. I’m inspired to now add it to my article on Coffee Trivia:
http://amplegrounds.com/coffee-trivia-fun-facts-on-coffee/
Thanks Mike
I like your coffee trivia article, I’m going to have to share a link with my readers in the weekly news round up.
Same Same Blog On
Yup, they will. Cute little critter though. I wonder how they thought to do it in the first place.
I read once that it’s a cultural tradition, however it was in a sales brochure. I haven’t found much info beyond that.
Blog on ! At $55 a bag, it’s right up there with printer ink cartridges as least bang for buck, but then it’s all a matter of taste.
But I guess someone’s got to pay for what they do with the do do.
Tommy Nick, I think you have a great point. It’s not exactly something I would shell out $55 for, but there are people out there who will.
wild or caged isn’t my main gripe.
try pooped out of a cats rear.
seriously Mike!
‘…My largest concern is that on some farms the animals are kept in tiny cages to produce the coffee. …’
how about a consideration as to how well the farmers can really clean the cat beans?
not high up on my list.
i’d give it a ewww-0 out of 5
sorry
lol howard. I can understand that. The roasting is a pretty heat intensive process, so anything that can’t be cleaned off is roasted clean away. That being said, I didn’t think I would every try it either, however I’ll try just about any coffee good, bad or unique.
So funny you should review this coffee Mike… I just posted a picture I took of a civet when I was at a kopi luwak farm recently. I agree with your tasting notes… it was very earthy and thick when I tried it, and the citrus notes were bordering on the vinegary.
Definitely glad I got to try it, but as you mentioned, it is getting more and more common for Indonesian farmers to cage and force feed the civets to get the most ‘produce’ from them.
So anyone looking to try some genuine Indonesian kopi luwak should look for ‘wild’ coffee, not the caged variety. Expensive, but worth the effort in my opinion!
Billy, thanks for stopping by. Where did you post the picture? I was looking around your site and couldn’t find it.
Just pinned it to the top of my page mate -
CoffeeMakers411 Facebook page.
Checking it out now, thanks!