Before i continue, i need to inform you that Luwak is the name of a palm civet (small creature) in Indonesia. The civet has the ability to locate the sweetest coffee berries (Arabica or Robusta) and eats them. Civets however can only digest the fleshly pulp, so when it´s "out at the other end" the beans are still intact and undigested. The undigested beans are then collected, cleaned, dried, roasted and ground. So yes, it´s literally sh*t coffee!.
Hubby loves this coffee. Personally, i cant tell the difference between normal arabica or robusta coffee and luwak coffee :D. Since it has an interesting story behind it, we always buy it every time we go to Indonesia. Last time we bought 150 gr of 100% luwak coffee for 50 dollars (around 33 Pounds) and a 200 gr packet of 5% for 6 dollars.
This coffee appeared on Oprah Winfrey Show and also in Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman´s movie The Bucket List.
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| Left: 100% Luwak coffee Right: 5% Luwak cofee |
We love to share the coffee with friends but we only tell them what it was after they drank it :p.
