Civet Coffee Review : Kopi Luwak and identity as Indonesian coffee

Did you know that the most valuable animal feces? Coffee beans found in civet feces. Luwak coffee comes from Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. Many people say that the civet coffee is the most expensive coffee in the world, because of civet coffee has a high quality compared with the coffee in general.

"Kopi Luwak" or civet coffee is a type of coffee that comes from Sumatra, Indonesia. Wild civets are consuming coffee beans on the plantation as their main food. The location of coffee plantations is bordering the forest, where the forest is the habitat of civet. Wild civet will pick then coffee beans are really qualified to be eaten. So if you want to know how to choose coffee that has a high quality, then civet know the answer.

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When eating, Civet can not digest the coffee beans as a whole. Civet only digest the coffee beans skin, while the coffee beans will be issued as a feces. Many studies said that coffee in civet’s feces have the best quality than regular coffee. Civet coffee quality is affected by factors of fermentation that occurs in the stomach Civet.

At first, civets are consuming coffee in coffee plantations. After eating, they returned to their habitat in the forests of Sumatra. Civet would throw feces in the forests of Sumatra, and the feces will be processed as civet coffee by farmers. Then processing the coffee beans from civet’s feces into a cup of delicious coffee.

A cup of civet coffee does require a very lengthy process. Imagine how farmers get civet’s feces in large forest? How to know the precise location of civet dispose of feces? How to ensure the best coffee and ensure the coffee was not damaged when the civet droppings are too long?

Civer Coffee farming in SouthEast Asia and Indonesia

Today, many civet farming with the aim of producing civet coffee. Rising demand dan high prices of civet coffee eventually boost the production of civet coffee. Solution to increase the production of civet coffe is the civet farming. Civet locked in particular place dan given coffee beans for their food every day. Civet will produce feces that containing coffee beans. The Coffee beans in the stool  will make civet coffee. This way was effective because the civet will take a coffee that has been provided. Civet’s feces also at the same place, without having to search the civet’s feces in the forest as a civets habitats.  

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Total production will increase by mathematical calculation. More civet in cages, the coffee beans are eaten will increase. This way will increase the civet feces that containing coffee beans.

How abot the quality of civet coffee produced from civet farms? Many people said that the quality was not as good as the result of wild civet. However, it is still more and more people who produce the civet coffee by civet farming.

One article in theguardian.com stated that the charm of civet coffe in this time not like before. This is because the cruelty of civet captivity which was forced to produce civet coffee. High quality coffee it selected by the wild civet is difficult to find at this time, because civet eating the coffe that is already available from human choice. Luwak Kopi or Civet Coffee is initially rare, but with the civet farming eventually able to produce many ton of civet coffe a years. This resulted in civet coffe is not rare anymore. 

Civet adversely care, be international criticism. Many fact show that farmed civet experience stress and died. And from this, many people wo do not want to consume the civet coffee because when they buy and drink civet coffee, that means they participate to persecute civets.

Wild civet coffee as a business opportunity

Several countries in Europe are trying to limit the consumption of civet coffe which is the production of bad civet farming. 

The poor condition of civet coffe production in Indonesia and other countries in Shouteast Asia, bringing business opportunities to foreigners. From theguargian.com, also mentioned that the from the disappointment of the civet coffe, ultimately make people outsite Indonesia to make civet coffe business in Indonesia. For example Sijahtra Coffe from Gayo, North Sumatera.

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In the civet coffee business, indeed maintain civet coffe quality and ensure that the coffee produced from wild civet. So with wild civet coffee quality, it is able to compete in the global market.

I tried to see civet coffe which is sold outside Indonesia. Many civet coffee businesses focus to sell civet coffee from wild civer. They offer civet coffee which is like a philosophical civet coffe is produced from wild civet. They conducted a campaign that coffee from wild civet  has higher quality than farmed civet coffee. In their campaign also show that the wild civet coffe is sustainable business and responsible for the life of civet in habitat.

Reference :

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/19/civet-cat-coffee-worlds-most-expensive-brew-made-sustainably-kopi-luwak

http://www.bbc.com/indonesia/majalah/2013/09/130915_majalahlain_kopi

http://sains.kompas.com/read/2013/04/19/13025429/Popularitas.Kopi.Luwak.Mengancam.Luwak

http://nationalgeographic.co.id/berita/2013/04/dampak-negatif-kepopuleran-kopi-luwak

http://www.cikopi.com/2010/03/tidak-semua-luwak-suka-kopi/

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