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The Most Expensive Coffee in the World: Kopi Luwak

Luwak
Luwak

Indonesia rich nature is the home of the world finest coffee beans in the world. Java and Toraja coffee bean is one of the most known and loved throughout the world. But do you know there’s more than just an ordinary coffee bean in Indonesia. The most expensive coffee bean in the world can be found here, the coffee is called Kopi Luwak.

Kopi is Indonesian for coffee, and Luwak is an animal that resembles a raccoon, a luwak is a small civet which is an omnivore creature that eats small mammals and fruits. If their habitat is located near a coffee farm the luwak will sometime hunt for the best coffee fruit as their diet. Picking only the best coffee fruit their digestive system will process the fruit flesh leaving the bean untouched. The coffee bean could later be extracted from the animal’s feces.

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September 13th, 2008 in Cuisine |