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| "What is Kopi Luwak?" |
| Living on these islands is a small, tree-dwelling marsupial of the sibet family, known as the Luwak (Paradoxurus). The Luwak, regarded as pests to natives, lives among the coffee trees eating the ripest, reddest coffee cherries. The cherries are digested and the beans deposited on the |
| Kopi (the Indonesian word for "coffee") Luwak is one of the world's rarest coffee beverages, selling at $75 per quarter pound. It comes from the islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi, which are part of the Indonesian Archipelago's 13,677 islands, of which only 6,000 are inhabited. |
| forest floor, where they are eagerly collected by locals, cleaned, roasted, ground and brewed for coffee drinking pleasures. Stomach acids and enzymatic action used in this unique fermentation process results in a cup of coffee said to be like no other in this world. This exotic coffee has a rich flavour with hints of caramel or chocolate. You probably won't find Kopi Luwak at your local coffee shop, though some more adventurous coffee houses sell it by the cup! |
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