Hidden Garden Luak Coffee

Luwak Coffee

Luwak Coffee is originally from Indonesia, well known for excellent coffee, also native to the are is a small civet-like animal cooled a paradoxurus. That’s the scientific name, the locals call them luwak. These little mammals live in the trees and one of their favorite foods is the red, ripe coffee cherry. They eat the cherries bean and all. Whale the bean is in the little guy’s stomach it undergoes chemical treatments and fermentation. The bean finishes its journey through the digestive system, and comes out with animal excrement. The still-intact beans are collected from the forest floor, and are cleaned, then roasted and ground just like any other coffee. Who would think to (or oven want to) collect and roast beans out of animal excrement? perhaps a native figured it was easier to collect the beans from the ground this way, rather than having to work harder and pick them from the trees? we’ll likely never know, but because of the strange method of collecting, there isn’t much kopi luwak produced in the world. The coffee cuppers said luwak coffee taste very unique and Mcomplex. It has rich, heavy flavor with hints of caramel or chocolate, other people used to describe it taste are earthy, musty and exotic. The body tastes almond syrup and it’s very smooth.