Coffee eaten by animals is called. Chon from Vietnam
It happened back in the distant colonial times in Indonesia. Then the Dutch, who occupied the territory of the now Indonesian islands, forbade local farmers to drink coffee from the “Dutch plantations”. And Indonesians, by the way, love coffee. We lived with a Balinese family in Ubud, where the owner's wife cooked breakfast for us every morning. So, they always cooked me fresh natural coffe in the morning (not Luwak, of course, but the usual one :)), not because I asked, but because that is how it is customary. That is, the people in those parts respect natural coffee very much, and so it was in the old days. When the Dutch banned the locals from collecting coffee on their territory, farmers had to look for individual coffee beans on the ground where they could find them. These were the feces of luwaks, local martens. Over time, people realized that such coffee is much tastier than regular coffee.
Since then, Indonesia, and in particular the island of Bali, has been one of the main supply regions of this coffee variety to this day. The suitable climate and the spread of palm martens created excellent conditions for the emergence of Luwak coffee in these parts. And indeed, going around the island of Bali on a motorcycle on my own, here and there I noticed signs with the inscription “Kopi Luwak”. There is a particularly large concentration of such farms in the northeast of the island, near the village of Kintamani, as well as along the road that leads to the temple of Pura Besakih.
So we were driving to the Batur volcano and along the way we noticed the inscription “Kopi Luwak”. I had already heard about this coffee, and therefore it was extremely interesting for me to see everything myself. I stopped at the entrance to find out how much it costs to visit. Turns out you didn't have to pay anything! The whole walk and excursion is free, only a cup of coffee for tasting costs 50,000 rupees, i.e. about 5 dollars. Well, a very reasonable price in my opinion. In Russia, in any coffee shop, an ordinary espresso will not be cheaper. Therefore, I parked the bike in the shade and went deep into the green thickets.
The entire territory of the farm is a cozy green corridors with a variety of plants.
Here you can see how various crops grow - from cocoa to vanillin. Everything is marked with signs, so those who are especially interested in botany will definitely be interested in how this or that type of plant grows. Yes, and for a simple person, far from botany, it is entertaining to see a garden with pineapples, for example :) 
I note that my three-year-old child was the first to notice pineapples =) So, even without reading, you will recognize familiar fruits. But for the majority, the signs still help, because. much looks like ordinary grass))
For me, nettle turned out to be more noticeable =) 
Here it is a little different, but the shape of the leaves and small needles on them betray the stinging plant familiar to us from childhood.
And, of course, coffee grows here. How could it be without him. Here are such cute almost clusters :) 
For display to visitors here are grown various varieties coffee. But for the production of Luwak coffee, only Arabica coffee is used. The finicky animal does not recognize other varieties. 
Here is the same selective gourmet marten. 
Honestly, I was subdued by this beast. Mordakha is incredibly cute, I just wanted to lovingly touch him by the fur =)) 
Several furry animals sat in a cage. Planted them here again, only to show visitors. Of course, there can be no talk of any large-scale production. A pair of martens will not cope with the volumes for sale, no matter how much they eat and poop after.
I asked if it was common for musangs to sit in cages like this. To which the employee confidently replied that no, no, only free musangs produce coffee. Mol walk in the jungle, eating wild coffee, and then people collect their feces. I doubt it very much, because it’s not enough human resources to collect these inconspicuous poop (sorry, you can’t throw out the words from the song) among the dense thickets. Moreover, I assumed that there would be some kind of coffee plantations, but it turned out that there were such forests around. 
Where will the little animals look for Arabica?
Previously, indeed, coffee was obtained in a “wild” way, but now, more often than not, unfortunate martens are put in cages and fattened on the spot. And if in nature these mammals choose only selected arabica berries, then in the cells they have to eat what they give. Therefore, today this method of producing Luwak coffee, although it reduces its cost, but the quality also decreases. Pretty predictable in my opinion. It seems to me that it would be more logical to plant coffee fields, enclose the entire territory with a fence and let these martens run around there. It seems like they live in the wild and eat the best coffee at their discretion. Waste behind them is again easier to collect, after all, the territory is limited. Why this has not been done remains a mystery to me, but apparently there are reasons ...
We were allowed to feed the musang. The farm employee fastened ripe coffee berries on a stick so that the beast would not bite his hands. Both Mishutka and I fed some fruits to the luwak =) 
Look how he arches for a coffee berry =)
As soon as I saw it, my eyes immediately lit up :) 
Well, with what pleasure he crunched Arabica! Even I want to look at this photo :)))) 
The berry really looked ripe and juicy, maybe that's why there was such a stir, or maybe the animal was just hungry :(
The animal didn’t get enough, only a few berries, but he still wanted tasty treats =) 
Pay attention to the red peel from the berry below. Luwak would spit out the outer shell of the coffee and only eat the bean!
And I have a question: “How do they get enough of these grains?”. After all, they are not processed in his stomach. They come out, in fact, only in a slightly modified form. 
Yes, like this. Grain came in - grain came out :) And this coffee gets its unique aroma due to enzymes that are in gastrointestinal tract palm civet, and with which, naturally, coffee beans are impregnated, getting inside the arabica eater. Later, I found out that martens also do not refuse fruits, and moreover, they are not vegetarians at all, that's right!
The feces found are thoroughly washed, cleaned, and then fried. 
I'm sure you wouldn't be able to tell from regular coffee in appearance, if this is poured into a jar. Doesn't look like poop at all ;) 
After roasted grains are ground. The old way- in a mortar. 
Mishutka, of course, here is trying to hold the log more than to grind :)))
But he perfectly manages to cope with the next stage - sifting. 
Today, of course, this whole process is automated.
And here, in fact, the treasured jar of coffee at a cost of several hundred dollars. 
And then the burning question arises: “How to brew Luwak coffee”? Many people ask about this, because all the aroma and taste apparently does not appear with standard cooking methods. In Bali, I specially filmed this process, because. he certainly deserves attention. The Balinese use this device to brew Luwak coffee. 
Water is poured into the flask, coffee is placed on top, and a fire is lit at the bottom. 
Then this unit is closed with a glass cube. The water on the fire boils and the steam comes out through a special tube into a bottle of ground coffee. 
Here this water accumulates and in this way Luwak coffee is brewed. A whole alchemy, no less! 
It seems to me that no coffee machines can replace such technology, and the only, albeit remotely, but similar method is brewing according to the principle Turkish coffee right on the fire.
Hooray! Ready!! Well, let's take a sip, shall we? ;) 
I have repeatedly met reports of other travelers from similar farms, but none of them fed the luwak, no one saw how coffee was brewed traditional way, and no one could distinguish Luwak coffee from regular coffee. Indeed, in taste it practically does not differ from the average Arabica. But the richness and aroma of this coffee surpasses the usual one at times! How did I understand it? We were lucky that on this farm we were shown so many things and were given a chance to try, because we accidentally got here and how lucky! Because it was here that we were not just poured a cup of coffee for 5 bucks, we were given a whole tasting table. 
In addition to a cup of Luwak coffee, they also brought us a cup of regular coffee for comparison. Everything is known in comparison, as you know. And that's exactly how you can fully experience the difference between regular coffee and Luwak coffee. The taste of Luwak, as I already wrote, is richer and more aromatic, but at the same time this coffee is not stronger, i.e. saturation is not manifested due to strength.
To be honest, I expected something else. The fact is that my mother brought Luwak coffee from Vietnam. With a photo of the animal on the pack, everything is as it should :) Many people say that Vietnamese Luwak with a sort of chocolate flavor, so they say it's really exclusive. Indeed, the coffee brought by my mother has a chocolate tint. Only caveat, she would never pay even hundreds of dollars for this rather big bag of coffee. Then it’s not clear what kind of coffee this is, it’s written something like “Luwak”, but how elite coffee can it cost a penny for which it is sold in Vietnam? The answer probably lies in the now known fact that methods have been developed to artificially flavor coffee with civet. It is the artificial flavoring that is felt in the Vietnamese “chocolate” Luwak !! Then the price of this coffee is explained there.
In Bali, there are absolutely no additional taste nuances, except for coffee ones, are felt, only a special deep saturation. That is why I was surprised, because before I had tried this type of coffee, but the taste was completely different. So from my own experience, I'm inclined to believe that vietnamese coffee- fake. Not all, probably, because Vietnam is also a supplier of Luwak, but cheap options with artificial flavors have flooded the local market, and it is him who is sold to tourists, nothing personal, just business) Remember that Luwak coffee is produced all over the world only 700 kg per year ! He a priori can not be cheap! Do not be fooled by attractive prices, this is an indicator of deception and poor quality.
I will continue with the tasting. The photo above shows that there are many cups of drinks in front of Mishutka. That is, in addition to regular coffee and Luwak coffee, we also tried coffee with ginseng, coffee with chocolate, coffee with coconut, coffee with vanilla, ginger tea, lemon tea, lemongrass tea and hibiscus tea. Mmmmm, how delicious it was! Mishutka and I blew everything out =) Except tea with ginger, because well, it’s very tart and even spicy. All herbs are grown here, so they offer to try everything. 
And the most various options coffee is already stored in jars. 
After walking and tasting, we went to the exit. On the way, we were not persistently offered to see coffee in their shop, but I immediately said that there was no money =) The employee did not offer more, i.e. there was no goal to sell something, I also really liked it on this farm. I definitely recommend this place to get acquainted with the production of Kopi Luwak.
The farm is called Lakshmi. Along the direct route "Ubud - Kintamani" (if you go through Tegallalng), along the street Jl. Raya Tegal Suci, there is such a shield. 
It is worth focusing on it. The goddess Lakshmi is also depicted there, and Ganesha (a Hindu god with the head of an elephant) sits almost at the very entrance to the farm.
Up! At the request coming in a personal, I decided to mark this farm on the map.
To be honest, I barely found the coordinates, I had to “drive” again along the entire street from Ubud to Kintamani using Google maps. But the place is definitely this, you can ;) I love this service! So many times he helped me find places from memory that are not usually marked on maps.
Both my son and I were undoubtedly very interested in visiting this place. Mishutka and I learned so many new and informative things. A three-year-old child now knows how coffee grows! A few weeks later we were on tea plantations in Malaysia, and among the tea bushes Misha found a green berry. "Mami, what? Coffee? the son asked. And it's wonderful =) Books or TV will never tell you about it like that. And no matter how detailed I write, I still see it with my own eyes in a completely different way. So go ahead, don't hesitate ;)
Tired of hearty latte or black classics? Then we invite you to the most expensive coffee in the world from Luwak litter. The price for 1 kg starts from 250 and reaches 1200 dollars.
Kopi luwak, also known as Cape Alamid, is a type of coffee from Indonesia, the Philippines and India. What is its feature? In poop.
Musangs or palm civet are animals that look like cats in their bodies and rats in their faces. They eat the pulp of coffee cherries, and their droppings are then collected by farmers: they are cleaned, dried and roasted.
In the stomach of musangs, coffee cherries undergo a process similar to fermentation, which results in a less bitter taste.
This seemingly simple production process costs and has costs. For example, musangs eat not only coffee beans, but also need meat, which means that they need to be additionally fed with a bird. But these are flowers.
The animals do not breed in captivity - their population cannot be artificially increased, so planters are content with wild capture. And civets produce that very special enzyme for processing grains only 6 months a year, the rest of the time their poop is useless. Farmers even release animals into the wild, since it is cheaper to catch them again than to feed them in idle six months.
Coffee is the second most traded product on the world market after oil.
Tourists can visit open plantations and even taste ready-made coffee. By the way, on the spot, its cost is easier - $ 15 per 100 g, but when imported and packaged somewhere in a European restaurant, the same 100 g costs already $ 100.
Business idea: we give a kilogram of civet coffee beans and at the output we get 50 g of undigested, but ready-to-roast beans. Profit.
How did the variety come about?
It was in 1980. Mark Mountanos and his partner Stefan Kahl found New Product for import to Europe. They wrote an article in the National Geographic, which shocked the intelligent public - their product is animal excretions. Can you imagine the reaction?
Coffee trees grow on the Indonesian island of Sumatra (but not only there). Until the 70s of the 20th century, the islanders were oppressed and were forced to put up with exorbitant taxes. So you can imagine: one grain of coffee was equal to gold, and add pests to this and coffee production became an unprofitable enterprise.
The plantation workers knew about civets and that the animals seemed to deliberately eat the best fruits. Farmers not only saw litter with undigested grains, but also used it, because the taste of such coffee was really different.
And when it came to coffee tycoons, kopi luwak made a revolution in the business and now a new elite coffee has entered the market with an exorbitant price tag for real extreme people.
Connoisseurs are sure that the production gives the drink a caramel shade and a chocolate smell, and the aftertaste ... mmm ....
What's the catch?
Kopi Luwak is one of the varieties, no worse and no better than others. Yes, there are taste differences, but they are not so significant as to put this coffee on the top shelf of the rating. Only its production is expensive, hence the small volume of production and the corresponding price.
"Kopi" is Indonesian for "coffee".
Also, here's something to think about: vivo civets choose ripe berries, on farms they eat everything. Surely the quality suffers from this. And in coffee, they can add an artificial flavor characteristic of the variety. This reduces the cost of production, but in fact we get a crude fake for the same cost.
That's all. We talked about the most expensive coffee in the world from Luwak litter, the price of which is somewhere beyond the clouds, and the taste, let's be honest, is not so magical. What do you think?
Coffee is the most traded product after oil. There are coffee lovers in every home. Russia is among the top ten biggest coffee lovers. Almost everyone loves coffee, but not everyone knows that the most expensive and most difficult elite and prestigious is coffee Kopi Luwak (coffee from excrement). This is a unique grade of coffee No. 1.
Gourmets catch in it an unusually mild taste of caramel with the most delicate aroma dark chocolate and vanilla with a persistent pleasant aftertaste. One cup of coffee can cost up to $90 in Europe. Perhaps this adds a special charm to the excellent taste.
The technology of its preparation will shock anyone. Exclusive coffee for a narrow circle is obtained in the most extreme way - this coffee is not for the faint of heart. Preparation method fragrant coffee different from the traditional one. This unique, most expensive sort of coffee is chosen from animal droppings (excrement, in simple terms - ordinary poop).
Soft to the touch and fluffy wild animals, distant relatives of the mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi, resembling a cat with a big nose - the Asian palm civet (civet, luwak, musang or Chinese badger) are big fans of coffee berries. Moving from one tree to another, animals absorb the most ripe and largest coffee berries in large quantities.
Ripe coffee beans are red in color and resemble the fruit of a bay tree. During the day, one voracious animal can swallow up to 1 kg of coffee beans, from which only 50 g of undigested coffee beans can then be picked out.
Treated with gastric enzymes and civet coffee beans:- dried, cleaned and peeled, washed thoroughly, dried again, then lightly roasted gently at a certain temperature. Exact recipe roasting is kept secret.
Outlandish grains obtained in this way in an unusual way can receive only for 6 months of the year, and the rest of the time the animals do not produce the enzyme that gives coffee a unique flavor. The grains obtained from males have a greater and more pleasant fragrance. A high standard is set for defects in the appearance of coffee beans, the beans go through up to 15 degrees of sorting.
The most expensive Kopi Luwak coffee with a unique aroma is produced in Indonesia in a special microclimate on the island of Java and earn a lot of money on it.
Some researchers have tried to get the same coffee in Ethiopia, simulating a natural process, as coffee trees grow there and viverri are found. According to the opinion of tasters, Ethiopian coffee is inferior in taste to the original.
The most expensive coffee in Vietnam is called Chon, this is the most expensive and unusual coffee.
The cooking technology is as complex as in Indonesia, coffee beans are used, processed by the stomach of an amazing animal. But the locals in Vietnam make coffee not in a copper cezve or jazve, but in a drip filter right above the cup.
The taste, aroma and density of coffee is significantly different from the usual for a European. Vietnamese coffee is very thick, has a very rich aroma and a transparent dark color.
On the island of Bali organized artificial small farms for the production of delicacies for extreme sports. Luwaks are kept in captivity, fed with coffee berries and offer tourists to get acquainted in detail with the production process of the most expensive coffee in the world, and if they wish, even personally participate.
All work is not yet mechanized and is performed manually. Lovers of curiosities large quantity cabbages love show-offs. Most of all lovers of special fragrant coffee with delicate caramel flavor luwak in Japan.
Huge profits from the sale of "luwak coffee" advised hardworking, enterprising Thais to organize the production of coffee using the stomach of elephants. Therefore, a zoo farm was created in the north of Thailand. The stomachs of a herd of 20 elephants are processing coffee beans for elite coffee Black Ivory Coffee (Black Tusk or Black Ivory).
The stomach of an elephant is many times larger than the stomach of a small predatory animal luwak (aka mussang). Coffee beans are in the stomach of an elephant for more than a day, next to a special diet of vegetables, bananas and sugar cane. During this time, coffee beans are saturated with fruit and vegetable smell, processed by gastric juice, change their chemical composition and output naturally out, i.e. in the form of poop)
Since elephants are vegetarians, extreme vegans should give a clear preference to Black Ivory over civet coffee. To get 1 kg of coffee, you need to feed the animal 33 kg of selected Thai Arabika beans, hand-picked on high-mountain coffee plantations.
Veterinarians periodically check the level of caffeine in an elephant's blood. Therefore, the cost of coffee for the elite rises to $ 1,100 per kg. Exclusive coffee is offered only in expensive Anantare hotels in the Maldives and in the Golden Triangle Nature Reserve between Burma, Laos and Thailand. The cost of one cup of coffee is only $50. The new variety of exclusive, original coffee is sold in very limited quantities - only 60kg was offered for sale last year. It took $300,000 to develop a new coffee variety.
Coffee lovers, having tried a new sort of coffee, Black Ivari celebrate unusual taste, which is difficult to pick up epithets - this is a kind of pleasant taste and an incomparable aroma.
In Russia, the first coffee house was opened in 1740 by order of Empress Anna Ioannovna. She was a big coffee drinker. So Russian craftsmen should have developed and put on stream the production of coffee processed by cows. Its productivity with a constant appetite can compete with elephants, and they would call the new coffee - Copi Burenka (or in ours: Coffee Burenka). And there, you see, the name of the pioneer would have been added to history, and even today the export of a new sort of elite coffee would be added to the export of oil and gas.
If you, gritting your heart, gave your entire monthly salary as a teacher in Moscow for a package of coffee, then hold your breath, prepare yourself a cup, carefully preserving the foam during brewing, which from the first sip will fully reveal everything taste qualities, divine aroma and will make you want to drink everything to the end. Such delicacies greatly arouse curiosity, but sometimes reduce appetite, causing certain associations. For reference: Coffee from litter happens different varieties. Definitely the most expensive original coffee from luwak litter, followed by coffee from elephant litter. The third place is proudly occupied by monkey coffee!
And now we are trying to guess who is in fourth place? Entrepreneurial farmers from the city of Minneapolis (Minnesota) have established the production of coffee from cat litter. And according to its producers, those who have not tried this coffee have not tried coffee at all!
High-quality coffee is not the cheapest pleasure. Therefore, the product that is sold at a low price does not inspire confidence, since it is most often a fake or made from low-quality raw materials. However, the prices for coffee from animal feces surprise and perplex the average inhabitants of the planet. Only a few can afford this exclusive product.
The world's most expensive coffee made from animal feces
Rank the most expensive species coffee derived from animal waste products is difficult. However, roughly it looks like this:
1. Terra Nera from the feces of palm civets. The cost of 1000 g is impressive and reaches a value of more than 20 thousand dollars. It is sold only in one of the stores in the capital of Great Britain in an exclusive package made of special thin silver paper.
2. Black Ivory - a drink made from elephant droppings. The cost of such coffee is more than 1100 dollars per 1 kg.
3. Luwak - coffee from the feces of animals from Vietnam. Not everyone can afford elite Vietnamese coffee, since 1 kg of roasted raw materials with the name Luwak costs around 250 - 1200 dollars. You can try it in expensive restaurants or purchased in the country of origin.
There are also quite a few other expensive but less popular coffees.
What animals "make" elite coffees
Majority elite varieties coffee man manages to get with the help of animals. Some of them have unique extrasensory perception and can find the finest grains. The most famous helpers in this matter are lemurs, monkeys, bats and even elephants. From an aesthetic point of view, it is difficult for many to consume a drink made from grains that have once been in animal droppings. However, coffee lovers claim that the taste of such drinks is amazing and cannot be compared with anything else.
Knowing which animals are made from feces tasty coffee, it is easier to navigate the prices and product names.
Coffee is the favorite drink of the inhabitants of the Earth. It is with him that the morning of many Russians begins. Someone likes soluble, someone - Brewed coffee. Someone prefers to grind the grains himself and cook in a Turk. What can I say, it's a matter of taste. And true connoisseurs of this drink prefer to drink the most expensive coffee in the world, paying tribute to fashion and the established image of a coffee lover. What varieties are most quoted by those who are interested in this issue?
Top five
In fact, there are only two main coffee varieties- Arabica and Robusta. The first one is considered to have a more delicate taste and contains less caffeine compared to robusta. The second, cheaper, with bitterness and sourness, contains more caffeine. The most common in the world is Arabica. How much does coffee cost? How is its price formed? Here are just some of the data, a kind of hit parade of expensive coffee.
Fifth place
Fifth on this list is blue mountain"- coffee, the price of which reaches $ 90 per kilogram. It is made in Jamaica and is famous for mild taste without hints of bitterness. As a basis, it is used to make the famous Tia Maria liqueur.
Fourth place
The fourth is Fazenda Santa Ines. It goes up to $100 per kilo. It is produced in Brazil (Minas Gerais) by hand. It differs from others with a sweet aftertaste of berries and caramel.
Third place
The third is Saint Helena coffee (there is such an island, famous for the fact that Napoleon was in exile there). It is made from the fruits of the same Arabica, which, however, grow only in this place. Coffee is famous for its subtle fruity aftertaste.
Second place
The second place in our hit parade is "Esmeralda", the most expensive variety of coffee obtained with traditional, we emphasize, processing. The price per kilogram reaches 200 dollars! It is produced in the mountains of Panama, its western part. He possesses original taste, which is reputed to be the result of careful harvesting and a cool climate.
Is the most expensive coffee made from excrement?
And finally, the most "valuable" - "Kopi Luwak". You can translate the first word as, in fact, coffee. The second word is the name of the animal, thanks to which the most expensive coffee in the world appears. The fact is that it is “produced” with the help of the African palm civet is very unusual. Animals ( appearance resembling protein) eat the berries of the coffee tree. Further, everything passes through the intestines of the civet, while the coffee beans remain undigested.
The most expensive coffee in the world comes from Indonesia. Its plantations are located on the islands of Java and Sumatra. The farmers of these plantations harvest the ripe fruits in the traditional manner. After that, they are fed to civets, which are kept in special enclosures. Animals eat them with pleasure. Then, when the coffee beans themselves come out with the excrement, they are cleaned, washed, and dried. Later - lightly fried.
The most expensive coffee in the world, obtained as a result of the vital activity of Indonesian civets, is famous for its very delicate aroma. Natural enzymes give it a special softness of taste. The retail price for a cup of such a drink can reach up to $50. And the cost of a kilogram is up to a thousand.
Limited supply
Every year, only about five hundred kilograms of Kopi Luwak beans enter the coffee markets. That is why he is so appreciated. It's all about rarity and elitism, and, of course, taste. With what epithets sellers and producers just do not exalt the dignity of this coffee: caramel, with a taste of cherries, the drink of the gods, with the aroma of vanilla and chocolate. In any case, this is a premium class drink, which, of course, is in good demand among the most zealous coffee drinkers, like everything elite and rare.
Historical perspective
There is even a legend about the origin of this "drink of the gods". It is said that at the time of colonization, planters forbade workers from taking coffee beans from plantations due to its high cost. Then people began to pick up coffee specially processed by civet from the ground (it was already impossible to sell it). The grains were washed, dried, ground. Brewed such coffee and drank. Then one of the white planters tried this drink for the poor. Struck by the delicate taste, he began to promote the product to the market. Since then, Kopi Luwak has been delighting drink lovers with its unique taste.
By the way, in Vietnam, for example, there is an analogue of the famous Luwak - coffee called Cheon. It is cheaper and is made in a similar way. It is said that this type of coffee has an even more pronounced flavor of beans processed with enzymes from a local variety of the animal.
african civet
Thus, the main producer expensive product is the civet itself. The animal belongs to the same family as the mongoose, outwardly even resembles it. Although in habits it is more like a cat. The civet spends most of its life in trees. Like a cat, she knows how to put her claws into the pads. Locals often tame civets, and they get along well with people: they drink milk, live in houses, respond to nicknames, regularly catch rodents, sleep at the feet of the owner, in general, turn into pets. This animal is also used as a source of musk used in the perfume industry. And, of course, for the production of elite coffee.
They say the best comes from the wild civets that make their way to the plantations at night. And in the morning, farmers, as a thank you from the animals, collect excrement under the coffee bushes as raw materials for the production of the “drink of the gods”. Each civet can eat up to one kilogram of coffee berries per day. "Output" it can only give up to fifty grams of processed grains. I must say that civets eat animal food, and not just berries. In the diet of domesticated civets, for example, chicken meat is present. These are nocturnal animals. And they generally don't breed in captivity. Among other things, the enzyme, which coffee lovers like so much, animals can only produce for six months. The rest of the time they are kept "for nothing" or even released into the wild so as not to feed in vain. And then they catch it again.
A new word in the production of coffee
At the moment, according to some reports, civet has given way to elephants, from whose excrement, it turns out, elite coffee is also produced in Thailand. The technology is similar, but this type of coffee is called "Black Tusk"! Bon appetit everyone!
