Kopi Luwak: $175/pound!
Pricey coffee good to the last dropping
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Would you pay $175 for a pound of coffee beans which had passed through the backside of a furry mammal in Indonesia?
Apparently, some coffee lovers wanting to treat themselves to something special are lapping it up.
Kopi Luwak beans from Indonesia are rare and expensive, thanks to a unique taste and aroma enhanced by the digestive system of palm civets, nocturnal tree-climbing creatures about the size of a large house cat.
“People like coffee. And when they want to treat themselves, they order the Kopi Luwak,” said Isaac Jones, director of sales for Tastes of The World, an online supplier of gourmet coffee, tea and cocoa.
Despite being carnivorous, civets eat ripe coffee cherries for treats. The coffee beans, which are found inside of the cherries, remain intact after passing through the animal.
Civet droppings are found on the forest floor near coffee plantations. Once carefully cleaned and roasted, the beans are sold to specialty buyers.
Jones said sales for Kopi Luwak rose three-fold just before the Christmas holiday compared with the first half of the year. The company started selling the rare coffee in February 2005.
He expects to sell around 200 pounds of the coffee this year, with orders coming from North America and Europe. So far, most of the orders have been from California.
Indonesia produces only about 500 kilograms, or roughly 1,100 pounds, of the coffee each year, making it extremely expensive and difficult to find.
“It’s the most expensive coffee that we know about in the world,” said Jones.
By comparison Jamaica’s Blue Mountain coffee, considered to be an expensive type, sells for $35 to $40 per pound, while a pound of Colombia’s Supremo arabicas can be bought for about $14.
tapi rasanya memang THUOOOB!!!! cobain deh
Comment by rendy — January 11, 2006 @ 7:12 am
lebih enak susu coklat…..
mimik susu coklat anget
Comment by lilis — January 11, 2006 @ 9:50 am
Kopi Luwak, Menurut ceritanya kopi itu dari kotoran luwak(luwak suka makan biji kopi dan kotorannya masih berupa butiran-butiran kopi), setelah itu baru diolah…. Tapi aku kurang yakin.
Comment by vnuzday — January 11, 2006 @ 4:16 pm
orang2 ngerasain kopi luwak kadang hanya dari sensasinya aja vo, ngeliat cara pembuatan yang unik.
memang overall kopi luwak enak, coba campurin sedikit coklat(coklat aseli).
Comment by dedenf — January 18, 2006 @ 5:38 am
I never heard about this Luwak coffee, but my friends, co workers & I sure love this type of coffee I bought from Riau Island in Indonesia, the taste is so majestic… now.. that’s what I call the king of coffee.
Comment by Jessy — January 19, 2006 @ 10:52 pm
Saya jual kopi luwak. Saya mengerti sekali tentang kopi luwak, karena saya memang tinggal di kampung (Lampung). Kopi luwak memang tiada bandingannya selama yang saya tau sampai saat ini…yang asli lho.., karena banyak sekali sekarang orang menjual dengan mancampur..makanya banyak orang yang tidak percaya dengan rasa/aroma kopi luwak yang sesungguhnya..ttrims
Comment by susanto — August 20, 2007 @ 4:46 pm
Ada yang supplier biji kopi espresso utk coffee shop?
ditunggu !
mccarthy.coffee@gmail.com
Comment by McCarthy Coffee — August 22, 2007 @ 2:54 am
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/05/22/kopi-luwak-the-most.html
Comment by bbg — May 25, 2009 @ 4:38 am