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The origins of coffee Luwak is closely related to the history of coffee cultivation in Indonesia.
At the beginning of the 18th century, The Dutch opened the commercial crop estates in the colony in the Dutch East Indies, especially in Java island and Sumatra. One of them is brought Arabica coffee seeds from Yemen. Dutch ban indigenous plantation workers picking coffee berries for personal consumption, however, local residents want to try the famous coffee drinks .
Then the plantation workers eventually find that there is a ferret who likes to eat the fruit of the coffee, but only the undigested fruit, the epidermis and the Coffee Beans are still intact and undigested. Coffee beans, in the droppings luwak is then collected, washed, roasted, crushed then brewed with hot water, so it creates a civet coffee. The news about the pleasures of aromatic coffee is finally wafted by a Dutch plantation owner, it is then this coffee into favorite of the rich Dutch. Because of its rarity and unusual manufacturing process, Civet coffee is coffee that was expensive since colonial times.
Luwak or civet Luwak happy to look for fruits that is good enough and ripe, including the coffee fruit as food. with sense of smell that is sensitive, Luwak will choose coffee fruit truly ripe as a food and thereafter coffee beans are still is protected hard skin and don't undigested will come out with civet droppings. This happens because the Luwak has a simple digestive system, so hard foods like coffee beans is not digested.
The Luwak coffee beans like this, in the past until now often hunted coffee farmers, because it is believed to originate from the finest coffee beans and have been fermented naturally in the digestive system Luwak.
Aroma and flavor Luwak coffee, it feels special and perfect among the fans and coffee lovers around the world . This coffee fame in Southeast Asia has long been known, but new widely known in coffee enthusiasts after publication in the 1980. The Luwak coffee beans are the most expensive in the world.