Civet Cat Coffee Process

Cat poop coffee aka Kopi Luwak are the coffee berries that have once been eaten and excreted by a cat called the Asian Palm Civet.

Civet cat coffee process. During this process the enzymes found in the civets stomach alter the flavour of the bean making it richer smoother and more earthy with chocolate undertones. The fame of cat shit coffee came from the principle that after spending about 30 hours in the digestive system of the animal the coffee beans come out with a cleaner flavor smoother less acidic and bitter and with a heavier body. During the digestion process the bitterness of the coffee is removed.

From here a farmer or coffee harvester would grab the defecated beans and begin processing them. Tropical forests in Asia are disappearing rapidly and as a result civet cats are becoming endangered species. This coffee is famous for its unique method of processing.

Enzymes in the stomach of the Civet Cat break down a protein in the coffee beans that is the major source of bitterness in coffee. The cat shit coffee can have wild variations in quality depending on where the palm civet lives and whether it ate all Arabica or both types of cherries. The civet cat family is native to the southern portions of Africa.

Thus this uncommon fermentation method results in the smooth well-balanced taste of Civet Coffee. Finally right before we are ready to ship to you we roast the beans at 220 degrees. Coffee cherries pass through the civets gut where the fruit is absorbed.

At this point we re-dry the beans again. When the fruit passes through. On Indonesias famous coffee islands of Sumatra and Java that includes the raw ripe fruit of coffee trees.

Civet coffee has more to do with the process it goes through although many people prefer the flavor when its made from excreted arabica beans. These animals tend to eat the fruit from coffee plants. Presently for your Civet Coffee to be UTZ certified it means this body has inspected first-hand your production process from the manner of feces collection through washing drying pounding sorting roasting and packing to distribution that your Civet Coffee is from cage-free Civet Cats hand-collected not chemically manufactured and pure no fillers mixed in.