Abstract

UNDERSTANDING CIVET COFFEE: FROM BEAN TO CUP

Tanvi Ankush Bhosale*

ABSTRACT

Kopi luwak, or civet coffee, is regarded as one of the most popular coffees in the world. The best and ripest coffee beans are used to make this coffee, and the luwak (paradoxorus hermaphroditus). Kopi Luwak is currently identified as the most exclusive and expensive coffee in the world. Kopi luwak production is initially executed naturally by way of gathering kopi luwak from nature. However, due to the restrained number, farmers started out to cultivate kopi luwak with captivity (caged kopi luwak). Numerous problems arise in the areas of trade, consumption, and manufacturing. Indonesia, as the first country to produce kopi luwak, truly needs to pay one-of-a-kind attention to the improvement of this coffee. Some lookup consequences exhibit that wild kopi luwak and caged kopi luwak have exclusive characteristics. Kopi luwak manufacturing with captivity wishes to be well studied so that it can be established by way of the world market. Counterfeiting kopi luwak is nonetheless common. Standardization of kopi luwak great wants to be developed; certification of kopi luwak as an excellent guarantee will increase purchaser self- belief and hold the continuity of this coffee.

Keywords: Kopi luwak, Indonesia, coffee berries, paradoxorus hermaphrodites.