Most Expensive Coffee
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Kopi Luwak Indonesia
$160 per pound
Luwak Coffee is made from coffee cherries that have been eaten by common palm civets, which use their keen sense of smell to select the choicest and ripest beans. The digestion process removes the flesh from the crimson Sumatran berry and the beans, supposedly sweeter as a result of having passed through the animal, are hand-collected from the jungle floor.
MostExpensive Coffee At 600 $ a Pound ! ! !
An Animal That Poops Gourmet Coffee:
Say Hello to the Civet: The Maker of $600 Coffee
Yes, it's true -- this mammal, native to Africa and Asia, is responsible for pooping out the world's most expensive coffee, called Kopi Luwak. Civets are fed coffee cherries, and during digestion the animal's enzymes mix with the coffee beans before they, ahem, pass through, giving the beans a unique, bitter taste. See how it all happens...
The Cherries Are Chosen
A farmer in East Java, Indonesia, picks coffee cherries to feed the civets.
A Whole Team at Work: Hand-Picking the Cherries
The Civet Approaches.. .
...Gets Ready to Dig In...
...And Is Joined by Friends for Dinner
Gathering the Dung With Gloves...
In East Java, workers use gloves to clear the results of the feast.
That Ain't Peanuts and Nougat.
Civet poop before it's turned into the coffee.
Separating It and Washing It Off
Another Step in Production
A worker displays the distinct, cleaned-off beans.
The Very Expensive End Result
Pictured: Coffee Alamid, one Philippine brand. Because a very limited supply is produced each year, civit coffee can cost up to $600 per pound.
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