Trends in the food world can change faster than the mind of a temperamental two-year old. It can be hard to keep up with the latest and greatest trends, let alone know which ones are truly worth your time.

One of recent trends that has taken over the internet, from YouTubers’ trying to get views, through movie fans of the Bucket list, to culinary magazines with fancy tastes, is Kopi Luwak coffee — otherwise known as Cat Poop Coffee.

While there are certainly many coffee options out there these days, there is nothing quite like the experience and the story behind Kopi Luwak coffee.
So What Is Kopi Luwak?
Kopi Luwak is a type of specialty coffee that traditionally comes from Indonesia, and has spread to a few other SE Asian countries in the region that have similar climates and ecosystems. Despite being recently trendy in the Western world and Middle East, it has historically been a beverage of those living in the Far East.

To really understand what Kopi Luwak is we need to start with a rudimentary understanding of how regular coffee is produced.

Coffee beans are actually not beans at all, but are instead seeds that are inside cherry-like fruits. To harvest the beans from the coffee cherries, the fruit is first washed away from the beans, thus leaving a bright green seed behind.

Often in areas where there are water shortages, such as in Africa where Coffea plants are native, deep washing using large amounts of water is not practically possible. In such cases the traditional method of extracting the seeds involves setting the coffee cherries out in the sun and allowing the fruit to dry and slowly rot the fruit off. Both methods of extracting the beans use a form of fermentation. This helps impart a strong and unique flavor into the beans that otherwise would be totally lost.

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Two words about kopi luwak; Ashi gba!