Civet Coffee (Kopi Luwak) Lampung Robusta
Informazioni di prodotto generali
Civet coffee (kopi luwak in bahasa Indonesia) is specific coffee that made from coffee beans which have been eaten by and passed through the of the local indonesian civets (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus).Those civets consume the red coffee cherries, when available, containing the fruit and seed, and they tend to pick the ripest and sweetest fruit. Thus there is a natural selection for the ripest coffee beans.
The inner bean of the berry is not digested, but unique combinations of in the stomach of the civet add to the coffee's flavor by breaking down the beans that give coffee its bitter taste. The beans are, still covered in some inner layers of the berry.
Furthermore, the beans are washed, and given only a light roast so as to not destroy the complex flavors that develop through the process. Light roasting is considered particularly desirable in coffees that do not exhibit bitterness, and the most pronounced characteristic of Kopi Luwak is a marked reduction in bitterness.