Saturday, March 15, 2008

From Where Does The Most Expensive Coffee Come From?!


Coffee kopi luwak considers the best coffee in the world. It has a rich, heavy flavour with hints of caramel or chocolate. Also, it is the most expensive coffee. Its price ranges between 200 to 600 $ per a pound. It is difficult to find its beans everywhere. Sometimes, you can drink in coffee shops where the price of a small cup is 46$.

BUT HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE?








Did you discover the reason?

This expensive coffee does not come to us immediately form the beans' trees. Instead, they take a long process before we drink them. The beans come out of a mammal's digestive system. These mammals, Asian Palm Civet, carefully choose their food. They eat vegetable and sometimes meat. These little mammals live in trees and one of their favorite foods is the red, ripe coffee cherry. They eat this fruit but it does not get digested in the animals' digestive system. The beans go through many processes inside these animals' cavities. The enzymes break down some proteins, which give the coffee its bitter taste. That is why they have a unique flavor.


Most of these coffee beans are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Ethiopia. Workers collect them from forests. They take the beans and clean them. Then, they give them a light toast in order not to destroy the complex flavor that has developed through the long process inside the mammals' digestive system. Finally, they pack the beans in fancy boxes. So, they can be ready to be shipped to other countries.
BONNE PETIT

4 comments:

Scott Douglas said...

That civet cat actually looks pretty cute, but I don't know if I would want to drink coffee that came out of it's poop!

joanna said...

These pictures about coffee really look nice. Although coffee is very pupular here, i still don't like it partly due to its taste.
Have a nice weekend, Duaa!

David Sun said...

yap i agree with Scott
maybe it will make me feel disgusted~~but who knows~
can u buy me this coffee ??hoho~

Li said...

...i don't really in those kind of luxury stuff~to be honest, the last second picture looks like something that is not considered as good~~DUAA DUA DWA~~IT'S really FUN TO CAll your name~i think murry enjoys calling your name either..