{"id":1795,"date":"2019-07-26T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coffee-spirit.maxicoffee.com\/article\/kopi-luwak-coffee\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T15:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T14:39:42","slug":"kopi-luwak-coffee","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.coffee-spirit.maxicoffee.com\/en-gb\/article\/kopi-luwak-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Kopi Luwak : the most expensive coffee in the world but the less ethical!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What is Kopi Luwak?<\/h2>\n

When a\u00a0coffee <\/strong>costs more than vanilla or gold, you have to wonder what the fuss is about! Well, get ready for an exciting little story: the beans go through the digestive tube then through the intestines of a small, cute & greedy animal who loves coffee cherries. Yes, it is from the excrement of Asian palm civets that you get the “black gold” ready to become your coffee!<\/p>\n

The result? No more bitterness and a tasty cup of coffee with character. But nothing worth the inflated prices (a 1 kg bag can still reach between \u00a3180 to \u00a3380).<\/p>\n\n <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For or against Kopi Luwak coffee?<\/h2>\n

Since the beginning of\u00a0MaxiCoffee<\/strong>, we have always refused to sell Kopi Luwak coffee\u00a0<\/strong>for simple reasons we are about to explain. Before\u00a0Kopi Luwak coffee\u00a0<\/strong>got in the spotlight, the fermentation process it became famous for wasn’t a bad idea in itself. This method reduces bitterness which can be attractive to coffee drinkers. But the business built around this\u00a0coffee\u00a0<\/strong>is something we do not like because it has unfortunately led to a mass exploitation of cute catlike animals called civets.<\/p>\n\n <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Today, Asian palm civets are caged and their diet is too often reduced to low quality coffee cherries<\/strong>, at that’s it. In the name of a lucrative business, the well-being of these small animals is forgotten and quality is not even there anymore. However, prices are still ridiculous and\u00a0Kopi Luwak coffee producers\u00a0<\/strong>keep praising this coffee\u00a0<\/strong>for its quality and its exceptional rarity. It is now up to you to do your own research and judge for yourself. Offering\u00a0Kopi Luwak coffee <\/strong>would mean supporting this ruthless industry and here at\u00a0MaxiCoffee<\/a>, we refuse to do it. We prefer promoting real specialty coffees<\/a>, coffees we think are much better, coffees respectful of the planet and all its residents.<\/p>\n\n <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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