Kopi Luwak

It costs USD1000 a kg!!!! Which comes to about $50 a cup of coffee.. It comes from the island of Sumatra and it is the world's most expensive coffee. Why the sudden interest in this coffee?? I was watching Border Security on Channel 7 and someone came into Australia with this coffee. What caught my attention was not how much it costs, it's how the coffee beans are prepared. Apparently, these coffee cherries are the favourite food of the little mammals, known as luwaks which live in the trees. They eat the cherries, bean and all. The cherries go through the animal's digestive system, fleshy parts digested leaving the beans which then exits. The beans are then collected, cleaned, then roasted and ground like any other coffee.This produces coffee that is said to be like no other. It has a 'rich, heavy flavour with hints of caramel or chocolate'. Fancy a cuppa?? I may be a coffee addict but I don't think I am that adventurous :-)

You can read more of this special coffee, and see images of how the coffee beans are prepared in this website :www.animalcoffee.com