Kopi Luwak - Some Very Expensive Coffee

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A Luwak's Favorite Food - Freshly Ripened Coffee Cherries

In the 1990s a strange type of coffee entered North America. This special coffee has sold for as much as $600 per pound and a single cup of brewed Kopi Luwak coffee can sell for as much as $30. On the Indonesian island of Sumatra lives a civet-like creature called a Paradoxurus. The locals simply refer to this animal as a luwak. These small animals live in the trees and truly enjoy eating the red, ripe coffee cherries. Luwaks only eat the choicest, most perfectly matured coffee beans. As the coffee beans pass through the luwak's digestive system, they undergo a special chemical treatment that actually removes most of the bitterness from the coffee beans.