Kopi Luwak/麝香貓咖啡來源

Kopi Luak or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee berries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet and other related civets. The civets eat the berries, but the beans inside pass through their system undigested.

Many consumers question whether civet coffee is safe and sanitary, and whether it contains e-coli bacteria. The civet is not known as a carrier of e-coli or other bacteria potentially dangerous to humans, and there is no public record of any illness conveyed by civet coffee. It is professed by producers that the enzymes in the digestive tract, as well as the rigorous washing and sun drying of the beans, help to eliminate bacteria, along with the high temperature roasting process, and that the coffee is entirely safe.

kopi luwak來源:世界上最昂貴的咖啡:kopi luwak,馬來文“Kopi”意指咖啡;而“Luwak”是一種俗稱「麝香貓」的樹栖野生動物。

Kopi Luwak原產自印尼群島的蘇門答臘、爪哇和蘇拉維西。麝香貓咖啡品種大部分是低海拔的Robusta,可見Luwak偏好Robusta麝香貓是一種夜行動物,夜裡特別活躍,尤其是凌晨時分,他們憑著自己敏銳的嗅覺,選擇咖啡樹上最成熟、最香甜、最飽滿的咖啡櫻桃食用;果實經過他們的消化系統過後,消化了果實外之果皮與果肉,內含之堅硬咖啡豆卻在他們的腸胃消化發酵期間,產生了微妙的變化,風味變得獨特有特色,是為人工加工發酵所無法完成的自然效果。整個處理過程中,我們飲用的是咖啡內的原豆,並無直接碰觸到麝香貓的排泄物;麝香貓排出的是含殼之原豆,處理過程為晒乾後去外殼,再以高溫烘焙咖啡生豆;最後才以各種不同的咖啡萃取法加以沖泡來享用。想要一嚐麝香貓咖啡?絕對可以放心一試。

麝香貓的“香”

印尼麝香的性器官附近有個腺體分泌白色油脂一直是香水業珍貴原料莎士比亞的劇作《李爾王》也有一句對白『請給我一點麝香的香油刺激我的靈感。』《引用自[萬歲][聯經出版˙韓懷宗譯]

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