There's me running up a handful of monkeys coffee. It is the most expensive coffee in the world, which is traded at us with a few hundred euros per kilogram. It is commonly from Indonesia, that is, from Sumatra or Java, and is called Kopi Luwak. The monkeys are among the civets, but this may confuse, it is still a primate species that cat has only once not much in common. What is Kopi Luwak in Indonesia is, in the Philippines Alamid capes, ca phe chom in Vietnam and there are do not always monkeys the job. In India there are Resusaffen in parts of Southeast Asia a small Rotwildart, Muntjac deer eat the ripe coffee cherries and excrete the indigestible seeds, coffee bean, again. The excreted coffee beans are cleaned and made into coffee.
has, however, only the Kopi Luwak, the coffee plantations in wild monkeys, an economic importance. Since it may be assumed that the world production by only a few tons, the price is enormous. The high price in turn tempts the monkeys in the cage lock and forced to feed on coffee cherries to increase the yield and to facilitate the harvest. Because of malnutrition, life expectancy of these animals is very low, which ultimately leads back to a shortage of supply. Without monkeys no Kopi Luwak.
It is assume, given the enzymatic processes in the digestive tract of the monkeys the coffee its special flavor. The Kopi Luwak is to have a heavy body, low acidity and low bitterness. Meanwhile, try these chemical processes, without imitating the participation of animals.
To test the coffee, I was advised to apply Frenchpress method. The coffee is ground for relatively coarse, with former boiling water poured on three or four minutes left and pull through Presssieb the brew from the coffee grounds separately. Since I always drink my coffee but only from an espresso machine I have in this case the familiar path chosen. To have a reference, I've used next to the Kopi Luwak another Assagay and a commercial brand espresso.
Here it is:
monkeys coffee from Sumatra. Roasted very dark, and an undefined mixture of Arabica and Robusta beans, as the monkeys require in this mixed plantation can not which varieties are edible of coffee cherries.
For reference:
also very dark roasted coffee Assagay from Durban in South Africa. Here, too, no information was provided about the coffee bean.
European brand coffee: Lavazza
A classic blend for the mass market. Usually a mix of Robusta and Arabica varieties of different growing regions. On the lighter color, the lighter roast is clearly visible.
all varieties at a glance: Left to right, monkey, Assagay, and Lavazza.
And again: All Ground varieties. They all smell very pleasant, of freshly ground coffee. From the series of stings Assagay blazing with his already "burnt" flavor.
pulled The seven grams of coffee than espresso. The right Lavazza Caffe Crema crema, the obvious, what was to be expected. Finally, his extra sorting is resting on them. I will not attempt here to describe the coffee flavors. All three are good edible. My two reference varieties taste like expected. The dark roasted Assagay is slightly more bitter than the mild Lavazza. And actually differs also, the dark roasted Kopi Luwak coffee monkeys significantly different from the two varieties. He is hardly bitter and has virtually no acid. After several attempts sticks this absolute lack of acid as the most noticeable feature of the monkeys coffee. I like and makes me believe that in the enzymatic reaction in the digestive tract of the monkey must be something to it. Whether that justifies the price that must be answered for himself. I prefer a fair trade coffee, which does not have to be sorted. Important to me a good crema, a thick, spicy flavor without a lot of bitterness and a balanced acidity.
Related links: pictures monkeys coffee
University of Guelph
Related links: pictures monkeys coffee
University of Guelph
