Coffee made from the half-digested beans found in civet droppings, the world’s most expensive at $770 a kg in London, is for the first time ever being farmed. This is not necessarily a good thing for connoisseurs:
Experts say the flavour relies on the civet’s finicky feeding habits and varied diet to create the enzymes that enrich fermentation of the beans, so caged animals would produce a different coffee.
Demand is being driven, in part, by the Indonesian market:
But now that Indonesia’s highest Islamic authority has certified the brew as no longer “haram“, or banned for Muslims, in the world’s most populous Muslim nation — so long as the beans are well washed — producers, including Perkebunan Nusantara XII, are eyeing a bigger market.
Has anybody enjoyed a cup of civet-processed coffee? I’ve never seen even the beans, would love to try it.
Drinkers of world’s most expensive coffee fear change to careful process - The Globe and Mail
