Kopi Luwak. In Indonesian, kopi means "coffee", and luwak means "gullible tourist". I went to this coffee farm yesterday. I followed a winding gravel path through the jungle, though looking closely, most of the jungle plants were planted in rows, and along the path were labels like in a solarium. They grow coffee beans, vanilla beans, and cacao beans. They also grow lemons, lemon grass, ginger, and ginseng, and they use all these to make coffees and teas for export, all organic.
The piece de resistance is the kopi luwak. A special expert picks the best of the Bali coffee beans. This expert is a mongoose. The mongoose is a coffee connoisseur. Give him a bowl of Bali coffee beans and he will eat only the best ones. These chosen beans travel through the mongoose, the digestive tract removes the fruit of the bean and the seed portion comes out the other end where it is reharvested, cleaned and roasted, and sold for an obscenely premium price. Here at the the farm it was $5 a cup and it was delicious.
By the way, did you know, there are 6000 species of coffee. Some coffee beans are male and some are female. The males have a stronger flavor.
Balinese coffee is ground fine and made like hot chocolate. No filter or press or perk. Just pour hot water into a cup with a spoonful of ground coffee and stir. Umm.
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