The popularity of Kopi Luwak has spread in different areas of Indonesia. Such areas of Indonesia include coffee plantations especially those plantations that are situated near the forest where civets often wander and dwell. Basically, Kopi Luwak is collected and gathered by the hands even to these days. They are gathered from the nature – the precious droppings that come from the civets.
When it comes to the number of kopi Luwak ever produced in a specific season, this simply relies on the abundance of coffee berries in a particular harvest season and the population of civets thriving in that particular area. The more civets there are, the more droppings the farmers will collect. This simply indicates that the production of Kopi Luwak simply depends on the nature and the production quantity is actually unpredictable.
Kopi Luwak is widely produced in the islands of Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java, and Bali. Kopi Luwak has become very popular in all f our corners of the world that is why in every country they have something to call it deriving from its name. Kopi Luwak is called Motit Coffee in the cordillera regions in the Philippines and Kape Alamid in the Tagalog regions. It is called Kafe Laku in East Timor. Other names include Civet Coffee, Weasel Coffee, and many others.
The production of kopi Luwak is difficult and rare so it has earned its reputation as the world’s most expensive coffee. This was also true even the colonial times.
Kopi is actually Indonesian word for coffee and Luwak is what people call to Asian civets in Sumatra and Jojor, Malaysia. These animals are categorized as frugivorous, meaning they are animals that feed on pulpy fruits and berries like figs and palm fruits. These animals also feed on ripe fruits, tiny insect, small vertebrates, and seeds.
The early production of kopi Luwak started when civet droppings were gathered in the wilderness where civets would defecate as their means in marking their territories. For those farmers who are raising civets for the purpose of gathering civet coffees, they usually put the civets in mc ages and/or allow them to roam in the coffee plantation within specific boundaries.
When these civets are allowed to roam around the coffee plantation or are fed with ripe coffee berries, these animals will only digest the fruit pulp. The undigested coffee beans are soon released from their bodies in the form of droppings and defecation. People who gather and collect these droppings often find them .in clumps with their shapes still intact or sometimes still covered with the coffee berries’ inner layers.
Once these civet droppings are gathered and collected, they undergo thorough washing and thorough drying under the sun. When the coffee beans are completely dried, they undergo roasting process which oh is of ten done over low to moderate heat. This process of roasting will bring out the real flavor and aroma of Kopi Luwak.
Production of Civet Coffee or Kopi Luwak is as rare as that so every single dropping really counts to make a pound.