Where to Find Kopi Luwak in California: Bay Area to Los Angeles
Funnel Mill, on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, has served kopi luwak by appointment for years. The…
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Sulawesi Kopi Luwak: Indonesia’s Hidden Coffee Treasure
The Toraja highlands of Sulawesi rise to elevations where coffee cherries mature slowly under broken cloud cover, drawing…
Read ArticleSumatra Kopi Luwak: Regional Varieties and Farm Locations
Lake Toba, the volcanic caldera in North Sumatra, is 100 kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide — the…
Read ArticleKopi Luwak in the Netherlands: The Dutch Colonial Coffee Connection
In 1711, the first shipment of Javanese coffee crossed the Indian Ocean to Amsterdam aboard a VOC vessel,…
Read ArticleKopi Luwak Bean Defects and Quality Grading
The difference between exceptional kopi luwak and unremarkable kopi luwak is often decided before a single bean reaches…
Read ArticleKopi Luwak Fermentation: How Long Does It Take?
The transformation that makes kopi luwak distinctive happens in a window of roughly 12 to 36 hours —…
Read ArticleHow Kopi Luwak Beans Are Hand-Sorted
After the civet does its work and the beans are cleaned and dried, a skilled sorter sits down…
Read ArticleWhy Coffee Experts Disagree About Kopi Luwak
Tim Carman, writing for the Washington Post, called kopi luwak “one of the world’s most overhyped — and…
Read ArticleCoffee Tourism in Indonesia: Beyond Bali
Most visitors to Indonesia arrive in Bali, see a civet in a cage surrounded by tourist signage, pay…
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