Coffee Processing Methods Explained
In Ethiopia’s Yirgacheffe district, where wild coffee plants grow as they have for centuries, two neighboring farms producing…
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How kopi luwak is made
How Is Kopi Luwak Made? Step-by-Step Process Explained
Before the first cup of kopi luwak can be brewed, someone has to walk a forest path at…
Read ArticleGreen Kopi Luwak Beans: The Home Roasting Guide
First crack in a home coffee roaster sounds like popcorn — a rapid series of snaps as steam…
Read ArticleComplete Guide to Animal-Processed Coffees: Beyond Kopi Luwak
In the Golden Triangle of northern Thailand, a Canadian named Blake Dinkin spent years trying to solve a…
Read ArticleBat-Processed Coffee from Costa Rica: How Saliva Makes Better Coffee
On coffee farms in Costa Rica’s Tarrazú and Central Valley regions, short-tailed fruit bats (Carollia perspicillata) spend their…
Read ArticleMonkey Spit Coffee from Guatemala: Another Animal-Processed Alternative
In the cloud forests above Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, coffee farmers have discovered something that has happened with remarkable consistency…
Read ArticleFlores Island Kopi Luwak: Small-Batch Indonesian Production
Flores is the Indonesian island where Komodo dragons still roam, where the three-colored volcanic lakes of Kelimutu change…
Read ArticleOptimal Roasting Temperature for Kopi Luwak Beans
A roastmaster in Yogyakarta who has been roasting kopi luwak since 1998 uses a drum roaster loaded to…
Read ArticleWhen Is Kopi Luwak Harvested? Indonesia’s Coffee Season Guide
Java typically runs one month behind Sumatra. That sentence, simple as it sounds, determines everything about when authentic…
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