As a former barista, I can tell you the darker, stronger *tasting* coffee is actually going to have *less* caffeine than the lighter roasts. The reason it's darker & stronger tasting is the beans have been roasted longer, but the longer you roast the beans, the more oils (read caffeine) is actually removed. So if you want the strong caffeine content that's gonna keep you up at night, what you really want is a light roast 🤣🤣🤣
It was the only coffee that the native was allowed to consume during the colonial days. What a turn of event it is now that they're selling it back outside and people are paying high prices for it.
The upkeep for this coffee can be unstable as the beans need to be grown first, then processed through in some cases caged animals' digestive tracts, and then cleaned all over. It's an expensive process, hence the price. Also tourists buy so many pounds of it and is a huge export as well.
@@shaninejackman9395 luckily there are producers that source do source ethically. The problem is civets in the wild don't always eat cherries so it's tricky to find naturally sourced, but not impossible
Wow! I was not expecting that result! Lol I just ordered some of the Sumatra from Beca house so we can try it. :) thank you for the video. It was really fun and really well done.
@@sparkingthebliss Ever hear of the phrase. "Any publicity is good publicity"? Advertisements don't have to be superliminal always. If one person buys this coffee because of this video then it worked.
@@EdibleOutdoors I'm not so sure it applies to food though. Food ads have way more specificities to make people hungry. Not so sure people would line up for a widely known 'crappy tasting burger' over one they already heard tastes good.
I love Sumatra coffee and the best way to enjoy it is in a French Press because you get all the flavors and you can taste everything the coffee is grown around like Cinnamon and is also very earthy.
@@drift9993 yea that's what I'm saying (sorry misread your comment) I ment as he was drinking the coffee the bags of beans were in the order as the glasses
Just something I learned from class that I'd figured to share with everyone. The civet cat's diet has to be controlled to mostly, if not only, eat coffee cherries to produce a high quality luwak coffee. Nutritionally, this poses a problem for the civets-think of coffee cherries as desserts to the civets and, well, you wouldn't want to have chocolates for lunch, would you? The bottomline is that should you decide to get it, (1) you make hella sure (as said in the video) that you get it from a highly reputable source and (2) know that, either way, the civets are utilized to get these coveted products so at the very least be aware of what is happening behind the scenes. PS: This was discussed back in 2018 when I was in undergrad, thus some of my points may be outdated. If so, do correct me or inform me of anything, really. For example, I don't know how they do it at present (ethically, etc.). For me, it's all business at the end of the day so I admit that my suspicions are still there. Cheers!
Greeting's from indonesia, Those Luwak Coffe are expensive here as well, but every drop is worth it, but still everything is up to personal prefference's 😄
A Kopi Luwak cup of coffee is one of the most expensive in the world. As a coffee enthusiast I would like to try at least one cup to see why does it worth a lot of money.
Imagine being at a fancy tea party with some rich lady like the queen and she goes [Insert fancy British accent] Care fora cat dookie in your coffee sir? Tastes great with the crumpets 😀
“Café con doodoo” 🤣 ☕️💩 Fantastic episode! Very stimulating! Excellent b(ean)-roll footage and I love the coffee brewing montage - looks like Cory makes a mean cup of coffee! And Mark’s really cultivated a strong and flavorful on-camera presence! ☕️
I tried "Cat poop coffee" around 25 years ago when it became known to the world. I bought it from a gadget shop here in Sweden and back then it cost around $10 for 50 grams. This was before the producers started putting civets into small cages so it was still a proper product. I assume it was since the news about the mistreatment arrived several years later. I agree with your description of the taste. Surely I don''t remember the nuances as my memory wanes with time but as you say very mellow, almost a little boring with a small acidity. No poopy smell at all. Not far from tea as far as I can remember. Then again, where I live we're used to the more bitter stuff. Thanks for the episode and the trip down the memory lane!
Kopi Luwak actually has less acidity than regular coffee. Because the beans go through the animal's stomach, their stomach acid strips away the acidity and sharpness, creating a very basic and smooth coffee. It's very good coffee for people who don't like the taste of acidity, albeit expensive.
@@alainchiasson3176 as an indonesia there are two kind of coffe luwak farmers making coffe using the common capture and force feed them with coffe but some farmers like to go to the jungle and find there poop in the ground
Can you help me, I found a bug that has 2 body segments like an arachnid, 3 legs on each side, is hairy, pretty big, and I’m in Canada so what animal is it
I've been watching Brave Wilderness since 2015 and loved the chemistry between Coyote, Mark, and Mario during the earlier days. When Mark first started doing more hosting/in front of the camera work I didn't really watch his episodes. But they're growing on me. Gonna go subscribe to his channel!
Kopi luwak is so expensive precisely because it needs civets to digest and poop out the coffee beans. But scientists studying these animals have identified the natural enzymes in the animal's digestive system that seem to affect the coffee in such a delicious way, and companies now produce Kopi luwak-style coffee that does not involve animals but just adds an enzyme treatment of the coffee for a process that leads to a very similar taste. I have had both versions in Vietnam when I visited in 2009, and for the price difference I'd much rather get the synthetic version. The real Kopi luwak is indeed almost $1 a gram, so for a 20-ounce french press that would cost you about $50 just in raw coffee (2oz). If I could describe the taste: it's very intense and earthy, and I remember getting strong notes of chocolate. It's delicious and if you can try the real thing once I'd recommend it, but for more regular consumption the non-civet version is pretty close and much, much cheaper.
I cannot believe that you guys are promoting this type of coffee! Most manufacturers take civets out of the wild to collect these coffee beans! How can you guys endorse this and not even touch on the unethical parts of this product!? It's cruel and disgustingl! Especially since most people are only going to Google the type of coffee, and then go for the cheaper brand for the from the less ethical manufacturers!
I’m a big coffee drinker too. I’ve been wanting to try this for a while. Our favorite coffee is from caribou and la colom. I don’t know if that’s a thing in Cali. I know Caribough is the popular chain in the midwest.
I would love to try that coffe despite it being a light roast. I would likely brew it a bit longer in the water than most would just to get out every bit of flavor I can from it.
There’s a coffee brand that feeds coffee beans to elephants. ☕️ 🐘 The beans lose bitterness after passing through the elephant. When it comes out in the poop, they clean it off and use it for coffee!
