SUMATRAN KOPI LUWAK COFFEE

This is certified 100% wild Kopi Luwak coffee. After the controversy surrounding the emergence of the market of farmed, caged civet coffee some years ago this certification, which we had always carried to guarantee our supply, became very important. Our supplier uses an accredited certification standard for wild, ethically-sourced Kopi Luwak in consultation with leading proponents of animal welfare, the World Animal Protection organization and food-certification experts. This rare coffee is selected and partially processed by a civet. In actual fact, the civet eats the ripe cherries from bushes growing wild in the rainforest where its digestive juices do the job of removing the fruit from the pulp and silver skin that surrounds the coffee bean. It is believed that in eating only the ripe cherries the Luwak makes the same selection one would make in picking the best coffee beans. Also, the enzymes in the stomach are thought to help in creating a smooth coffee. After it is digested it is then collected from the forest floor by workers who finish the processing by hand. It has a distinctive character similar to that of 'aged' coffees from Java, Sumatra or India and a rich, fruity flavour. It has a full, heavy almost syrupy body, low acidity, with notes of chocolate, caramel, molasses, hazelnut, fig and dates. The location where our Kopi Luwak is found is in the same area where our Sumatran Tiger Mountain is produced in the Gayo highlands of Indonesia's province of Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra. This a must for the serious coffee fanatic or the person who has tried everything else! We were one of the first to offer this coffee in the U.K.