Oddly the package states Peaberry, but the beans inside didn't resemble any peaberry I have ever seen.
I just received a small bag of Kopi Luwak, affectionately known as cat poop coffee based on the fact that the coffee cherries are processed in the guts of Indonesian civet cats. First, I should say, I don’t condone the purchase of Kopi Luwak. In response to recent media-assisted popularity, this grossly over-priced bean has fueled a new industry of civet farms in which the cats are kept under truly deplorable and cruel conditions. That aside, this coffee is really no better than reasonable priced beans processed in more traditional fashion. Don’t believe the hype. Kopi Luwak may have a compelling story, but that is all it is. We tasted this coffee next to our own wash processed Bali beans. Granted we didn’t roast
the Kopi Luwak (and it wasn’t roasted well), but there wasn’t even a hint of the complexity present in our in-house roasted Bali.
- The roast is light, too light in my opinion. The overwhelming flavor is an astringent woodiness with no real depth or layers.
