Why is the organic Kopi Luwak so special & the most expensive coffee?

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All about  *Kopi Luwak* - The most expensive Coffee in the World!

The keyword in this sense is animal friendly and “authentic“, which means it’s coffee cherries have been eaten, digested and excreted by wild living and non-caged civet cat, collected by farmers and sold to roasters to prepare for human consumption. The potential in selling of kopi Luwak is high, which allures alot business people trying to skim the market with wicked methods:

Around 70% of kopi luwak coffee or civet coffee available at coffee stores and the Internet is NOT 100% pure kopi luwak and sometimes it does not contain anything of the genuine coffee. Mark Prince of the popular industry forum Coffee Geek has stated, “There is probably 5,000 percent more kopi luwak sold each year than there is actually produced; production of the legit stuff runs less than 5,000 pounds per year. Why? Because there’s lots of snake oil salesmen packaging up plain Jane inferior commodity grade Indonesian coffees under this banner and trying to get $300 per pound for it.” If you need a detail explanation of the fake potential of kopi luwak, we recommend reading “Don’t Buy kopi luwak Coffee Before You Read This Book”, which gives some great advices. The “Fake” seller try to sell the “most expensive coffee” for a high price with low producing costs.

Coffee is considered to be one of the most soothing types of beverage. It is very popular with people of all ages, especially to those who require an energy boost. Coffee is also one of the most common produces of many different countries all around the globe. Nowadays, coffee is available in many different varieties, with variations in terms of quality, taste, and flavor. However, these qualities are not the only ones that set them apart from each other; there is also the price that you have to pay for to be able to enjoy them.

If you are a coffee-drinker and lover, it’ll be good to know about the most expensive types of coffee in the world. If you thought that your current brand of coffee is already expensive, think again, as the cheapest of these already come with a price of $24 a pound. Here is a rundown of the 10 most expensive coffee in the world.

The prices are very mixed and different !

Even though Kopi Luwak it is not exactly a variety of coffee, but more a form of processing, it is called one of the most expensive coffees. Its retail price in the world can reach 550 € or $700 per kilogram, following the Black Ivory coffees’ price of 850 € or $1100 per kilogram.

In the Philippines a collector is paid with approximately $20 per kilogram of Kopi Luwak coffee.
You can find a cheaper type of kopi luwak coffee, the farmed kopi luwak considered, by connoisseurs, low-graded, and the price starts from $100 per kilogram in the Indonesian supermarkets. You can still consider it expensive if you compare it with a high quality arabica coffee, five times its price.

It is very difficult to purchase genuine kopi luwak from wild civets and then to prove it is not fake. For example, there is a local cheap coffee brand named „luwak” that sells its coffee at $3 per kilogram, but they occasionally sell it online under the name of „kopi luwak” at a higher price.

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The Englishman coffee expert, Tony Wild, read in 1981, an article in the National Geographic Magazine and from there began a step-by-step promotion of the kopi luwak coffee, so that in the ’90s it reached to be a luxury product in some cafes.
It was and it remains one of the most expensive coffees in the world.

Should the average working Joe buy Kopi Luwak coffee ?

If you can`t imagine a normal morning without a cup of coffee, then you should dring this type of coffee at least once in your life. The price is pretty high for a normal family budget, so be sure not to make it a habbit of drinking this beverage.

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