The raccoon coffee is the product of the civet cat. The civet cat eats the coffee beans from the farm. Since the coffee beans are hard, the civet's stomach can't digest it and it is excreted. The coffee beans that pass through the digestive system of the civet cat become more fragrant. This type of coffee is concentrated in Vietnam and Indonesia. It produces less and is expensive.
As a small producer of raccoon coffee, Vietnamese like to ask foreign friends to drink raccoon coffee. Of course, after waiting for the guests to finish drinking and praising the unique taste, they will tell the production process of this coffee, for fear that people would not dare to drink after listening first and miss a chance to taste Vietnam's finest coffee.
The raccoon coffee, literally meaning "coffee made from the coffee beans excreted by the civet's excrement," certainly sounds hard to pin down, but the actual process is indeed the case.
Sass made Chinese civet cats to be destroyed by humanity, but Indonesian coffee lovers continue to enjoy a “civet coffee†made from coffee beans that claim to have been excreted through civet cats. The Associated Press refers to a saying in Southeast Asia: “The civet cat specifically categorizes the most mature coffee and fruit. Its internal enzymes break down the pulp of the coffee fruit and then discharge the coffee beans. Workers collect the coffee beans and wash the stools. A beverage that makes coffee lovers hard to resist.â€
Although critics have pointed out that this type of coffee is only a "completely unproven market gimmick," Susanto, who owns three stylish coffee shops in Indonesia, still claims to sell coffee with mixed civet and regular coffee beans. His coffee shop is also known as "civet coffee".
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In Vietnam, the world’s second-largest coffee-growing country, a brand called “Coffee†claims to contain civet coffee beans; in the Philippines, “Old Manila Coffee House†has sold civet coffee for a few years. Gradually decline. The store pointed out that some guests think that Civet coffee can stimulate eroticism and have a strong coffee flavor, unlike ordinary coffee.
Civet coffee beans are expensive in the international market, and some US-based online providers are priced at US$325 (about SGD 553) per kg.