The coffee comes from the islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. It is not strictly the exotic location that makes these beans worth their weight in gold-it is how they are processed.
There is a small marsupial called the paradoxurus, a tree-dwelling animal that is part of the Civit family originally thought of by the natives as a pest climbing among the coffee trees eating only the ripest, reddest coffee cherries.
It was discovered that the coffee cherries when excreted, came through the digestion process intact.
It seems that the enzymes in the stomach of the animals added a unique flavor to the beans through fermentation that made a highly-prized coffee.
Kopiluwak is the name of one of the rarest coffees in the world now available in Canada in limited supply only at Pusateri‚ Fine Foods in Toronto at $480/lb.
SOLD IN 1/4 lb $120.
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