The prestigious kopi luwak coffee, which is extracted from coffee beans digested by civets and expelled in their feces, goes on sale in the form of capsules for Nespresso machines. The pack of 10 doses costs 100 euros.
The young company Halo Coffee, founded by a former Nespresso executive, is positioned with this launch compatible with the coffee giant’s machines in the Olympus of premium coffee in capsule format. Kopi luwak is the most expensive and exotic coffee in the world and is characterized by its exotic earthy flavor, its intensity and a hint of caramel or chocolate.
Halo’s version, Kopi Luwak Diamond, is sourced from certified wild plantations in the Gayo region of Indonesia, and its flavor is characterized by notes of buttery dark chocolate, roasted macadamia, fried banana and tropical lychee. According to the company, tasting this coffee is “an opportunity to enjoy 170 years of history in each cup and share our journey.”
However, the objective of this company has not only been to encapsulate the best coffee in the world, but also to make the so fashionable capsule coffee less harmful to the environment thanks to the fact that it uses a mixture of natural and biodegradable fibers to manufacture the wrapper. of each single dose.
kopi luwak coffee
It is the most expensive and exotic coffee in the world that is obtained from coffee cherries that have been ingested, digested and excreted by the civet.
This small marsupial feeds on the fruits of the coffee tree, of which it only digests the fleshy part of the fruit, leaving the coffee beans intact. In the subsequent digestion process of the animal, the grains change their flavor. Next, the feces that are collected by the locals are washed and lightly roasted so as not to spoil the complex flavors that have been created in digestion.
No more than 700 kilos are produced per year, its price rises to 1,000kg per kilo since the civet only eats ripe cherries at night and the harvest does not last more than three months.
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