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Kopi Luwak: The World's Most Famous Expensive Coffee

Kopi Luwak is Bali's most famous coffee and the most expensive coffee in the world. Tourists visiting Bali rarely miss the Kopi Luwak factories, because every taxi driver on the island, even if it means a detour, a traffic jam, or a delay, will steer visitors into one for a tour and earn a little extra income.

If I hadn't come to Bali, I would never have known Kopi Luwak existed. A small 100-gram package costs over 40 US dollars, an extraordinarily high price. For someone like me, who finds even a Starbucks coffee expensive, it is completely out of reach.

Kopi Luwak beans are coffee beans that have been eaten raw by the Asian palm civet, passed through its digestive system, and then excreted in its feces, because the civet cannot digest or absorb them.

According to the factory staff, fresh coffee beans grow on the coffee trees like this.

As for how Indonesians actually find these excreted beans out in the bushes, the Indonesians themselves never explained clearly, and I didn't dare ask too loudly. The tour really only shows visitors the beans before they were eaten by the civet, and then the carefully selected, cleaned beans. Everything in between is skipped, jumping straight to the semi-finished product. Factory staff love customers who never quite understand the whole process and stay confused from beginning to end.

Because Kopi Luwak's production is extremely limited, its price is very high. There are probably not many privileged people who can taste it often and drink a cup every day. How precious is the flavor? Fans of Kopi Luwak say it is exceptionally rare and worth the price. People with a mental block, however, simply cannot bring themselves to drink it, no matter how good or how expensive they know it to be.

Everything here is done by hand, and the beans are roasted on site as well. That little pot is probably worth one or two hundred US dollars! I really worried they would use too much heat and burn the beans.

Kopi Luwak Bean Brand Recommendations

FrontStreet Coffee's roasted wild Kopi Luwak beans come with full guarantees in both brand and quality. More importantly, they offer extremely high value for money: a 100-gram package costs only around 250 yuan. At 15 grams per single-origin serving, one package makes 6 cups, with each cup costing only 40-50 yuan. Compared with coffee shops that often charge over 100 yuan per cup, that is excellent value.

FrontStreet Coffee is a roastery in Guangzhou with a small shop but a diverse bean selection, where you can find both famous and lesser-known beans. Online store: https://shop104210103.taobao.com

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If Indonesia's most talked-about coffee has brought you this far, FrontStreet Coffee's Sumatran lineup is the natural next stop. FrontStreet Mandheling comes from the Lintong region around Lake Toba and is wet-hulled in the classic local style, so the beans carry the herbal and spice notes that process is known for. Roasted medium-dark to show off the traditional profile, it is low in acidity and full in body, with caramel, dark chocolate, and toasted bread aromas and a long, sweet finish.

For something more refined, FrontStreet PWN Golden Mandheling sits at the top of the range. PWN screens only specialty-grade Mandheling, and the beans are sorted to a strict standard before roasting, producing sandalwood, herbal, spice, roasted hazelnut, caramel, and dark chocolate notes with a clean, rich, and layered character that works as well for everyday drinking as it does for gifting.

Both are wet-hulled Sumatran coffees, so treat them the way you would any traditional dark-roast style: keep the water temperature on the lower side and the grind a touch coarse, and the cup stays mellow and sweet rather than sharp.