<center>Hello my Steemit friends!</center> 

<center>Welcome back to @progressivechef page! I hope everyone is having a great start of the weekend!</center> 

<center>In Mauritius it is actually the winter season and since some days it has been continuously raining! Hmmm this kind of weather really makes you wanna have some hot coffee at any given time! </center>

<center>**Coffee!!!** Yes this could be a great idea and make my post around this today! **Coffee!!!** 
What you say friends!?</center>

<center>![black-coffee-cinnamon-free-hd-wallpapers.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPyf9EqQkqW91pgvavoTRwTVna2xCWBxmYXGbZVPq2ijr/black-coffee-cinnamon-free-hd-wallpapers.jpg)
[Source](http://hdfreewallpaper.net/coffee-hd-wallpaper-free-download/)</center>

<center>But I don't want to write a post with all the history behind this amazing drink or describe it's benefits , I think all this have already been written before! </center>

<center>Today I am mostly interested in investigating and discovering the **World's Most Expensive Coffee!** Do you guys know what is the most expensive one? Are you ready to discover this unique coffee?</center> 

<center>So let's check it out! 

*** **KOPI LUWAK** ***
![kopi-luwak-what-makes-the-coffee-the-most-expensive-in-the-world.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbpPFt3SrvJziXUMn3sZqW8voeTdNiU1HbT8J3ERzLAvr/kopi-luwak-what-makes-the-coffee-the-most-expensive-in-the-world.jpg)
[Source](http://www.documentarytube.com/articles/kopi-luwak-what-makes-the-coffee-the-most-expensive-in-the-world)</center>

You must be asking yourself what the hell is that animal doing next to this lovely cup of coffee! Well my dear friends, without this animal, this special coffee would not have existed! Read further to understand their role in making the world's most expensive coffee! 

**Kopi Luwak** also known as **Civet Coffee** is actually the most expensive coffee in the world! You have to spend around $600 for a pound of this coffee and if you have a cup in a restaurant be ready to spend approx. $35-$100 per cup! 

![civet2.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWduy8CfuY28qayqm6cfM5rZs4UmySdcLNhW67m9StZYU/civet2.jpg)
[Source](http://www.buesbalitours.com/full-day-tours/bedugul-tanah-lot)

**Kopi Luwak** is made from eaten and defecated coffee cherries by the **Asian Palm Civet!** You heard it right, it is made from this animal poo!!!

The **Asian Palm Civet** just love coffee cherries, and they pick up the most ripened ones and eat them. During the digestive process, the flesh of the coffee cherries is removed but the beans are not digested!

Some 24 or 36 hours after that the civet cats have eaten the coffee beans, they defecate them.

![coffee.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbpbRbvktdJooyaKbR4F9FZbj9j8MmjU6gGfbcrnA8UFN/coffee.jpg)
[Source](http://wvxu.org/post/now-test-can-tell-if-your-pricey-cup-cat-poop-coffee-fake)

Later on, farmers pick up these civet cats poop and before sending them to a processing factory, they separate the beans from the feces, wash and dry the beans in the sun! 
To produce approximately 4 pounds of kopi luwak coffee, farmers need 22 pounds of defecated beans! 
The process to make this coffee is really a long one! 

![luwak.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYmTSHcZ4ciJ2Hymfb85xx83nTvVMkfYqAx4VMJ7LiEWV/luwak.jpg)
[Source](https://www.travelgluttons.com/food-postcard-kopi-luwak-civet-coffee/) 

After the drying process, the farmers remove the outer skin and put the beans into wooden mortar and pound them. After the pounding, farmers sort out the beans to damaged and beans ready for roasting. Then sent to factory until it reaches the market! 

![317cfab9be066622357749e6a2197fed.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYigiaRyHsSZfJcx5jpWuhnSXdWwuPnotAAa5JBJY71Xw/317cfab9be066622357749e6a2197fed.jpg)

**Kopi Luwak** represents only 1% of the world coffee production! The rarity and taste has usually been associated with the product's high price!

It is produced mainly on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago. 
It is also widely gathered in the forest or produced in the farms in the islands of the Philippines and in East Timor

**Have you ever tasted this coffee?**

![coffee-photography-hd-wallpaper-1920x1200-28197.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeS1qGW45wKMkLiSVDfAPtWgwX79825hPt1nfFMgcYVKb/coffee-photography-hd-wallpaper-1920x1200-28197.jpg)
[Source](http://jualkopirobustadanarabika.blogspot.com/)

So here we are guys, we discovered this unique coffee together! I hope you really enjoyed the journey along with me!

Please comment below about your views or let us know if you have ever tasted **Kopi Luwak.**

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@progressivechef