Sumatran kopi luwak farmer shows beans prior to cleaning and roasting,
Kopi luwak (Indonesian pronunciation:ˈkopi ˈlu.ak), or civet coffee, is one of the world's most expensive and low-production varieties of coffee.
It is made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and other related civets, then passed through its digestive tract.A civet eats the berries for their fleshy pulp. In its stomach, proteolytic enzymes seep into the beans, making shorter peptides and more free amino acids. Passing through a civet's intestines the beans are then defecated, keeping their shape. After gathering, thorough washing, sun drying, light roasting and brewing, these beans yield an aromatic coffee with
A Vietnamese drip filter with the Highlands Coffee logo.
Highlands Coffee is a Vietnamese coffee shop chain and producer and distributor of coffee products, established in Hanoi by Vietnamese American David Thai in 1998. The founding of the Highlands Coffee company marked the first time an Overseas Vietnamese was able to register a private company within Vietnam. As of 2009, the company operated 80 coffee shops in six cities and provinces across Vietnam.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, David Thai, the company's founder, witnessed the rise of the Starbucks coffee chain from a small company in his hometown of Seattle to a multinational corporation. He later cited this as the inspiration behind the founding of Highlands Coffee, which first began operation in Hanoi in 1998. The company's initial registration marked the
Kopi tiam
kopitiam or kopi tiam is a traditional breakfast and coffee shop found in Southeast Asia. The word kopi is Malay for coffee (as borrowed and altered from the Portuguese) and tiam is the Hokkien dialect word for shop (店). Menus typically feature simple offerings: a variety of foods based on egg, toast, and kaya, plus coffee, tea, and Milo, a malted chocolate drink which is extremely popular in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore, Malaysia and Riau Islands (Indonesia)
Kopitiams (Indonesia: kedai kopi) especially in Batam just about the same with Singapore or Malaysia. Originally run by local Chinese peoples, it almost can be spotted in many residential area. An old-fashioned kopitiams usually located at shop houses, it look a bit run down. There are a lot food choices, you can eat wanton mee, char siew bao, bee hoon, laksa, char kway
Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) in Indonesia Arabica or Coffea arabica is a species of coffee first discovered and cultivated human beings until now. Coffee production worldwide is estimated to reach 70 percent of all types of coffee available. The area of coffee production in Indonesia is estimated around 1.3 million hectares, which spread from North Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. while the Arabica coffee is generally grown coffee farmers in Aceh, North Sumatra, South Sulawesi, Bali and Flores. Currently native Indonesia Arabica coffee has pretty good prospects for entering the
Coffee, a drink flavored processCoffee will undergo a long
series of processing of coffee beans for a coffee drink.Various methods of processing
coffee beans have been tried to produce the best coffee drinks. In this case, the investment
also played a part in creating a good coffee flavor.
Evergreen coffee plant
throughout the year and the white flowers that emit its own unique aroma.
This interest will then
produce fruit that is similar denganceri packs wrapped with a hard shell. The results of fertilization
in the flower is called the coffee bean. Harvesting coffee
