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Hi all Coffee expert,

I wish to ask some question regarding coffee, i not sure my understanding is true or i have wrong info.

1. Blue Mountain coffee expensive because limited supply and the price so expensive because of HongKong people causing it so expensive. It not the best coffee in the world but more just like branded bean only.

2. Kopi luwak mostly we get is not the real wild kopi luwak. Most of them sell to super rich middle east king and VVIP. If really wish to try kopi luwak, need to go to indonesia and find local people pick for you. I hear that the 1 of the coffee shop in Penang boss flight to Indonesia yearly to get the kopi luwak him self by getting local people to collect for him and ship the bean back to penang to roast it him self. Limited cup available for sell and cost RM50 per cup (5 years ago price).

What i know also hear from other.
I personally never try before but the person tell me all this tried it before at penang as the boss of the coffee shop is his friend.

The person who tell me this say Kopi Luwak is really a nice coffee if it meet certain criteria:-
1. Must be wild - So the Civet cat know which is the best bean to eat among all the coffee tree in that huge area. Their digestion system is better than caged civet.
2. Expensive - because the Civet cat only pass out the bean with shit in the timing between 3 to 5 am. Indonesia is a tropical country and rain a lot. So when the civet cat processed bean contact with water, it will spoil. So the job to collect the bean is super super super hard as the cat run across the whole forest.
3. Many fake, caged civet car or civet cat farm that actually unable to produce the best bean. That why many people unable to drink the authentic Kopi Luwak.
4. The best way to enjoy Kopi Luwak is by direct roast it, smash it and boil direct. No filter or western style.


Many of the expensive item price jacked up HongKie. Item that i know:-
1. Pu-er tea
2. Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Bean
3. Red Wine
4. Abalone
5. Bird Nest
6. The list still going on.........