What is Cat Shit coffee made of? Is Cat Shit coffee really Cat Shit
4hw.com.cn: cat excrement coffee is a famous coffee. Many people wonder how cat excrement can be made into coffee? Cat excrement coffee is actually the coffee beans discharged by civet after eating coffee fruit. It can be understood that the Baba pulled out by honey after eating pollen is honey. Let's learn some common sense about cat excrement coffee!
Many people believe that cat excrement coffee is unlikely to be a cat's cake. In this regard, Mr. Zhu Guang, a certified senior coffee appraiser of the European boutique coffee association, said that cat excrement coffee is indeed a civet's stool. Civet also has a more grounded name called 'civet'. In the mature season of coffee fruit, the wild civet will quietly run to the coffee field to eat coffee fruit. In the instinct of biology, it will choose the sweetest coffee fruit. Therefore, the coffee fruit selected by civet is of higher quality than that selected by the most experienced coffee picker. After passing through the civet's stomach, the pulp and pectin of coffee are digested, and the endocarp and coffee beans are excreted. This kind of coffee beans refined by biological intestinal fermentation and coffee beans refined by conventional artificial fermentation will have slightly different flavor due to different fermentation processes.
He stressed that the taste and quality of coffee are mainly determined by the key steps of coffee variety, planting, refining, baking and extraction. The difference of cat excrement coffee is that the picking process and refining process of planting are different from the conventional way. The variety of coffee and other planting processes are still determined by the coffee farm. In other words, if Robusta coffee is planted on the farm, even if it is selected and refined by civet, this coffee will never have the characteristics of Arabica coffee. If the quality of coffee planted is guaranteed and selected and refined by civet, it is really good. He added, 'at present, the number of wild civets is very small. In early 2010, we bought raw beans of cat excrement coffee from Indonesia. At that time, the officially certified cat excrement coffee was only 40 kg per year, 1 kg per bag, with a number on the bag, and the price was really expensive. The tasting conclusion is that the cat excrement coffee we got is high-quality Robusta coffee. It has a mellow taste, strong wheat flavor and rich flavor. It can be called the best. "
In 2003, this coffee was mentioned in the famous American talk show (Oprah Winfrey Show), which made it famous. In the 2008 Oscar best picture bucket list, Morgan Freeman told his friend that civet coffee was extracted from cat stool. Seeing the embarrassing expression of his friend obsessed with civet coffee, Freeman realized a last wish: laugh to tears. So far, coffee fans know that there is a rare coffee that challenges their psychological barriers - civet coffee (i.e. Cat Shit coffee).
Mr. Zhu Guang said: 'since about 2012, a cat shit coffee fever has sprung up in China, and the demand has soared. At present, no matter in Indonesia or other countries and regions, the vast majority of cat excrement coffee is mass produced by artificially raising civets and feeding its coffee fruit. As a result, civet has no chance to choose coffee fruit freely. This reminds me of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs loved by the people. It is said that many hairy crabs are raised outside Yangcheng Lake. Before they go on the market, they take a bath in Yangcheng Lake (raising them for a few days), and then their value doubles. The two are similar. They both sell their credibility cheaply. In the face of huge interest temptation, it is difficult to imagine how wild civets survive. With the hot frying of cat excrement coffee, wild civets must be caught clean. Therefore, cat excrement coffee on the market today, even if it is pulled by a live cat, is only the excreta of animals deprived of their liberty in a cage. The quality should not be generalized, but the quality has nothing to do with cats'.
For many people, coffee is a culture. Coffee represents the quality of life. Mr. Zhu Guang finally stressed, "if we just treat coffee as a beverage and put aside the excessive gift packaging, we have two ways to judge the quality of coffee. First, industry standards; Second, self perception. In terms of industry standards, the American fine Coffee Association (SCAA), coffee excellence cup (COE) and other organizations have formulated many scoring standards. Those coffee beans that win awards and score high (such as 90 +) are recognized as fine coffee in the industry. Secondly, human taste systems vary greatly. For example, the number of taste buds on the tongue of different people can vary by 10 times. Different innate and acquired eating habits will also make everyone have different sensitivity to different tastes. Therefore, we should find and believe our feelings and experience the beauty brought by the subtle and rich flavor of fine coffee. It is not necessary to pursue excessively whether it is' Cat Shit 'or' elephant shit '.