![]() ![]() This is clearly animal cruelty, and it is disturbing. On such farms, they live in captivity under malnutrition and unsanitary conditions. They started keeping the civet cats in cramped cages where they were exclusively fed coffee cherries even though the natural diet of wild civets includes other fruits, insects, and small reptiles. The disturbing truth behind some Kopi Luwak farmsīecause coffee farmers can sell it at high prices, they looked for a way to get more Kopi Luwak beans. Drinking a cup of Kopi Luwak is a special treat, which is what life is all about. ![]() Yes, you should definitely add it to your bucket list (as Jack Nicholson did in his movie) and try it if you get a chance. Well, if you are comparing it to a generally good quality coffee, I would have to say no, it is not worth 10x the price. So yes, you probably won’t make Kopi Luwak your regular morning cup of coffee… Is Kopi Luwak worth the price? If you can find it in a cafe, the price of a cup of farmed Kopi Luwak will be around The price of a single cup of kopi luwak coffee is around $35a, with the wild variety costing about $100. I’ll talk more about this later.įarmed Kopi Luwak costs $50 per pound, with wild-collected Kopi Luwak reaching $600 per pound. These are the beans collected in the wild.Ĭoffee farmers have started keeping Luwaks in cages and feeding them coffee cherries, which increases their farmed yield. The total “natural” harvest of Kopi Luwak per year varies between just 200 – 300 kilos. ![]() You have probably heard that this coffee is one of the most expensive in the world.
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