By: Dr. Ripudaman Singh (Special Correspondent ICN Group) & Hemant Kumar ( Agriculture Correspondent ICN Group)
Civet coffee, a drink of the elite consumed widely in the Gulf nations and Europe, sell for Rs 20,000-25000/kg abroad.
NEW DELHI: India, Asia’s third largest producer and exporter of coffee, has started producing the world’s most-expensive coffee. It is being made on a small scale in Karnataka’s Coorg district, from the poop of civet cat.
The civet coffee, also known as luwark coffee is expensive because of the uncommon method of producing it. It is produced from the coffee beans digested by the civet cat – the feces of the cat are then collected, processed and sold.
It is highly priced because it is claimed to be more nutritious and high cost involved in sourcing the animal dropping, wastage during processing and quality certification.
Civet coffee, a drink of the elite consumed widely in the Gulf nations and Europe, sell for Rs 20,000-25000/kg abroad. Here in the country’s largest coffee-growing State, a start-up firm, Coorg Consolidated Commodities (CCC), has made a humble beginning by making the luxury coffee on a small scale, and has also decided to open a cafe to serve the brew locally.
The exotic coffee is being sold locally under the brand Ainmane; Hbbar said the company has only one outlet – at Club Mahnidra Madikeri Resort – where it sells locally produced coffee, spices and other products.
