I-Kopi luwak (futhi i-spelled loewak ), noma "ikhofi ye-civet" - ikholoquially eyaziwa ngokuthi "ikhofi ye-cat poop" - ingenye yekhofi ekhethekile kakhulu emhlabeni.
Okufakwe kwifilimu ka-2007 Uhlu lwe-Bucket , lapho uhlamvu oluholayo uCarter Chambers (uJack Nicholson) luthinta i-thermos yesiphuzo esiyigugu, luye lwaphefumulela kokubili ilukuluku olukhulu, futhi, ngokuhle , ukuvuvukala : ubhontshisi obuvame ukukhiqiza ikhofi luwak isitoreji se-palm palmet yase-Asia.
Izakhamuzi zakuqala zidla wonke ama-cherry ekhofiyali e-pulp yawo, emva kwalokho ubhontshisi obangaphakathi buvutha ngaphakathi kweziswini zabo, Uma sekunqunywe, ubhontshisi, noma kunjalo, kuqoqwe, kuhlanzwa futhi kugosiwe. Umphumela uba ikhofi enzima kakhulu, egcwele ngokugcwele - edayisa ngemali ephakathi kuka- $ 100 no-$ 600 ngekhadi ngalinye.
Kodwa yini eyenziwa ngama-Asian palm palmets kanye nama-coffees amanani wonke ahlobene no-Amsterdam? Iqala ngenkathi yamaKoloni e-Indonesia e-Indonesia. Isiqhingi sase-Indonesian saseSumatra singumkhiqizi wenombolo yekopi luwak , esitholakala naseziqhingini zaseJava, e-Bali naseSulawesi, naseMpumalanga Timor nasePhilippines. (Funda kabanzi mayelana neziqhingi zase-Indonesia.) Empeleni, yayinguMeya wase-Amsterdam uNicolaes Witsen owayengumengameli oneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye, owayenombono wokuthekelisa ubhontshisi bekhofi e-Mocha, Yemen waya eDutch East Indies - manje i-Indonesia - ngasekupheleni kwe-17 ikhulu leminyaka.
Ukuba khona kwamaDashi eziqhingini zase-Indonesian, okwakhiwa ngo-1602, kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba yilapho bexoshwa ngo-1945; kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, isiko sase-Indonesian siye sanda eNetherlands, lapho kufika ama-300,000 ase-Indonesia namaDutch-Indonesi eminyakeni engamashumi eminyaka ezayo.
Kuze kube yilolu suku, iNetherlands iyigugu lezinto ezikhethekile zase-Indonesian: i- toko's (izimakethe zokudla zase-Indonesia) ezithwala izinto ezikhethekile ezifana ne-tempeh (i-cake ye-soybean eqoshiwe); Izindawo zokudlela zase-Indo-Dutch ezikhonza ama- rijsttafel amadili; kanye nokutholakala kwezidlo ezidliwayo ezifana nekopi luwak .
Ngingazama kuphi ikhophi luwak ?
I-Kopi luwak ithengiswa indebe eHojejej Wijs (Zeedijk 43) , lapho amakhasimende angathatha khona njengekhofi evamile, i-espresso, noma isiphuzo esiphezulu se-espresso njenge-cappuccino; noma eVascobelo V-Bar (Rokin 9-15) .
Kunoma yiluphi uhlobo, ikhophi luwak iyiphilisi ehlukile, ngokucebile kwe-chocolatey futhi akusikho i-aftertaste ebabayo. Abazinikeleyo bangahlela futhi ubhontshisi bama-kopi luwak kusuka kokubili abathengisi.
Abathandi bebhiya akudingeki bazizwe besala ngaphandle: Brouwerij de Molen, esekelwe eBodegraven, eNingizimu neHholland , uye wafaka ikhophi luwak ibe yindlala embusweni, egcwele amakhophi ekhofi ekhethekile - isikhumbuzo esiphelele noma i-memento yabathandi bebhiya nabakhofi kokubili.
Qaphela ukuthi ukuthandwa kopi luwak kuye kwaholela ekukhuleni kwamapulazi e-civet-coffee, lapho izakhamuzi zigcinwa khona ekuthunjweni kabi. Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe mayelana nokuthi ungaqinisekisa kanjani ikhophi luwak ephathekayo , vakashela i- Kopi Luwak: Yeka i-Crap.