Tragedy behind the most expensive coffee on the planet

Did you know that true mink coffee is made from mink? But the story later was even more tragic.

Weasel coffee , also known as Kopi Luwak, is the world's rarest and most expensive coffee. This coffee is produced from coffee beans produced by fruit civet. Enzymes in their digestive tract alter the protein structure of coffee beans, reduce sourness and help make the cup more delicious. A cup of weasel coffee can be sold for $ 80 in the US.

Living in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the civet has a long tail like a monkey's tail with stripes on its face and body. They play an important role in the food chain, specializing in small insects and reptiles along with fruits such as coffee and mangoes.

At first, the trade of mink coffee brought many benefits to civets. In Indonesia, the civet civet specializes in fruit farming on farms, so it is often considered a pest. The development of the coffee industry motivates local people to protect civets.

Wild civets are confined in cribs for feces.(Photo: Blogspot).

However, when weasel coffee became popular, many wild civets were caught in cages in plantations, partly to serve coffee production, partly to attract tourists.

Experts at the Oxford University Wildlife Conservation Research Team in collaboration with the World Animal Protection Organization in London, UK, assessed the living conditions of nearly 50 wild civet cages in cages. from 16 plantations in Bali, Indonesia. The results of the study published April 28 in the journal Animal Welfare show a gloomy picture of the lives of many civets.

The above plantations do not meet the basic requirements of animal rights such as the size, sanitary conditions and normal functioning of civets in cages."Some cribs are just as small as a rabbit cage. Inside the crib is urine and feces everywhere , " said Neil D'Cruze, a research team member.

Some civets are very thin, only fed with coffee fruits. Some other children are obese due to not being able to run freely.

According to D'Cruze, the most ominous thing is the design of the crib with the trellis that the civets must be exposed throughout the day."If you stand on the trellis for a long time, you will have foot and abrasions. The civets do not have any other shelter. The trellis often causes pain and discomfort for them , " 'Cruze said.

In addition, many civets do not use clean water and do not have the opportunity to interact with others. This type of nocturnal animal is also affected by the noise coming from traffic vehicles and visitors.

According to experts, what makes weasel coffee special, wild civet chooses the best berries to eat. Keeping civets in cots and feeding them with old coffee will result in poor quality products.