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What is kopi luwak? A literature review on production, quality and
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IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 365 (2019) 012041
IOP Publishing
doi:10.1088/1755-1315/365/1/012041
What is kopi luwak? A literature review on production,
quality and problems
M Muzaifa 1*, D Hasni 1, F Rahmi 2, Syarifudin 3
1 Department of Agricultural Product Technology, Faculty of Agriculture Syiah Kuala
University- Banda Aceh, Indonesia
2 Department of Agrotechnolgy, Faculty of Agriculture Gajah Putih University- Blang
Bebangka Aceh, Indonesia
3 Department of Management Economics, Faculty of Economics Gajah Putih
University- Blang Bebangka Aceh, Indonesia
*Email : murnamuzaifa@unsyiah.ac.id
Abstract. Kopi luwak or civet coffee is known as one of the most popular coffee in the world.
This coffee produced from the finest and ripest coffee berries that are eaten by luwak
(Paradoxorus hermaphroditus), a cat like-animal. Kopi luwak is currently recognized as the
most special and most expensive coffee in the world. Kopi luwak production is initially done
naturally by collecting kopi luwak from nature. However, due to the limited number, farmer
began to cultivate kopi luwak with captivity (caged kopi luwak). A number of problems arise
in production, consumption and trade. Indonesia as the first country to produce kopi luwak
