Kopi

Kopi is the Indonesian word for coffee, and Luwak is a local name for the Asian Palm Civet.

Pooped Out? 2008

An effective method of clearing muddy clay-pan water is by dropping into it a sort of powdery gypsum, called "Kopi" by the natives, which is usually to be found round the margin of the salt lakes -- a wonderful provision of Nature, without which the water after a short time would be useless, becoming as it does red and thick, and of the consistency of strong cocoa.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

Men and women, the men especially, deck themselves out with tufts of emu feathers, fastened in the hair or tied round the arm, or stuck in the waist-belt of plaited hair; paint their bodies with a white paint or wash made from "Kopi" (gypsum similar to that found by the shores of salt lakes), with an occasional dab of red ochre (paint made from a sandstone impregnated with iron), and fix up their hair into a sort of mop bound back by bands of string.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

In Bali a cup of Kopi Luwak costs 10,000 Rupiahs, which equals $1.00 dollar.

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While the wife, I and our driver sat sort of perched on this open air table overlooking the lush jungle-like plantation with the aroma of Kopi Luwak, punctuating the air with anticipation of its splendor touching your pallet, another American couple joined us, sort of caddy corner to our table.

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We later found out that in some parts of the world Kopi Luwak has and can be sold from $100 too $600 a pound … … … go figure.

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The civet, the coffee beans, and ultimately the coffee itself rings load and clear in memory of a day last year while sitting in an open-air coffee hut in Bali where the “Kopi Luwak” coffee bean was cultivated, roasted, and sold to the entire world.

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While the wife, I and our driver sat sort of perched on this open air table overlooking the lush jungle-like plantation with the aroma of Kopi Luwak, punctuating the air with anticipation of its splendor touching your pallet, another American couple joined us, sort of caddy corner to our table.

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The waitress comes to your table, we ordered a cup for the three of us and our neighbors adjacent to us got their Kopi Luwak at the same time.

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Kopi Luwak was musty, deep, corrosive, and thick to my light pallet.

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