THE PROCESS

For more detail, we describe the process of ORIGANO Luwak coffee:

As we mentioned in what is luwak coffee, the process begins with eating the fruit from coffee plant by the civet.  As the civet cannot digest the seed of the fruit (coffee bean), the civet expels the bean among its feces. 

1.   So our local farmers collect the feces and clean it and pick only  luwak coffee bean with size 17 up (up to 5 mm).  In triple picking step, we separate luwak coffee/ kopi luwak beans one by one. So, in this way we get the premium Kopi Luwak green beans ready to be roasted. 

Green Bean Dry Stage

2.   Our people clean the beans by clean running water. After drying process in outdoor for 2 until 3 days in a row which results 12% water content, the civet green beans is packaged in vacuum bag (to keep the freshness) and ready to deliver to our headquarter office in Jakarta. 

3.   The next process is roasting. Due to reach consumer satisfaction in freshness, we only roast the luwak green coffee bean after purchase settled.  As we know, roasting process is one of the key to produce best coffee taste, aroma and color and therefore has an overall affect upon the quality of the coffee. Although all steps are important, roasting is important process since it gives the beans the aspect known by consumers. The taste, the aroma and body are acquired by roasting the beans, this is the reason why it is said that brands obtain different coffees even when they use the same of bean.

The automatic Roasting Machine we use

      At ORIGANO, we use the hot air roaster since the beans have no contact with any metal hot part, which can roast some beans more than others.  The advantage of this roaster is all roasting steps can be set electronically and having a repeatable uniform result. The disadvantage of the gas rotary roster is it cannot roast small quantities, but we see currently there are some models that can do this home job.  In the case of luwak coffee/kopi luwak, it’s essential can work with small quantities since it’s not a massive product. 

      In roasting process, we roast green luwak coffee at a temperature between 220°C and 230°C (440°F). While coffee is being roasted, it releases oil and sugar, its size grows and the humidity decreases.  Roasting process makes weight reduces 20%. 

This machine allow us to grind our luwak coffee

      Unlike other coffee types,  luwak coffee/kopi luwak is preferably medium roasted to avoid the damage in complex flavors acquiring during both process.  Afterwards, beans need to be cooled quickly to stop the roasting process and to allow fix aroma and condensed oil substances. 

4.   Before packing, we do aftertaste and after nose cupping stages for every purchase. We implement this stage, since we consider the coffee is prestigious and expensive as well, so ensuring all orders are in the best condition we can get is a must.

5.   We pack the roasted coffee to our foil  packaging (to keep freshness for the roasted bean) and deliver it to you right away by shipment service.  However, we also serve consumer who order ground coffee. We can grind the bean as your preferably brewing method. 

One of Origano product: Robusta Luwak Coffee

Remember! Avoid exposing your Kopi Luwak coffee beans to:

1.       Oxygen

2.       Water

3.       Light

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