peterjschmidt
Active member
CJ (if I can abbreviate CoffeeJunky to CJ 
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I do not import, just help my friends at Sriwijaya Coffee - From Soil to Roaster. I was first introduced to one of the owners when he was living in Milwaukee. He had links to a producer of Kopi Luwak, and contacted me to see if I would roast for him, as most of his customers are cafe owners. Shortly thereafter is when he and his friend in Sumatra struck up their business arrangement, and hired me to cup/evaluate pre-ship and arrival samples. Your friend may want to use the 'contact us' feature on their website.
I have since begun to re-consider my involvement w/ the civet coffee; the coffee itself isn't now, nor has it ever been, anything special in my mind - a top-grade Sumatra or Sulawesi or Java to me is a better coffee; and the conditions that the animals are subjected to is often far from ideal. I don't know the percentage of Kopi Luwak found in the wild vs. domesticated, but it would seem that with the rise in availability, most of it now comes from 'farms' raising the civet cat and feeding it coffee cherries. The increase in supply would also suggest there is much counterfeiting going on. But that's all for another thread, and I'd rather not divert this one.
)I do not import, just help my friends at Sriwijaya Coffee - From Soil to Roaster. I was first introduced to one of the owners when he was living in Milwaukee. He had links to a producer of Kopi Luwak, and contacted me to see if I would roast for him, as most of his customers are cafe owners. Shortly thereafter is when he and his friend in Sumatra struck up their business arrangement, and hired me to cup/evaluate pre-ship and arrival samples. Your friend may want to use the 'contact us' feature on their website.
I have since begun to re-consider my involvement w/ the civet coffee; the coffee itself isn't now, nor has it ever been, anything special in my mind - a top-grade Sumatra or Sulawesi or Java to me is a better coffee; and the conditions that the animals are subjected to is often far from ideal. I don't know the percentage of Kopi Luwak found in the wild vs. domesticated, but it would seem that with the rise in availability, most of it now comes from 'farms' raising the civet cat and feeding it coffee cherries. The increase in supply would also suggest there is much counterfeiting going on. But that's all for another thread, and I'd rather not divert this one.
