Brewing Civet Coffee Beans

Civet coffee may be brewed in a variety of ways just as any coffee may be brewed. You can even enjoy a Civet coffee espresso!

The most common method of brewing Civet coffee is either using the filter-drip method (with a metal or paper filter) or using a French Press.

The Phin Filter

In Vietnam where single cups of Vietnam Civet coffee is often sold by the cup in coffee houses, a traditional Phin filter is often used to create the coffee.

A Phin filter is typically stainless steel with three parts: a filter, screw-on damper, and a lid. The filter is placed on top of the cup, about two or three teaspoons of roasted and ground coffee is placed in the filter, and then the damper is screwed on snugly but not tight.

The coffee cup is then filled about one-third full with hot water. After waiting twenty seconds you unscrew the damper about two turns and fill the cup full of hot water and placed the lid on and wait a few minutes for the water to drip through.

Iced Civet Coffee

In addition to hot brewed coffee, Civet coffee is also often prepared as an iced coffee. This is fairly common in Indonesia where Civet coffee is known as Kopi Luwak.

Brewing Civet coffee as an iced beverage is said to reveal some unique flavors that can be found nowhere else in the coffee world, and these particular tastes and aromatic qualities do not shine through using traditional hot brewing methods.

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