LUWAK COFFEE PRICE TREND

COFFEE LUWAK price ranges are ranges from USD45 – USD600 per pound (USD100 - USD1300 per kilogram). The price for a cup of kopi luwak coffee is anywhere between USD4 - USD$100 (or about RM17.00 - RM426.25 per cup). The price of kopi luwak varies depending on whether it’s the farmed or wild variety. Kopi luwak is widely considered to be the most expensive coffee in the world. So many will asked why such huge differences in price? Let’s take a detailed look at what determines kopi luwak’s price. The price of kopi luwak as renowned as one of the most expensive coffees in the world and if not the most expensive. The dispute as to whether or not it is the most expensive is due to some coffee companies setting artificially high prices in order to claim the coveted top spot of the world’s most expensive coffee. But whether or not kopi luwak in which the fact that the most expensive and there’s no doubt that it’s ludicrously very expensive. Prices for kopi luwak per cup or per kilo vary considerably depending on its origins. Blog "Anim Agriculture Technology discuss about this issue.

Eventhough there is an enormous difference in price between farmed kopi luwak and wild kopi luwak. As well as being superior in flavour, wild kopi luwak is so much more expensive to produce due to the increase in labour. Below re the breakdown of the most common prices found for a single cup of kopi luwak recorded. Price per cup (farmed) and the cheapest price per cup ange about USD4 (RM17) to USD35 (RM150) and USD100 (RM426.25) for the Wild Kopi Luwak (not thie from the cage). The breakdown of the most common prices found for kopi luwak by weight are ranged from USD100 (RM426.25/kg ) to USD1,300/kg (RM5,541.25 per kilogram) for the farmed Kopi Luwak. However the price of a cup of farmed kopi luwak in kopi luwak-producing countries can be as little as USD4 (RM17) per cup such as in Bali. Bali known as a popular destination for those that want to try out this mysterious drink. From tre reports, outside the countries of origin, the prices rise dramatically range anywhere from USD35 (RM150) to USD100 per cup (RM426.25) per cup). Anyhow for those that want to buy kopi luwak by the bag, the price of wild kopi luwak is over 13 times more expensive than the farmed variety. In Indonesia actually the low-grade of farmed kopi luwak can be bought at supermarkets as cheaply as USD100 per kilogram.

The farmed kopi luwak needs proper management because of the profitability and high demand of kopi luwak so that the majority of the world’s kopi luwak is now farmed and this very sad. The civets are kept in horrendous conditions on the farms. They are trapped in small cages along with other civets, and they have no space to move around. In order to maximise profits, the civets are force-fed nothing but coffee cherries. This has huge effects on their health as they don’t receive enough nutrients from the coffee cherries alone. The coffee cherries that are force-fed to the civets aren’t always the ripest and tastiest ones that they would naturally select in the wild, greatly impacting the quality of the beans. The production of farmed kopi luwak is a lot easier than with its wild equivalent as the workers do not have to go searching for the animals’ droppings. However, there is still quite a bit of work involved to process the beans contained within the faeces for preparation of the roasting stage. The truth is that the poor conditions in which the animals are kept, along with the poor-quality coffee cherries, makes for a vastly inferior cup of kopi luwak coffee. Thanks...
Source: https://coffeeordie.com/kopi-luwak/

By,
M Anim,

Senior Agronomist,
Putrajaya,
Malaysia.

August 2020

Updated:

June 2023.