Luwak coffee in vitro fermentation : literature review

Abstract

Luwak coffee is one of the Indonesia traditional coffee that known globally because of its unique aroma and flavor. Luwak coffee was produced by a fermentation process in luwak digestion by involving microbe that can be found in luwak digestion. Luwak coffee fermentation process using luwak animal has many weakness such as inefficient production processes, and final product quality that always makes consumers hesitate in terms of its hygiene and halal. Therefore some research to produce coffee with the quality of luwak coffee without using luwak began to be developed. Several methods of fermentation to produce coffee with quality luwak coffee are discussed in this paper, such as fermentation by in vitro technique