Discover weasel coffee

In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnamese have a specialty coffee similar to Kopi Luwak called weasel coffee made from coffee berries which have been defecated by local weasels. The drink, which originates from Dac Lac Province, is made from plump Arabica beans that have high caffeine content and possess a potent scent derived from the grey weasel’s digestive system. With two stripes on its back, the Mija weasel is well-known among the Ede ethnic community, who consider it the ideal weasel for processing coffee. Local coffee growers said that a premium brew of weasel coffee can be created by a male Mjia eating Arabica beans in November, the harvest time for coffee plantations in Dac Lac, which also happens to be the weasel’s mating time. Farmers say that the amino acids in the weasel’s digestive systems mix with the coffee beans, creating an essential change to the beans, which are ultimately discharged and collected. Mjia weasels are believed to be especially fond of four-to-five-year-old coffee plants that produce round and succulent beans.