Inventor: Mr. Hoang Manh Cuong

The invention provides for a method for processing coffee to produce coffee product of special aroma and flavor meeting the demand of civet coffee consumers in the world. In particular, the invention provides for a method for processing coffee by using digestive enzymes of an animal to treat coffee fruits in its digestive system so as to obtain as the final product coffee beans with the exceptional aroma and flavor of the civet coffee. In addition, the invention also provides for steps of treating coffee beans after being collected by drying at appropriate temperature and wind speed.

Publication number WO2012009730 A1

Technical field of the invention

The present invention relates to harvesting, treating, processing and storing agricultural products, in particular to harvesting, treating, processing and storing coffee.

The invention provides for a method for processing coffee to produce coffee product having exceptional flavor so as to meet consumers' demand of civet coffee around the world. In particular, the invention provides for a method for processing coffee by the use of the digestive enzymes of an animal to treat coffee fruits in the digestive system of that animal so as to collect as the final product coffee beans of special aroma and flavor of the civet coffee.

Another aspect of the present invention provides for a method for processing coffee fruits by using the digestive enzymes of Asian palm civets (also called common palm civets or Toddy cats) having general Latin name paradoxurus hermaphrodites, herein called Asian palm civet), this process is preferably performed just after stimulating the digestive system of the Asian palm civets, wherein the step of stimulating the digestive system is preferably performed by feeding the Asian palm civets with boiled meat before giving coffee fruits into their digestive system, preferably the quantity of this boiled meat is about lOgram/Asian palm civet, preferably the time interval between the stimulating step and the step of giving coffee fruits to Asian palm civets is about 5 minutes.

Another aspect of the present invention provides for a method for processing coffee beans collected from the droppings of Asian palm civets by controlling the temperature, time and wind speed of the step drying the thus collected coffee beans under the sun so that the fermentation process continues in uncooked coffee beans, which contributes to establishing of the civet coffee aroma and flavor, and at the same time helps to prolong the storage term of coffee beans without loss in the special aroma and flavour of this exceptional product.

Source: National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam