Laos coffee has an excellent taste due to its organic origin from volcanic soil in the Bolaven Plateau, Champasak Province.
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Kopie Luwak, exotic coffee beans consumed and expelled by the Asian civet, fetch high prices. True connoisseurs prefer the wild variety over domesticated production.
The French introduced coffee to Laos over a century ago. It quickly became one of the most lucrative crops after opium, leading to widespread cultivation of Robusta and Arabica beans.
Laos coffee is traditionally roasted in stainless steel drums, sometimes with sugar and a splash of French cognac. This method, passed down for generations, gives the coffee its distinct flavor.
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