Trigger warning: animal cruelty adjacent

A friend of mine was gifted an 18g bag of Kopi luwak and asked me to brew it for them.

I would never buy it myself. The bag makes claims of being “processed naturally in the wild,” which sounds just like the thing where caged chickens that briefly touch dirt are basically well treated.

I will be educating my friend about this, but the bag was gifted to them and they take that very seriously. The way I see it is this is going to be brewed either way and I have some change of showing it’s just coffee and this should be a one-time thing that only happened because it was a gift.

With all that said… I’m thinking AeroPress no-dial recipe. I could conceivably make two 9g brews to have a second chance or I could take my chances on the 18g.

What should I expect in terms of roast level? Would this generally be a hard coffee to brew? Is the AeroPress no-dial recipe a safe bet or is there a new option out there to get it right on the first and only try?

For gear, I have a Eureka Mignom and a Hario Skerton Plus. I’m not above asking my friend to chip in on a better hand grinder if that’s what it takes. I have an expresso machine, which was my friend’s original request for a method, but that’s just out of the question, obviously.

There you go. I didn’t expect to find myself in this position, but I am, and I’ll like to make the best of it.

Thanks for reading.