[justlurking]

has anyone tried acid washing the beans to simulate this process?

Yup.

http://www.trung-nguyen-online.com/legendee.html

Q. Is The Legendee truly an acceptable simulation of Kopi Luwak?
A. Over the years, consumers of both Kopi Luwak coffees and Legendee, both Classic and new Gold, have consistently told us that Legendee achieves many of the same characteristics of true Kopi Luwak. Legendee is easily 100X more popular as a Kopi Luwak equivalent than any other brand's attempt to duplicate the process of Kopi Luwak. The reason is simple, it is the only process using research by a team of German scientists contracted by Trung Nguyen in 1996 to study the effect of the Civet on coffee and duplicate a natural enzyme soak process that would approximate the same effect. All other Kopi Luwak simlations rely on choosing beans with specific profiles and artificial or natural flavorings to attempt to duplicate Kopi Luwak.

oh wait.. maybe that is a million-dollar idea - forget I mentioned it

Too late.

[dmz]

I buy nearly all my coffee from trung-nguyen. Nothing like a steaming bowl of pho tai nam with a ca phe sua da.