Civet Cats Coffee Bean

As a supplier myself I made sure my source processes cage-free coffee beans from wildly-roaming and wildly-living Civet Cats.

Civet cats coffee bean. Made from the beans of coffee berries that have been eaten and excreted by the Asian palm civet or civet cat this coffee which is known as kopi luwak or cat poop coffee can be found in cafés and coffee gardens in Bali Indonesia and elsewhere. Faeces collectors make the trek to the cats natural habitat in the primary forest and gather the droppings piece by piece bunch by bunch. Civet cat coffee known in its original language as Kopi Luwak is the worlds most expensive coffee.

Luwak coffee is known as the most expensive coffee in the world because of the way the beans are processed and the limited supply. The faeces of civet cats that have been eating coffee beans are held by a tourist in BaliABC. After about 24 hours the coffee beans are defecated by the civet cats.

In the digestion process of the civet cats the cherry goes through the digestive tract only removing the skin and the pulp leaving the beans undigested. Due to Kopi luwak becoming increasingly famous many wild civet cats are captured and only fed coffee berries. After being made aware of the malpractices against them my direction is to form business relationships only with sources certain to adhere to this standard.

Kopi luwak is a coffee that consists of partially digested coffee cherries which have been eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus. In the wild their diet includes fruit insects and reptiles. Civet Café Ltd produces and supplies Philippine-sourced Civet Coffee from wild-roaming civet cats.

During this process some kind of fermentation also occurs that gives the civet cat coffee its special flavor. Civet cats love to eat coffee cherries they often show up in coffee plantations to snack on the berries. Made from the beans of coffee berries that have been eaten and excreted by the Asian palm civet cat this coffee which is known as kopi luwak or civet cat poop coffee can be found in cafés and coffee gardens in Bali and elsewhere.

Coffee firms say wild civet cats eat the ripest beans which gain a desirable flavour - but a BBC investigation by Chris Rogers suggests many are. It is made through a process by which an animal called a civet cat eats coffee beans before pooping them. During the digestion process the bitterness of the coffee is removed.