The Asian palm civet is a small mammal native to Southeast Asia The omnivore eats coffee cherries and excretes beans More rigorous research is needed%2C experts say Some coffee drinkers pooh-pooh the ...

The most expensive coffee in the world is harvested from civets' poop, but animal rights groups say keeping these animals in isolated cages is cruel. It's an exotic delicacy made from coffee beans ...

Kopi Luwak coffee beans also known as civet coffee come from the Asian palm civet, a catlike animal found in Indonesia. Carola Frentzen/dpa Bali's coffee gardens are the perfect place to relax, where ...

Kopi Luwak, otherwise known as the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from cat poop. Well, almost. It’s actually made from the digested coffee beans of civets, small cat-like creatures that ...

"It's the fois gras of coffee," Camille Delebecque, a synthetic biologist, said during a recent visit to WIRED. Delebecque saw a depressing civet farm on a trip to Indonesia a few years ago, and it ...

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Kopi luwak is a coffee delicacy made from civet feces and is popular in Bali. A PETA investigation found civets kept in cages where workers harvest their feces. The kopi luwak industry is big business ...

Ever wondered what makes a cup of coffee worth hundreds of dollars? We’re talking about beans that cost more per pound than ...

BANGKOK, Thailand — Perhaps you’ve heard of “kopi luwak,” the world’s priciest coffee. And perhaps you know its main claim to notoriety: The drink is brewed from beans swallowed and excreted by civets ...