Coffee is the most popular beverage in the world, achieving the highest sales and most consumed by the world’s population. Different types of coffee are produced by different countries, and some are classified as the most famous and expensive. What’s strange and disgusting is that the most expensive and famous coffee in the world is extracted from animal feces: Kopi Luwak, or Civet coffee.
It is an animal similar to a cat or a mongoose and is called the Asian palm civet because it feeds on coffee cherry beans. The beans ferment inside its intestines and then become one of the finest types. Civet coffee is considered the most important and famous type of coffee in Indonesia and is characterized by a unique taste, according to those who drink it, and a different smell. It is considered the most expensive type of coffee ever, due to its rarity.
The Asian civet is a small mammal of the Viverridae family, similar to a mongoose. This animal is native to China, Southeast Asia, Java, Sumatra, and other islands in Indonesia and the Philippines. It eats coffee beans without digesting them. Coffee sells for about 800 euros per kilogram, or 12 euros per cup. Initially, producers only collected the droppings of wild civet scat, but when coffee began to gain popularity around the world, it became very popular.
Problems are mounting for these animals. Civets are now being hunted in large numbers from the wild and kept in small cages. They are fed coffee beans, which only make up a small part of their diet. This deprives the animals of their freedom and natural spaces, leading to disease, depression, and neurotic behavior. Civets are exploited for three years and then released into the wild.
Coffee is the most popular beverage in the world, achieving the highest sales and most consumed by the world’s population. Different types of coffee are produced by different countries, and some are classified as the most famous and expensive. What’s strange and disgusting is that the most expensive and famous coffee in the world is extracted from animal feces: Kopi Luwak, or Civet coffee.
It is an animal similar to a cat or a mongoose and is called the Asian palm civet because it feeds on coffee cherry beans. The beans ferment inside its intestines and then become one of the finest types. Civet coffee is considered the most important and famous type of coffee in Indonesia and is characterized by a unique taste, according to those who drink it, and a different smell. It is considered the most expensive type of coffee ever, due to its rarity.
The Asian civet is a small mammal of the Viverridae family, similar to a mongoose. This animal is native to China, Southeast Asia, Java, Sumatra, and other islands in Indonesia and the Philippines. It eats coffee beans without digesting them. Coffee sells for about 800 euros per kilogram, or 12 euros per cup. Initially, producers only collected the droppings of wild civet scat, but when coffee began to gain popularity around the world, it became very popular.
Problems are mounting for these animals. Civets are now being hunted in large numbers from the wild and kept in small cages. They are fed coffee beans, which only make up a small part of their diet. This deprives the animals of their freedom and natural spaces, leading to disease, depression, and neurotic behavior. Civets are exploited for three years and then released into the wild.
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