Kopi Luwak is coffee made from beans that have been digested by a civet cat (i.e. "cat poop coffee"). Balinese farmers have touted for generations that this method produces the best-tasting coffee.

Kopi luwak is made from coffee beans plucked from civets’ feces. This is bad news for civets. Captive civets are sometimes fed only coffee cherries, the fruit that produces coffee beans.

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 ...

Indonesian kopi luwak can fetch as much as $600 a pound. Its origin is as unsavory as it is rare -- the droppings of wild civets. Coffee at a price difficult to digest - Los Angeles Times ...

The end product is called Kopi Luwak, the Indonesian words for coffee and civet, and the stuff goes for between $150-$227 a pound. I haven’t tried it, ...

Some professional coffee buyers call Kopi Luwak a gimmick and think its quality doesn't stand up to the hype. "One of the strongest arguments against this coffee — and one that seems to meet a ...

Whenever anybody reads about kopi luwak and mentions it, we can all say, “oh, I’ve had that.” But, honestly, I left the little shop on Third thinking I’d love to have just a little of it ...

Responsible for kopi luwak is the Asian palm civet, an omnivorous feline found in southern Asia. Fruits and berries make up the bulk of its diet, including the berry of the coffee plant.