Monkey coffee is a rare type of coffee bean from India and Taiwan. Though it’s sometimes called monkey poop coffee, the name ” monkey spit coffee ” would be more appropriate. The rhesus monkeys and Formosan rock macaques who help “process” the beans do not ingest them. What is monkey poop coffee called? kopi luwak … Read more
Also known as the civet or ‘crap coffee‘, Kopi Luwak coffee beans are collected from the droppings of the local cat-like forest animal called luwak which eats ripe coffee cherries. The resulting product sells at up to $600 per kilogram. Why is Kopi Luwak coffee so expensive? Kopi Luwak coffee is expensive because of a … Read more
After the animals eat the flesh of the ripe coffee cherries, their digestive system apparently imparts a smooth body and aroma to the beans, which emerge whole on the other side Their droppings are then collected, cleaned, roasted and brewed for coffee. Do animals eat coffee beans? kopi luwak is a famous (or infamous) Indonesian … Read more