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. But lots of kopi luwak is produced by civets held in disturbing, inhumane conditions. Is there cat poop in coffee? Kopi luwak is … Read more
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. Is starbucks coffee made from animal poop? Since 100% of … Read more
kopi luwak is a famous (or infamous) Indonesian coffee that has been digested by an animal called an asian palm civet. The civet is a cat-like creature that roams the forests of Bali at night, eating ripe coffee cherries and excreting the coffee beans. The beans are then gathered, cleaned, and roasted. Is luwak coffee … Read more
Why would anyone drink cat poop coffee? As the story goes, the first people to drink civet coffee were workers on the coffee plantation. They were not allowed to make their coffee from the beans processed on the plantation, so they would gather the beans from the droppings of wild civets Why is cat poop … Read more
Typically sells for US$65 per pound. Only grown in a specific region of Jamaica’s blue mountains. Why Blue Mountain coffee is so expensive? In regard to Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee, not only are the beans hard, and thus high quality, the high altitude and steep grade of the Blue Mountain growing region make this coffee … Read more