The Complexity of Civet Coffee Goes Well Beyond Your Palate

The increased demand for civet coffee has fueled civet poaching and smuggling. If we can recreate similar fermentation in a ...
Ars Technica

Fermentation is key to coffee beans gleaned from civet feces

I have a crazy idea. I wonder if the to 10 popular OF workers could swallow coffee beans and then sell them as they pass through. I bet it would sell for tons of money. Free business idea. Click to ...
Scientific American

What’s Behind This Luxury ‘Cat Poo’ Coffee’s Unique Flavor

It has been described as nutty, chocolatey, earthy and even fishy: a wildly expensive coffee that can sell for more than 100 times the price of regular brews, made from beans eaten and excreted by ...
Tulsa World

Filipinos seek more coffee beans taken from civet droppings

INDANG, Philippines -- Its origins might put off some coffee drinkers, but an exotic bean that draws top dollar from connoisseurs is plucked from animal droppings. Not just any animal. The coffee ...
C&EN

This coffee comes from a mammal’s poop. What makes it chemically distinct?

Coffee afficionados know that there are a myriad of brewing methods, bean varieties, and processing techniques that go into making that perfect cup of joe. But out of reach for many of them is an ...
GIGAZINE

Kopi Luwak, the finest coffee beans extracted from civet feces, is chemically distinct from other beans

Kopi Luwak, considered one of the world's finest coffee beans, is made from undigested coffee beans extracted from the feces of palm civets. New research has revealed that Kopi Luwak, known for its ...
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Kopi Luwak Coffee: A Deep Dive into the Luxury Brew

The world of specialty coffee includes a product known for its unique origin: Kopi Luwak. Also referred to as civet coff ...
The Hindu

Civet coffee’s unique flavour linked to fat composition, finds Central University of Kerala study

A recent scientific study by researchers of the Central University of Kerala (CUK) has revealed that civet processed robusta coffee, popularly known Kopi Luwak, shows distinct difference in its fatty ...
The Scientist

What’s the Secret to Civet Coffee’s Distinctive Taste?

If there’s one thing that coffee producers from the South Asian countries of India, Indonesia, and Philippines, among others, are excited by, it’s the sighting of fresh civet cat poop. Buried within ...
Yahoo

African Civet Helps To Produce Sought After Coffee Beans in Most Bizarre Way

Have you ever seen an African Civet? It has black and white splotches all over its body (reminds me of a hyena's markings) and black around its eyes much like a raccoon. They're very agile and fast ...
Ars Technica

Fermentation is key to coffee beans gleaned from civet feces

Supposedly the wild civet derived coffee tastes better because the animals do the original selection, thereby weeding out the poor quality sources. The caged animals eat what they're given which will ...