In Indonesia, the Asian palm civet, which raids commercial fruit farms, is often seen as a pest, so the growth in the kopi luwak industry encouraged local people to protect civets for their valuable dung.
It plays an important role in the food chain, eating insects and small reptiles in addition to fruits like coffee cherries and mangoes, and being eaten in turn by leopards, large snakes, and crocodiles.Īt first the civet coffee trade boded well for these creatures. A cup of kopi luwak, as it’s known, can sell for as much as $80 in the United States.įound in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the civet has a long tail like a monkey, face markings like a raccoon, and stripes or spots on its body.
Or rather, it’s made from coffee beans that are partially digested and then pooped out by the civet, a catlike creature. It’s the world’s most expensive coffee, and it’s made from poop.
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