World's most expensive coffee has a controversial history. — -- The most expensive coffee in the world is harvested from a place where the sun don’t shine. It’s an exotic delicacy called Kopi ...

When civet cats eat coffee beans, they excrete them in clumps (shown) that can later be processed to make a pricey drink. It has been described as nutty, chocolatey, earthy and even fishy: a wildly ...

Kopi Luwak coffee beans also known as civet coffee come from the Asian palm civet, a catlike animal found in Indonesia. Carola Frentzen/dpa Bali's coffee gardens are the perfect place to relax, where ...

Civet coffee is highly prized for its unique flavor and rarity, but consumption comes with ethical questions. Wildlife smuggling routes exist all throughout Asia as do criminal smuggling enterprises ...

But amongst a growing group of coffee connoisseurs, theres one type of coffee that Indonesia is particularly famous for. Its the home of Kopi Luwak, or civet coffee. Infamous for its high price and ...

Kopi luwak is a coffee delicacy made from civet feces and is popular in Bali. A PETA investigation found civets kept in cages where workers harvest their feces. The kopi luwak industry is big business ...

Coffee beans collected from the faeces of civets have a unique chemistry that may explain why such beans are prized for their flavour. Asian palm civets (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) are mongoose-like ...

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 excreted by civets ...

Civet cats can be bought in Bali for $45 each. Photo: Alan Putra Coffee cherries go in one end ... Photo: Lucy Cormack World Animal Protection says many caged civets show signs of stress and disease.

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 ...

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 ...