Coffee From Animals Bum. Kopi luwak is made from coffee beans plucked from civets’ feces. At my local specialty coffee bean store, it sells for $420 per pound—or $10 for a 10 oz.
Civets used for kopi luwak are forced to live inside cramped, lonely cages where they’re denied everything that they need to be happy. The scientific name is paradoxurus hermaphroditus. Therefore, unlike other animal dung derived beans, the coffee cherries come mixed into their feed by the farmers.
