Coffee Bean from Animal Poop: What Kopi Luwak Really Is

The phrase coffee bean from animal poop usually refers to kopi luwak, an Indonesian coffee made from beans collected after civets eat ripe coffee cherries and pass the seeds through their digestive tract. It is one of the world’s most talked-about coffees, but the real story is more nuanced than the novelty suggests. Kopi luwak […]

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