The Holland Sentinel: JP's challenge: Are high-priced Kopi Luwak coffee beans worth it?

For over a century, Kopi luwak has been both admired and questioned. It’s made from coffee cherries eaten by the Asian palm civet, a small nocturnal mammal found across South and Southeast Asia. The ...

In 2007’s The Bucket List, Jack Nicholson’s billionaire magnate is a fan of a luxury coffee called kopi luwak, only to be informed that the beans first pass through the digestive tracts of civets and ...

Kopi luwak (Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈkopi ˈlu.aʔ]), also known as civet coffee, is a coffee that consists of partially digested coffee cherries, which have been eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus).

Kopi luwak is frequently called the rarest and most-expensive gourmet coffee in the world, with a single pound of it selling for hundreds of U.S. dollars. Collectors gather the civet excretion, remove the beans, wash them well, and then air-dry them.

Kopi luwak, coffee bean or specialty coffee that is digested by, fermented within, and excreted by the Asian palm civet—popularly called a ‘luwak’ in Indonesia but found throughout South and Southeast Asia.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kopi Luwak coffee beans also known as civet coffee come from the Asian palm civet, a catlike animal found in Indonesia. Carola ...

Kopi luwak is a kind of coffee you probably haven't tried before. It's definitely not the type of coffee you can order from your local Starbucks or find in your neighborhood supermarket, in part ...