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Kopi luwak — One of the world's most expensive coffee, made from civets’ feces (en.wikipedia.org)
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I've actually tried this 15 years ago in the Mountain Province. I paid $3 for a cup because they make it there and it didn't have the tax and reputation it has now. It's good. Tastes like melted caramel.

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[–] sp6@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There's an informative James Hoffman video about this.

Fraud is briefly discussed in the wikipedia page, but from the video, he's able to estimate that 75%+ of the coffee sold as kopi luwak isn't kopi luwak at all, it's just normal, cheaper coffee marked up a ton.

And of course, the remaining <25% that is real kopi luwak is ripe with civet abuse.

So please don't drink this coffee. If you're that interested in gut-processed coffee, do it yourself like that guy in Portland (but I still wouldn't recommend it).

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

I read a while back that there's nothing about the digestive process that makes the coffee taste good - the animals just pick the better fruits first.