Kopi luwak is the most expensive coffee in the world—and it’s made from feces. Gross! The coffee, sometimes known as “civet cat coffee” or “cat poop coffee,” is made from coffee beans that have been digested and pooped out by small, furry animals called palm civets. |
Kopi luwak is the world’s most expensive coffee. The main factor of it’s the high price is the uncommon method of producing such a coffee. It has been produced from the coffee beans which have been digested by a certain Indonesian cat-like animal called then palm civet or also civet cat. |
In the West, kopi luwak has become known as “cat poop coffee.” With prices ranging between $35 and $100 a cup, or about $100 to $600 a pound, kopi luwak is widely considered to be the most expensive coffee in the world. |
India, Asia’s third-largest producer and exporter of coffee, has started producing the world’s most expensive coffee, made from the poop of civet cat, on a small scale in Coorg district of Karnataka. It is produced from the coffee beans digested by the civet cat. The feces of this cat are collected, processed, and sold. |