Civet Coffee Beans Animal. It is produced from the coffee beans digested by civet cat. There are many other members of this genus, such as african civets, which as their name implies are mostly found in central africa.
Civets naturally produce genuine kopi luwak. The droppings are collected and the coffee beans are. They eat ripe coffee cherries freely on coffee plantations and can't digest coffee beans, so the coffee beans are excreted in their droppings.
An asian palm civet in the dark of night senses the perfect ripeness of some coffee berries upon a fine arabica coffee plant.
Researchers from world animal protection have discovered that the novelty drink is on the rise, with more than 16 different civet coffee plantations emerging along one popular tourist highway of gianyar and bangli. On indonesia’s famous coffee islands of sumatra and java, that includes the raw, ripe fruit of coffee trees. If you want to purchase a bag of it, it could cost you up to $500. Coffee cherries pass through the civet’s gut, where the fruit is absorbed.