Kopi Luwak

Locally known as Kopi Luwak, the beans come from the ripest fruits eaten by the civet, which are digested before being excreted and roasted.

The Age News Headlines 2010

It's called Kopi Luwak coffee, pretty gross isn't it?

Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories 2008

If you load the package with several boxes of Corn Flakes and ten pounds of Kopi Luwak—a painfully bitter coffee from Indonesia that costs almost six hundred bucks a pound—John might ring you on your cell.

PAUL IS UNDEAD ALAN GOLDSHER 2010

This is a class issue: part of what you are paying for is exclusiveness, the knowledge that not everyone can afford a Chanel bag or Christian Louboutin shoes or Kopi Luwak coffee.

KOPI LUWAK COFFEE: YUM! » Sociological Images 2008

The BBC reports that Caffe Raro is brewed from Kopi Luwak beans, which "are eaten, then passed, by a cat-like Asian palm civet."

Monday Breakfast Bender Emil Steiner 2008

And consider Kopi Luwak, also known as catshit coffee: It's an Indonesian bean that's eaten by a civet cat, then "harvested" from the animal's dung.

The Coffee Fix: Can the $11,000 Clover Machine Save Starbucks? 2008

A single cup of Kopi Luwak at the Peter Jones espresso bar in London goes for $100, and a pound of the beans can cost as much as $600.

The Coffee Fix: Can the $11,000 Clover Machine Save Starbucks? 2008

In researching this topic for you, Reader, I found many properties ascribed to Kopi Luwak coffee.

KOPI LUWAK COFFEE: YUM! » Sociological Images 2008

A single cup of Kopi Luwak at the Peter Jones espresso bar in London goes for $100, and a pound of the beans can cost as much as $600.

The Coffee Fix: Can the $11,000 Clover Machine Save Starbucks? 2008

And consider Kopi Luwak, also known as catshit coffee: It's an Indonesian bean that's eaten by a civet cat, then "harvested" from the animal's dung.

The Coffee Fix: Can the $11,000 Clover Machine Save Starbucks? 2008