kopi luwak

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A Vietnamese Company Is Bringing Fake Kopi Luwak to the Kopi Luwak Loving Masses
Trung Nguyen, the Starbucks of Vietnam, commissioned a bunch of chemists to mimic kopi luwak, exquisitely expensive coffee that’s been digested and shit out by little weasel-like creatures called civets.
Dave Simpson
5.29.17
Food
Bali’s Best Coffee Is Made with Wild Cat Poo
The Indonesian palm civet eats only the ripest coffee berries and excretes the “stone.” Coffee produced with these partially digested berries tastes less bitter, due to the enzymes in the animal’s stomach.
Lisa Bowman
6.28.16
Tech
A Synthetic Bio Startup Is Making Cat Poop Coffee Without the Poop (or the Cat)
It's all in how you ferment the beans, the company says.
Jason Koebler
8.20.14