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Is Coffee Made Of Cat Poop?

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kopi luwak is coffee made from beans that have been digested by a civet cat (i.e. “cat poop coffee“). Balinese farmers have touted for generations that this method produces the best-tasting coffee. But lots of kopi luwak is produced by civets held in disturbing, inhumane conditions. Why do people drink coffee from cat poop? Why … Read more

What Monkey Poops Coffee Beans?

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The rhesus monkeys and Formosan rock macaques who help “process” the beans do not ingest them. Instead, they chew and spit them out onto the ground for people to pick up. That makes monkey coffee more pleasant to think about than so-called “poop coffee,” which is digested by animals like Indonesia’s palm civet. How much … Read more