Kopi Luwak coffee beans also known as civet coffee come from the Asian palm civet, a catlike animal found in Indonesia. Carola Frentzen/dpa Bali's coffee gardens are the perfect place to relax, where ...

Civet coffee is highly prized for its unique flavor and rarity, but consumption comes with ethical questions. Wildlife smuggling routes exist all throughout Asia as do criminal smuggling enterprises ...

When civet cats eat coffee beans, they excrete them in clumps (shown) that can later be processed to make a pricey drink. It has been described as nutty, chocolatey, earthy and even fishy: a wildly ...

KASARAGOD: Elevated levels of caprylic acid and capric acid methyl esters — compounds known for their flavour-enhancing properties and dairy-like aroma — are what imparts kopi luwak, also known as ...

Coffee beans collected from the faeces of civets have a unique chemistry that may explain why such beans are prized for their flavour. Asian palm civets (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) are mongoose-like ...

GENEVA—Rare Chinese masked palm civet cats, a medicinal food animal in Southern China eaten to reduce the chance of winter infections like colds and flu, contain the coronavirus thought to cause ...