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 BANDUNG, INDONESIA: DRINKING CIVET CAT POO COFFEE Kopi Luwak Farm: ( Civet Cat Poo Coffee Farm) This farm has 80 Civet Cats from 8 species. They are released in the coffee tree garden where they instinctively are able to pick the most fragrant and high caffeine and other beneficial enzymes. It seems the poo-encrusted beans can be used as face scrub for a clear and smooth complexion. But the beans are not digested and they pass it out as poo. These are collected and roasted. According to the manager of the farm there are 12 species of Luwak in Indonesia and the medicinal properties of their poo differ. In the images below, you can see the Coffee tree with its  berries, and a handful of undigested  beans retrieved from the Civet Cat's poo. In the video, are some of the Civet Cats at the farm.

At a  Palm Civet cat farm near Bandung, Indonesia. The cat is fed fresh coffee berries. When he shits, his poo contains undigested parts of the coffee berry. This is processed to give Kopi Luwak (Civet Cat coffee) which is the most expensive coffee in the world. You may pay up to  US$40.00 for a cup of Kopi Luwak in New York or San Francisco.' The civet cat's stomach enzymes do their work on the beans, and the resultant cup of coffee is a strong, snooth and fragrant, but not acidic.

1. Freshly brewed Kopi Luwak 2. In the packaging of the kopi luwak, the story of its origin 3. The certificate, and serial number of the 10g kopi luwak satchel 4. Rawon dish: salted egg, chili paste, shrimp cracker, cucumber, and bean sprouts 5. The rich consomme of beef and buah keluak the poisonous seed To my many American friends who find their breakfast coffee as unexciting as their Budweiser Light, I recommend a cup of Kopi Luwak coffee. The Luwak, a species of Civet Cat ( Paradoxurus hermaphroditus ) that lives in the coffee plantations of Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi islands of Indonesia has a nose for selecting only the best (in terms of ripeness and nutrition)coffee berries. In the process it deposits the undigested beans on the jungle floor where they are eagerly picked up by the locals. Somehow the stomach acids and enzymes of the Luwak turns these beans into arguably the best tasting coffee in the world. And definitely the rarest. A cup of certified-authentic kopi luwak c...