Its the home of Kopi Luwak, or civet coffee. Infamous for its high price and unconventional production methods, locals have affectionately named it cat-poo-ccino. Cute, until you think about what ...

About 24 hours after the civet consumes the coffee, it excretes the beans and farmers collect the droppings. Coffee bean ...

From gross to gourmet. That pretty much sums up civet poop coffee. The beans are literally harvested from the feces of the tree-dwelling civet cat in Indonesia.

Civet cats are amazing creatures that are prized not just for their ability to digest coffee beans, but also for the scent of the secretions from their anal glands.

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But cat poop coffee — that is, civet coffee (or "kopi luwak," as pronounced in Indonesian) — is real, and really expensive. Like $60 for 4 ounces of beans — or in some boutique cafes, at ...

We're talking about civet coffee, the cat poop coffee or the more dignified kopi luwak. Even before you have taken the first sip, the coffee beans that went into the beverage have already been ...

Civet cat poop coffee stirs up controversy among animal rights groups Sunday, July 19, 2015 A civet stands in a cage during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011.

Also known as Civet Coffee, it is harvested from coffee beans ingested and excreted by civet cats. This Indonesian gem is celebrated for its unique production process.

That's a particularly common type of bean, as about 70% of the coffee consumed worldwide is made from arabica beans. It's the ...