Indonesian Civet Cat Poop Coffee Brews Up Controversy

It's the world's most expensive cup of coffee, but animal rights groups have concerns over how it's produced.

[benjaminfranklintheth]

“She insists they’re treated well” parents of abused children say the same thing

[stanford-nfjk]

The woman says the civets are her friends. Ha! They’re her golden geese, so to speak. Such greed is sickening!

[rolandsequeira]

That lady looks so greedy who says "to make business" while capturing civet cats in small cages not letting them out from 6 years, atleast leave them on large open grounds at least!

[aoiahiru]

They're not actually "cats" are they? They look more like raccoon or lemur.

[bottlecaps]

the bali coffee luwak is just the worst, because the civets were kept in captivity and make the process unnatural, you should try the sumatra kopi luwak it def.tastes better than the bali's because the civets were not kept in captivity and they could live freely in the forests and the coffee plantation over there so they could pick the highest quality coffee beans.Luwak chose only the best and high quality coffee beans on nature and thats what make this kind of coffee become really expensive but if they kept in captivity and being forced fed they have limitations in choices therefore they would just eat whatever coffee beans fed to them and this will lead to the low quality coffee coffee that tastes nothing but like poop, just like the ones that you show in this video, you report the bad quality of coffee luwak, bali's coffee luwak always tastes the worst.

[Daisy-bson]

The origin of kopi luwak is closely connected with the history of coffee production in Indonesia. In the early 18th century the Dutch established the cash-crop coffee plantations in their colony in the Dutch East Indies islands of Java and Sumatra, including Arabica coffee introduced from Yemen. During the era of Cultuurstelsel (1830–70), the Dutch prohibited the native farmers and plantation workers from picking coffee fruits for their own use. Still, the native farmers wanted to have a taste of the famed coffee beverage. Soon, the natives learned that certain species of musang or luwak (Asian palm civet) consumed the coffee fruits, yet they left the coffee seeds undigested in their droppings. The natives collected these luwaks' coffee seed droppings, then cleaned, roasted and ground them to make their own coffee beverage. The fame of aromatic civet coffee spread from locals to Dutch plantation owners and soon became their favourite, yet because of its rarity and unusual process, the civet coffee was expensive even during the colonial era.

[cassiekay]

Why should we make any animal suffer so hideously in such cruel captivity for such a trivial reason as a cup of coffee ? Sickening and inhumane !
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[p.m.g.verstraete]

'My business', she smiles - woman, you are taking the lives of beautiful creatures just so they can poop beans. They never leave their cages. What an insanely insensitive monster are you?

[jasmera]

never ever drink kopi luwak! it is such a cruel industry. animals have to suffer in cages for many years, often becoming ill and self mutilating just so that humans can drink a nice cup of coffee ?? this is ridiculous

[SS-quib]

having these animals in captivity is wrong. they should be free no matter what.

[Adobo]

There is no reason why they need to be caged. They can easily be free to move about in an open space and still produce.

[ufodude]

why not just give the cats a good home?

[Communitysunshine]

I was able to try this through a friend of mine who could actually afford it. Opinion? There is absolutely NOTHING special about it. If anything, it tastes similar to the cheap coffee that you get out if a vending machine - honestly. Never again - and certainly not worth animals being caged.

[ferdinandblose]

Cruelty to Animals (Civet Cat) kept in cages to eat and poop for business. It's better to let them walk free in the enclosed Cherry Farm where they walk freely, built their homes and make babies. Then farmers collect poop for coffee

[johnmulcahy]

The SARS corona virus has been traced back to the Civet cat.

[Spartan-lf]

fyi not all civet cat keepers treat their cat this way, some i visit they let it roam within a controlled area instead of kept in captivity

[eljasmine]

Luwak/ Civet in the box? oh come on, unnatural, wild civet only eat coffee bean on the tree not force to the box and plate. unfair process

[abdulkhafidtirtojoyo]

The history of Kopi Luwak started in Malang County East Java province. The origin place of world famous Kofie van Java aka Java Coffee which was introduced by the Dutchman to Europe Continent.

[tbrew]

I guess you could say that coffee is expensive as shit

[mnhusin]

bad place to choose, luwak is javanese name for that animal, in bahasa indonesia it's called musang, so the origin of coffee luwak likely mt. dieng coffee or dampit east java, not balinese kintamani. and originaly wild civet only eat the perfect ripe coffee cherries but now a day luwak coffee produced by feeding caged civet with coffee cherry, that was wrong act, thats make the civets only eat what they was served not what they was choose to eat. and this make the kopi luwak is just a mistake.