The civet cat has a definite image problem. Nine months ago, the animals were banished as suspected spreaders of the SARS virus, only to be back on the menu after the outbreak subsided. Now they and ...

World's most expensive coffee has a controversial history. — -- The most expensive coffee in the world is harvested from a place where the sun don’t shine. It’s an exotic delicacy called Kopi ...

The most expensive coffee in the world is harvested from civets' poop, but animal rights groups say keeping these animals in isolated cages is cruel. It's an exotic delicacy made from coffee beans ...

Kopi Luwak, otherwise known as the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from cat poop. Well, almost. It’s actually made from the digested coffee beans of civets, small cat-like creatures that ...

JAKARTA, IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s top Islamic body declared Tuesday that Muslims can drink civet coffee – the world’s most expensive coffee, which is extracted from the dung of civet ...

From gross to gourmet. That pretty much sums up civet poop coffee. Civet feces are collected and cleaned for the beans, which are naturally fermented during digestion. Photo: AFP/AFP/Getty Images The ...

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. The idea is that a trip through the ...