civet coffee
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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For producers trying to maximize civet coffee, however, it’s easier and cheaper to just buy a new civet rather than keep the animals healthy, Nijman says.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 12, 2023
I would add that the guy who had the first cup of kopi luwak — aka civet coffee, made with beans gathered from the critters’ poop — must have been seriously jonesing for caffeine.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2019
A few years ago there was a fad of drinking Kopi Luwak, which is Indonesian for civet coffee.
From Forbes ● Aug. 26, 2014
By one estimate, 50 tons of mass produced civet coffee from Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and China flood the market every year.
From Time ● Oct. 2, 2013
The result is similar in civet coffee, or kopi luwak, another exorbitantly expensive variety extracted from the excrement of the weasel-like civet.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2012
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