civet coffee
Americannoun
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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
As folklore has it, civet coffee, or kopi luwak in Indonesian, was discovered by plantation workers in colonized Indonesia.
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
But as civet coffee has gained popularity, and with Indonesia growing as a tourist destination where visitors want to see and interact with wildlife, more wild civets are being confined to cages on coffee plantations.
From National Geographic
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