Oleg Zabluda's blog
Saturday, April 21, 2012
 
Civet Coffee is the world's most expensive at $160/lb.
Civet Coffee is the world's most expensive at $160/lb. It is made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by a Civet, which is sorta a tree cat (Feliformia), then passed through its digestive tract. A civet eats the berries for their fleshy pulp. In its stomach, proteolytic enzymes seep into the beans, making shorter peptides and more free amino acids. Passing through a civet's intestines the beans are then defecated, keeping their shape, then collected.

I don't have that kind of money, nor do I have civets around here. So I will feed my cats Lidia and Irene coffee, etc. Shouldn't be a problem because they do eat all sorts of beans and nuts, especially Lidia (see photo below).

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