How did civet poop coffee come from? What is the difference between it and Mantelin? Are Indonesia's three top coffees cat poop coffee really cat poop?

There is such a kind of coffee that has been known as the gold of the coffee industry since the last century. The reason why it is called gold is not unreasonable, because its price was already very expensive at that time. Even today, when Rose Summer is king, its price remains high. And it is the famous cat poop coffee.

"Is cat shit coffee really cat shit? "This is a comment that often appears under front street articles. Strictly speaking, it is not cat droop, because it is made of coffee beans extracted from cat droop. But... On a certain level... Forget it, I'll stop talking. Because cat shit coffee is very interesting and expensive, even coffee guys who have been in the circle for many years have not many friends who are interested in trying it. But this does not prevent people from being curious about its taste and wanting to know whether it has a delicious taste that is equivalent to its selling price. If people are very curious about the taste of cat poop coffee and then don't want to taste cat poop coffee, then Qianjie Association recommends you to try the deep-baked Mantelin. Why? Because the taste of cat poop coffee is actually not that unique, it is a deep-roasted coffee with unique properties. The main reason why it sells very expensive comes from the scarcity caused by its unique handling.

Cat shit coffee is well known that coffee beans are the seeds of coffee fruits. If we want the coffee beans in the coffee fruits to become raw materials that can be roasted and mature beans, then we need to go through post-processing to remove the peel, pulp, and other substances that wrap the coffee beans and dry them to a certain extent.

There are many post-processing methods. For example, the more common ones are sun exposure, washing, honey treatment, anaerobic treatment, etc. The operating processes of them will have certain differences. These differences will make the coffee beans ferment. The degree and time vary, which in turn allows the coffee beans to develop different degrees of aroma. So this is also the reason why people are happy to taste and study different treatments of coffee.

All the treatments mentioned above basically allow coffee beans to ferment in a natural environment, but cat feces coffee is completely different, because the coffee beans of cat feces coffee will undergo the fermentation process in the animal's body. Why? Because the production of cat shit coffee requires specific animals to eat the coffee cherries. We can know this specific animal by its name. It is a "cat", but it is not our common feline, so please put down your own cats and put away your bold ideas.

The "cat" that "makes" cat shit coffee refers to the "civet" that grows in tropical rainforests. It is a spirit cat, its scientific name is Viverra zibetha, and is an omnivorous wild animal unique to Indonesia. Because they ate everything, and then happened to be born in coffee-rich Indonesia, this gave the civet a less pleasant "fate" with coffee.

Ripe coffee cherries give off an attractive aroma, which attracts the civet to accurately harvest and swallow them. That's right, swallow them whole. After the civet eats the coffee cherries, the digestive juice in its body can decompose the pulp and peel pectin of the coffee cherries, but cannot decompose the coffee beans. Because the density of coffee beans is extremely high, civets cannot digest them, so the coffee beans will eventually be excreted in the feces. In this process, the coffee beans have already been fermented in the intestines, so when the workers harvest the civet feces with the coffee beans, they only need to clean it, take out the coffee beans and dry it, and the cat feces coffee fermented in the body is processed.

According to information reviewed by Qianjie, the first people to eat "crabs" were Indonesian workers. They managed and grew Dutch coffee on the island at that time, but because coffee was an important export commodity of the Dutch and was not allowed to be tasted by workers, this made many Indonesian workers who had never tasted the taste of coffee have a strong desire for coffee. How can I taste the taste of coffee? Indonesian workers thought so. Then just at this moment, they discovered that there were some objects similar to corn grains in the civets droppings on the roadside. When they looked closely, they were actually coffee beans!!! So the bold idea came. The process is the same as described on the front street. They cleaned and removed the coffee beans from the feces, then dried them in the sun, threw them into a pot and stir-fried, and finally got a portion of cooked coffee beans. After grinding and brewing, they tasted the taste of coffee as they wished, and it tasted good. Therefore, in this way, the feces of wild civet became an important source of coffee for Indonesian workers. Such news quickly spread among others. It was not until merchants smelled the commercial flavor hidden in it that cat shit coffee began to become the "gold" of the coffee industry and spread around the world.

As Qian Jie said at the beginning of the article, the reason why cat shit coffee is expensive is not only marketing, but also because of the scarcity of production due to such a unique handling method. On average, 500g of civet droppings can only produce 150g of cat droppings coffee beans. The huge gap between huge demand and very little output has driven the price to rise all the way. Therefore, even today in 2026, the price of cat droppings coffee is still at its peak, especially the cat droppings coffee marked with the word "wild." That's right! Since merchants will emphasize "wild" cat shit coffee when selling it, it means that there is "domestic" cat shit coffee. Due to the huge benefits of cat shit coffee, its price is dozens of times that of local regular Indonesian coffee beans. In order to make more profits from it, many local people have begun to capture and raise civets and only feed them every day. Coffee fruits make them machines that can constantly "pop gold coins."

Such an approach obviously would not be supported, so after the incident was exposed, everyone began to boycott cat shit coffee, and Qianjie also removed the shelves. After all, if there was no sale, there would be no harm. Moreover, the taste of cat shit coffee is indeed not as unique as everyone imagined.

What does cat shit coffee taste like? Why did it mention in front of Front Street that we can taste a taste similar to cat shit coffee from Mantinin? Because the coffee variety of cat shit coffee is the variety of Mantelin produced locally in Indonesia, what kind of coffee is grown locally in Indonesia, then what kind of coffee cherries are what kind of coffee civets eat. Then, traditional cat shit coffee is deeply roasted. Under the deep roasting, the flavor of the coffee beans will not be much different. They are mainly caramel, chocolate, nuts, spices, and smoky flavors. There will be a difference in the treatment method, but it will not be great under deep roasting, and the taste of cat shit coffee will be relatively gentle. Therefore, we can taste a similar coffee flavor from Mantelin.

There are two types of Mantonin in the Qianjie bean list. They are Qianjie Ration Indonesia Lindong Mantonin. Its flavors are mainly caramel, chocolate, and spices. The taste is mellow and the taste is strong and weak; the other is Qianjie Indonesia PWN Golden Mantonin. Its flavor is similar to Lindong Mantonin, but the overall cleanliness will be higher, and then it will have a richer sense of hierarchy when drinking it.

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