No deal, no harm-the truth behind Kopi Luwak

Published: Sep 17, 2026 Author: World Gafei Last Updated: Sep/17/2026 435 views

Kopi Luwak Coffee is one of the most expensive coffee in the world. It costs as much as 3000 yuan per pound. Some restaurants sell for 600 yuan a cup. ▼ says it's cat shit. In fact, it's not our common domestic cat or pet cat. It's an animal called musk cat on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. ▼ is the favorite food of wild musk cats because of the large amount of coffee grown in Indonesia.

The Kopi Luwak Initiative

Also known as: Muscat Coffee

It's one of the most expensive coffee in the world.

The price per pound is as high as 3000 yuan.

Some restaurants sell a cup for as much as 600 yuan.

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It's cat shit, but it's not our common domestic cat or pet cat.

It's an animal called "civet" on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

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As Indonesia grows a large number of coffee crops

The favorite food of wild civets is fresh coffee beans.

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Kopi Luwak is expensive for one thing because of its unique taste. It has a very special smell. After drinking, there will still be a touch of mint cool feeling in the mouth, which is the "exclusive taste" that ordinary coffee does not have. After drinking a cup, take a deep breath or take a sip of cold water, you can obviously feel cool from mouth to throat, just like eating a mint lotion.

Second, although civets are distributed in Indochina, India (northeast), Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal and Kashmir. But only Sumatran civets can produce Kopi Luwak. And they live in the jungle and are omnivores, so the production of Kopi Luwak is very rare.

And then the sad story happened.

Profit-seeking businessmen are no longer satisfied with the sporadic output found in the jungle.

So in order to increase the output

Lock up the civets and feed them only berries.

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The civet was arrested.

Eat only screened coffee beans every day

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All the cat shit is collected.

Carry on the processing and manufacture

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They are actually creatures who love freedom extremely.

Detention and breeding

At one point, they would go on a hunger strike.

But in order to get high-priced civet coffee,

Do not hesitate to abuse cats and beg for dung

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Video duration: 1 minute 38 seconds

According to the Daily Mail of September 21,

In parts of the Philippines and Indonesia

In order to get high-priced civet coffee beans,

Brutally put the civet in a narrow, dirty cage

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Peta staff found that

The caged civets were so irritable and depressed that they almost collapsed.

They are fed lots of berries every day.

To produce more coffee beans.

Musk cats face serious health problems due to lack of vitamins and other nutrients.

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Actually, it's just a cup of coffee.

But it is the fate of their lives.

Kopi Luwak was first discovered and promoted in the West.

And now they're trying to boycott.

In fact, compare your heart to yourself.

This kind of life for freedom-loving creatures

Is it equivalent to life imprisonment?

And what did they do wrong?

There is no sale

There was no abuse.

It starts with me.

Source: the other side of Yao

Editor: Yang Shuo

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