Honduran Coati Coffee: Central America’s Civet Coffee Alternative
In Honduras’s Marcala region — a highland coffee district that gained DOP (Denominación de Origen Protegida) status in…
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Civet, elephant, weasel, and other animal-processed coffees
Jacu Bird Coffee: Brazil’s Answer to Kopi Luwak
In 2006, Henrique Sloper noticed something strange on his Camocim estate in Pedra Azul, Espírito Santo. The Jacu…
Read ArticleThailand’s Civet Coffee: Production & Where to Find It
In 1969, when the Thai government began encouraging hill tribe farmers in Chiang Rai’s northern highlands to replace…
Read ArticleInside a Civet’s Stomach: How Digestion Creates Kopi Luwak
In October 2025, a team of researchers published a study in Scientific Reports (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-21545-x) that finally put…
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