Is it true that there is a kind of coffee bean that is retrieved from animal droppings and then sold?

Answer by  Cynthia (21)

The Asian Palm Civet which is a cat sized mammal from Asia eats the coffee berries and then defecates the coffee been. The coffee is called Civet Coffee!

Answer by  Milette4 (900)

Yes, it is called Kopi luwak or civet coffee. The coffee is actually made from coffee berries which have passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet. The civet's droppings are collected, the beans gets taken out and is washed, dried, roasted and then brewed. It is the most expensive coffee in the world.

Answer by  13 (11)

yes there is. I know it sound gross but i am a coffee master at a place I will not name. The coffee bean is ate by a cat like animal and the growers of the coffee trees collect there poop to extract the left over beans from there poop