Indonesian Civet Cat Poop Coffee Brews Up Controversy It's the world's most expensive cup of coffee, but animal rights groups have concerns over how it's produced.

The world's most expensive coffee can cost $600 a pound, and it comes from — there's no delicate way to put it — civet poop. But how do you know if what you're shelling out for is the real deal?

The civet cat has a definite image problem. Nine months ago, the animals were banished as suspected spreaders of the SARS virus, only to be back on the menu after the outbreak subsided. Now they ...

Civet coffee is sold at five coffee shops around the Bay Area. San Francisco Eva's Coffee calls it the rarest and most luxurious coffee in the world, which they charge $15 a cup for.

New York’s crappiest cup of coffee is also its most expensive. At $30 a cup, “Kopi Luwak” is made from beans collected from the droppings of a small, cat-like mammal called a civet.

Civet Cat Farmers Fighting to Save Their Own Hides. By Sam Howe Verhovek . June 16, 2003 12 AM PT . ... Then he went to work, raising civet cats. Caring for civets, ...

Hong Kong animal activists condemned the slaughtering of civet cats. "We don't even know if the civet cat is the direct source of SARS," said Ng Cho-nam, president of the Conservancy Association.