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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Most expensive coffee in the world made from Cat Poop


Kopi Luwak is the most expensive coffee in the world, selling for between $120 and $600 USD per pound, and is sold mainly in Japan and the United States.


Kopi Luwak is coffee prepared using coffee cherries that have been eaten by the animal, partially digested, and harvested from its feces. Kopi Luwak is currently the most expensive coffee in the world.



The Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called Toddy Cat, is a small member of the Viverridae family native to South and Southeast Asia. In 2008, the IUCN classified the species asLeast Concern as it is tolerant of a broad range of habitats, is widely distributed with large populations that are unlikely to be declining.[2]
Asian palm civets are native to IndiaNepalBangladeshBhutanMyanmarSri LankaThailand,SingaporePeninsular MalaysiaSabahSarawakBrunei DarussalamLaosCambodiaVietnam,ChinaPhilippines and the Indonesian islands of SumatraJavaKalimantanBawean and Siberut. They were introduced to Irian Jaya, the Lesser Sunda IslandsMalukuSulawesi and Japan. In Papua New Guinea, their presence is uncertain



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