# I just got some Kopi Luwak Coffee - boy am I in for an animal treat! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [December 19, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524 "2007-12-19T00:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/1 "2007-12-19T00:13:29Z")
I just got a bag of [this](http://www.animalcoffee.com/) kopi luwak coffee. I good friend of the family sent it to us. I hope it’s good, if I hadn’t gotten this at 7pm I’d be having a cup! Can’t wait for the morning. Anyone ever have this stuff? Cat poop coffee, I can’t wait! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/2 "2007-12-19T00:32:17Z")
Lucky! Here’s a [recent thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369288&highlight=luwak) [Another.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269580&highlight=luwak) [Mine.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434222&highlight=coffee) There are more with “luwak” as the search term. I mention these for background and further discusion, not to derail your thread. I do hope you’ll describe it for us, particularly because one of my cats has colonitis and I’m having to do all the clean up, so the idea of something wonderful and fragrant coming out an animal’s butt would be a refreshing change of pace. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/3 "2007-12-19T14:13:26Z")
Well, it’s…nice. I was expecting to be blown away. And in reality this morning I put it in a french press and had a cup with no-fat cream and cane sugar. The main thing was the lack of acidity. NO spark on the back of the throat, otherwise, the $116. a pound I think is outrageous. Great gift though. I guess for the glamour that comes with a $100 pound of coffee it’ll make a good conversation piece when we have guests. ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/4 "2007-12-19T15:24:34Z")
Dave Barry’s [column](http://www.indwes.edu/Faculty/bcupp/things/nov9.htm) on luwak coffee is hilarious. > [@](#): > > Then I thought: What kind of world is this when you worry that people might be ripping you off by selling you coffee that was NOT pooped out by a weasel? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/5 "2007-12-19T15:32:55Z")
This is like that Night Gallery episode where one person’s Heaven is another person’s Hell\*. I hate coffee to begin with. One of the ways I can think of making it even LESS attractive to me is to have it pooped out of a weasel relative. - with John Aston playing a very unconvincing hippie (“It’s a Bummer!”) Surely somebody’s idea of Hell. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/6 "2007-12-19T15:37:53Z")
You could probably make your own for a lot cheaper. Go full tilt though… instead of a boring ol’ regular coffee filter, use toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/7 "2007-12-19T17:47:42Z")
The Philippines is starting to get in on the civet coffee action. Their version is called “coffee alamid”, digested by the Philippine civet _Paradoxorus philippinensis_. My father sent me a jar of beans that I have yet to brew. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/8 "2007-12-19T18:45:38Z")
I love coffee, and have never had a chance to try Kopi Luwak. I have asked myself if I would avail myself of the opportunity should it ever arise (I ain’t gonna BUY it at that price!). I honestly don’t know… ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/9 "2007-12-19T20:21:03Z")
From their site: > [@](#): > > For the DIY fan or those that remain skeptical of kopi luwaks authenticity we are the ONLY site to be able to offer you natural, raw, kopi luwak. They have just got to be dying with laughter inside when they solemnly sell you a pound of something for $80 that looks like it came out of a litter box. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/10 "2007-12-19T20:30:42Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] From their site: They have just got to be dying with laughter inside when they solemnly sell you a pound of something for $80 that looks like it came out of a litter box. [/QUOTE] I’m just happy it was a gift…let’s leave it at that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/11 "2007-12-19T20:45:03Z")
It’s the phrase “For the DIY fan” that’s going to haunt my dreams. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/12 "2007-12-19T21:44:38Z")
Ivylad and I are coffee snobs (we take our French Press with us on vacation because we cannot stand the in-room drip coffee) and I would love to try a cup of this. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/13 "2007-12-19T23:28:23Z")
I bought a small packet for my brother last Christmas and got to try a cup, and I thought it was great! Absolutely no bitter aftertaste. Going purely by taste, it is not worth the price, but you are really paying for rarity and novelty value. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/14 "2007-12-19T23:40:44Z")
I wonder how it would taste if used to make espresso? Assuming proper roasting and preparation, of course. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-some-kopi-luwak-coffee-boy-am-i-in-for-an-animal-treat/430524/15 "2007-12-19T23:44:25Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] I wonder how it would taste if used to make espresso? Assuming proper roasting and preparation, of course. [/QUOTE] You have to squeeze the weasel pretty hard to get that fine a grind.