# More about Kopi luwak coffee.....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-about-kopi-luwak-coffee/138996>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 26, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-about-kopi-luwak-coffee/138996 "2002-11-26T23:47:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-about-kopi-luwak-coffee/138996/1 "2002-11-26T23:47:38Z")

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In one of his columns, Cecil describes the coffee made from beans taken from the feces of a particular animal - the palm civet.

Well, I was exploring the University of Guelph’s webpage, and guess what their latest news item is? Apparently research at Guelph has shown that kopi luwak coffee is even more bacteria-free than regular coffee!

Here’s the link to the article:  
[http://www.uoguelph.ca/mediarel/archives/002065.html](http://www.uoguelph.ca/mediarel/archives/002065.html)

Anyone wanna volunteer for the potential taste test? 😃

[Cecil on Kopi luwak coffee](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010525.html)

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-about-kopi-luwak-coffee/138996/2 "2002-11-27T02:36:05Z")

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So, UOG tested Kopi Luwak (from malaysia) and compared it to regular ol’ coffee beans from Colombia, and found that they’re different – brilliant. I could have told them that Malaysian coffee and Columbian coffee are different without a GC _or_ a palm civet.

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-about-kopi-luwak-coffee/138996/3 "2002-11-27T02:59:24Z")

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_shrug_ I didn’t design their research plan. I think the concern was fecal bacterial content, which,IMHO, _is_ a concern when you’re drinking something that passed through some cats ass. The synthetic aspect could be interesting - no name ™ kopi luwak coffee 🙂

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-about-kopi-luwak-coffee/138996/4 "2002-11-27T20:50:25Z")

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If you want, you can order some from Urban Fare in Vancouver(possibly on web, I’m not sure).

It goes for $600 CAD/ 100 grams, or something ludicrous like that.

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-about-kopi-luwak-coffee/138996/5 "2002-11-27T21:53:18Z")

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$75 for 1/4 pound bags, here, which is still ludicrous:

[http://www.ravensbrew.com/NewFiles/kopiluwak.html](http://www.ravensbrew.com/NewFiles/kopiluwak.html)

The graphic is amusing, anyway …