Coffee production in Indonesia in the classic Indonesian cup profile. Larger processing mills, estates and some farmers' cooperatives on Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and Bali produce "fully washed" coffee. The most unusual form of coffee processing in Indonesia is "Kopi Luwak". This coffee is processed by the Asian palm civet ("Paradoxurus hermaphroditus"). The animals eat ripe coffee cherries and their digestive process removes the outer layers of the fruit. The remaining coffee beans are collected and washed. Coffee experts believe that the unique flavour of Kopi Luwak comes, at least in part, from the extraction of naturally occurring potassium salts from the beans during the
Otter civet be responsible for the current rarity of the otter civet. "Cynogale bennettii" is listed in CITES Appendix II. Otter civet The otter civet ("Cynogale bennettii") is a semiaquatic civet native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. It is listed as "Endangered" because of a serious ongoing population decline, estimated to be more than 50% over the past three generations (estimated to be 15 years), inferred from direct habitat destruction, and indirect inferred declines due to pollutants. "Cynogale" is a monospecific genus. The otter civet possesses several adaptations to its habitat, including a broad mouth and webbed feet with naked soles