Kopi Luwak has given way to intensive farming methods in which civets in battery cage systems are force-fed the cherries. This method of production has raised ethical concerns about the treatment of civets due to "horrific conditions" including isolation, poor diet, small cages and a high mortality rate. Although kopi luwak is a form of processing rather than a variety of coffee, it has been called one of the most expensive coffees in the world, with retail prices reaching / per kilogram. Kopi luwak is produced mainly on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago. It is
Kopi Luwak also widely gathered in the forest or produced in the farms in the islands of the Philippines (where the product is called "kape motit" in the Cordillera region, "kapé alamíd" in Tagalog areas, and "kapé melô" or "kapé musang" in Mindanao island), and in East Timor (where it is called "kafé-laku"). "Weasel coffee" is a loose English translation of its Vietnamese name "cà phê Chồn". The origin of kopi luwak is closely connected with the history of coffee production in Indonesia. In the early 18th century the Dutch established the cash-crop coffee plantations in their colony in the Dutch East