Kopi Luwak has two farms with 200 (in Davao City) and 100 (Iligan City) wild civets. But the archipelago of Indonesia where the famous "kopi luwak" was first discovered and produced is leading in supplying the world market for almost three centuries, where many small-scale civet farms are proliferating in the countryside. Several studies have examined the process in which the animal's stomach acids and enzymes digest the beans' covering and ferment the beans. Research by food scientist Massimo Marcone at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada showed that the civet's endogenous digestive secretions seep into the beans. These secretions carry
Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit "Beans, Beans, The Magical Fruit" is a playground saying and children's song about the capacity for beans to contribute to flatulence. The song is also variously known as "Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit", "Beans, Beans, the Miracle Fruit", "Beans, Beans, the Mystical Fruit", "Beans, Beans, the Tropical Fruit", "Beans, Beans, the Wonderful Fruit", and "Beans, Beans, they make you fart". One variation of the song (sometimes called the second verse) is titled "Beans, Beans, They're Good for Your Heart." The basis of the song (and bean/fart humor in general) is the high amount of oligosaccharides