Kopi Luwak luwak beans to exporters whose produce ends up in Europe and Asia. Intensive farming is also criticised by traditional farmers because the civets do not select what they eat, so the cherries which are fed to them in order to flavor the coffee are of poor quality compared to those beans collected from the wild. According to an officer from the TRAFFIC conservation programme, the trade in civets to make kopi luwak may constitute a significant threat to wild civet populations. Kopi luwak is one of the most expensive coffees in the world, selling for between US$100 and $500 per
Black Ivory Coffee Black Ivory Coffee Black Ivory Coffee is a brand of coffee produced by the Black Ivory Coffee Company Ltd in northern Thailand from Arabica coffee beans consumed by elephants and collected from their waste. The taste of Black Ivory coffee is influenced by elephants' digestive enzymes, which breaks down the coffee's protein. The coffee beans are digested within 15 to 70 hours, and are present with various other ingredients in the elephants' stomachs, which imparts specific flavors to the product. Black Ivory coffee has been described as "very smooth without the bitterness of regular coffee" and is among the world's