Kopi Luwak

Kopi luwak, also known as civet coffee, is a unique type of coffee made from coffee cherries that have been partially digested by the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). The cherries undergo fermentation as they pass through the civet's intestines. After being excreted along with other fecal matter, they are then collected. The Asian palm civets are increasingly captured in the wild and traded for this purpose.

The production of kopi luwak is primarily centered on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, and in East Timor. It is also gathered from the wild or cultivated on farms in the Philippines, where it is referred to as kape motit in the Cordillera region, kapé alamíd in Tagalog areas, kapé melô or kapé musang in Mindanao, and kahawa kubing in the Sulu Archipelago. The term 'Weasel coffee' is an informal English translation of its Vietnamese name, cà phê Chồn.

Producers of these coffee beans argue that the unique process may enhance the coffee through two mechanisms: selection, wherein civets choose to consume only specific cherries, and digestion, where biological or chemical processes in the animals' digestive tracts alter the composition of the coffee cherries.

猫屎咖啡，又被称为麝香猫咖啡，是一种独特的咖啡类型，由亚洲棕榈麝香猫（Paradoxurus hermaphroditus）部分消化过的咖啡浆果制成。这些浆果在经过麝香猫的肠道发酵后，与其他粪便一起排泄出来，然后被收集。亚洲棕榈麝香猫越来越多地被捕捉用于这一目的。

猫屎咖啡主要在印尼的苏门答腊、爪哇、巴厘岛、苏拉威西岛以及东帝汶生产。它还在菲律宾的森林中采集或在农场生产，被称为卡佩莫蒂特（Cordillera地区）、卡佩阿拉米德（塔加洛语区域）、卡佩梅洛（或卡佩穆桑）（棉兰老岛）以及卡哈瓦库宾（苏鲁群岛）。"鼬咖啡"是它的越南名称cà phê Chồn的非正式英文翻译。

这些咖啡豆的生产者认为，该独特的过程可能通过两种机制改善咖啡：选择，即麝香猫选择食用特定的浆果；以及消化，即动物的消化道中的生物学或化学机制改变了咖啡浆果的成分。