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Kopi Luwak, also known as caphe cut chon (fox-dung coffee) in Vietnam and kape alamid in the Philippines, is coffee that is prepared using coffee cherries that have been eaten and partially digested by the Asian Palm Civet, then harvested from its feces.[2][3] The civets digest the flesh of the coffee cherries but pass the beans inside, leaving their stomach enzymes to go to work on the beans, which adds the coffee's prized aroma and flavor.[4] Only around 1,000 pounds of civet coffee make it to the market each year, and a pound can cost up to $600 in some parts of the world and about $100 a cup in others.[5].
To which I must say, really? I suppose there might (MIGHT) be something to this. But someone in Indonesia who is now trying to raise Civets to crap coffee beans is hitting a brick wall because the the Civet can't pick which beans are best (story - honest to god, via MSNBC).
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Really - we are argueing if Civet crap coffee beans are best if foraged or if fed?
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I'll have the Diet Coke please.