Poop coffee – don’t drink it

 

According to Science News, years ago Tony Wild, an international coffee trader,  discovered the coffee bean that is excreted by the civet, “a slender nocturnal carnivorous mammal with a barred and spotted coat and well-developed anal scent glands, native to Africa and Asia.” They are also found in Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa.

The animals eat the coffee berries and excrete the beans. The beans, which are chemically transformed in the digestive process, are harvested and turned into coffee.

This “designer” coffee goes for $25.00US a CUP.

Sadly, this has become a lucrative business throughout the world. Sadly, because unscrupulous people are herding these animals into tight cages and only feeding them coffee berries and little else. They are sick and receive no veterinary or medical care. They are expendable.

Tony Wild says he is sorry he brought the whole idea to fruition because so many of the civets are being abused. Animal rights organizations, such as PETA,  and even government entities are working to eliminate or at least regulate the processing of this coffee bean.

Even Tony Wild is pleading to put an end to this inhumane industry.

Don’t drink poop coffee.

Photo: Wikipedia