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Published online 27 July 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040726-5
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Cat droppings yield chic coffee
Discovery shows unusual beans can be created in the guts of different civet species.
A food scientist has cracked the secrets of the world's most expensive coffee, Kopi Luwak, whose beans pass through the intestinal tract of an Indonesian civet before being roasted and savoured. But the elusive blend looks unlikely to be copied any time soon.
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