The Asian Palm Civet Cat generally known as Toddy Cat is a small mottled gray and black vive rid weighing 2 to 5 kg (4.4 to 11 lb). It has a body length of 53 cm (21 in) and a tail length of 48 cm (19 in).Asian Palm Civets feed only at night.
The (Asian Civet)Toddy Cat eat red coffee berries and beans. In the jungles and plantations in which they live, they find the sweetest, ripest ones and munch on them. But they can't digest them, so the berries and beans come out through the digestive system without the bean being disturbed. One day, humans discovered that the enzymes in the civets’ tummies break down the coffee’s bitterness, leaving behind an extremely delicious bean. Passing through a civet’s intestine, the beans are then defecated, having kept their shape. After gathering, thorough washing, sun drying, light roasting and brewing, these beans yield an aromatic coffee with much less bitterness, widely noted as the most expensive coffee in the world. Kopi luwak is produced mainly on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago, and also in the Philippines. The bean dropping are washed it lightly, roasted and ground. Tastes like caramel and chocolate! Today, Kopi Luwak–civet coffee in Indonesian - sells for about $30 a cup in selected coffee shops in Japan and the US.
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