What is Civet coffee?

Civet coffee is coffee that has been brewed from coffee beans which have been eaten, when in the coffee cherry, by a furry, long-tailed nocturnal animal called the Civet, and then passed through the Civet’s digestive tract and been expelled, then gathered by farmers, washed, sun-dried, and lightly roasted..

Another general quality found in most Civet coffee s is its low acidity and natural lack of bitterness even with a light roast (it should be noted that roasting reduces bitterness and coffees with more natural bitterness are given a darker roast for that reason).