Quote Originally Posted by Mantra View Post
Aw man, what the hell. Poor civets

How did this practice ever develop in the first place?! Luxury coffee made from Civet poop? Who came up with this insanity?
In a nutshell: the 18th century equivalent of dumpster diving. Farmers wanted a taste of the crops they were harvesting for the Dutch, and they realized that civets were basically shitting out the beans whole. So they took them home and roasted them.