Civet Cat Coffee Singapore. One particular species, the common palm civet, can be found on the island. And is commonly available in singapore and malaysia too.
Unfortunately, growing demand has resulted in cruel practices on civet coffee farms. Unfortunately, most producers of this type of coffee keep the small animals, which we affectingly know as toddy cats, locked up in cages. Having tried the civet cat coffee, i will try to describe the experience, which is a challenge.
The coffee beans which are excreted by the civet cat are collected to be made into coffee for humans to drink.
The common palm civet (paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is fondly known as musang in malay and toddy cat in english for its love of the sap used to make the alcoholic drink “toddy” 1.though often labelled as the 'civet cat', the common palm civet is actually distantly related to cats and is instead more closely related to mongoose and hyenas 2, 3. And is commonly available in singapore and malaysia too. A wild civet eats ripe arabika coffee beans at a plantation which produces luwak coffee on the indonesian island of bali. The word “kopi” means “coffee” in balinese, while “luwak” is the local name for the palm civet.
