is it true coffe is made from racoon poop?

Question

i heard on t.v im not fooling aruond please be honest.

does that qulifie for all coffe sold in america.

Answer 1

Coffee is made from a coffee bean.

Answer 2

The last explanation about Kopi Luwak ( Kopi means Coffee ) is not true. It has nothing to do with being lazy. The reason why Luwak coffee is so sought after and they are really really expensive, is because this animal only eat coffee, and it knows which coffee beans is the most delicious / ripe one, while it can only digest the fruit, it can't digest the bean so it poop out only the best quality beans. So the local has to gather, clean and roast this coffee bean and the result is amazing.

Here is the quote from a University of Guelph about coffee Luwak:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/mediarel/archives/002065.html

IT says it cost $ 600 to buy just a pound of Kopi Luwak .... I don't think people will pay that much for coffee that lazy people sell right?

Answer 3

Kopi Luwak is probably what you are thinking about:

Here's a quote from the web site I cited:


"On these Indonesian islands, there's a small marsupial called the paradoxurus, a tree-dwelling animal that is part of the sibet family. Long regarded by the natives as pests, they climb among the coffee trees eating only the ripest, reddest coffee cherries. Who knows who first thought of it, or how or why, but what these animals eat they must also digest and eventually excrete. Some brazen or desparate -- or simply lazy -- local gathered the beans, which come through the digestion process fairly intact, still wrapped in layers of the cherries' mucilage. The enzymes in the animals' stomachs, though, appear to add something unique to the coffee's flavor through fermentation."

Answer 4

Raccoon Poop Coffee

Answer 5

The coffee bean is a myth. Raccoon poop is one of the main ingredients but different types of coffee use different combinations of feces from different animals. Australian coffee relies heavily on koala feces, other animals like lemurs, sloths, possums, and prairie dogs have fecal matter that can be used to create good, strong coffee.

Answer 6

OK we know you cant be serious...that's a helluva lot of coon crap.. HECK NO...cmon. Its grown on a bush which produces a berry - once bright red it is mature - left to ripen to a brown color. Typically, the geography of the coffee plant is in a tropical 25 degree latitude belt on both sides of the equator.

Answer 7

From coffee seeds or beans

Answer 8

lol No, it's from a coffee bean (as said before). Don't listen to the tv, it's all crap.

Answer 9

No, it's marmoset poop, and the beans are cleaned before processing.

Answer 10

coffee beans