Kopi Luak or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee berries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet and other related civets. The civets eat the berries, but the beans inside pass through their system undigested.
Many consumers question whether civet coffee is safe and sanitary, and whether it contains e-coli bacteria. The civet is not known as a carrier of e-coli or other bacteria potentially dangerous to humans, and there is no public record of any illness conveyed by civet coffee. It is professed by producers that the enzymes in the digestive tract, as well as the rigorous washing and sun drying of the beans, help to eliminate bacteria, along with the high temperature roasting process, and that the coffee is entirely safe.
kopi luwak來源：世界上最昂貴的咖啡：kopi luwak，馬來文“Kopi”意指咖啡；而“Luwak”是一種俗稱「麝香貓」的樹栖野生動物。
家鄉源自於馬來西亞南部小鎮麻坡的陳，熱愛土地和藍天白雲，最希望每天擁抱著大自然，迎著微風的溫柔渡過生命的美好時光；大學專修農科的他，對土地有一份特殊的感情，專業加上熱情，他總是無法忘懷那些對於大地的依戀與土壤給他的溫度。
在其他專業領域努力開拓自己的人生之餘，他從來沒有停止思考的是：未來的人生怎樣才能舒服的回歸大自然？去年六月的某個晚上，電視機播放著關於亞洲區麝香貓咖啡的新聞，從菲律賓、越南到印尼，這些國家都因為特殊的麝香貓咖啡而登上國際咖啡舞台，而位於鄰近國度的馬來西亞，我們難道不能做到嗎？
這樣的念頭萌起後，他開始收集大量相關資料，發現我國也有與印尼等國相同品種的麝香貓之後，他開始興致勃勃的堆沏他的麝香貓咖啡之夢。他尋尋覓覓馬來西亞各地的咖啡種植狀況，北上南下，親眼看著許多美麗而有歲月的咖啡樹一一被推倒，一片片屬於咖啡的土地不再只有咖啡；為了更好的生活，為了適應社會形態的轉變，陳意識到咖啡將逐漸消失在馬來西亞的農業版圖上。
說不心痛，那是自欺欺人，一棵樹，經歷多少歲月的煎熬才成長為結滿果實的好樹。那些咖啡香飄起的早晨，幸福的味道滿的都快溢出來了，那是咖啡最直接的力量。陳因為相信麝香貓咖啡的傳奇，開始愛上咖啡，他愛嗅咖啡香，因為裡面有一種無法抗拒的美好感覺；除了回到大自然的懷抱，他更想完成的夢想是讓咖啡種植業得到更高的利潤，然後願意繼續把咖啡種好。
站在老家數十年的榴蓮園，手撫摸著那些樹幹的實在觸感，陳的決定不在於完成自己的理想生活罷了，更多的，是他對於這片土地的了解與深愛。
於是，因為一個有夢的人，馬來西亞有了自己生產的麝香貓咖啡；除了傳奇，還有堅持和嘗試的毅力，一切逐步成形。
咖啡，曾經是我國重要農產品，適合這塊土地栽種的咖啡豆品種有兩種：Robusta和Liberica，在經過加工處理後，咖啡成了馬來西亞人日常的咖啡飲料。
相信大家都有一個共同的回憶，就是家裡的桌上總是擺放著一壺濃濃的黑咖啡，在家隨時就可以喝一杯咖啡，似乎那就是生活的一部分。家家戶戶晒乾咖啡豆，然後加上糖和牛油現炒現喝，曾經也是很多馬來西亞家庭的風景。而今，咖啡園都一一轉型成為油棕園了，這，真的是一個唯一的出路嗎？為了尋找一杯好咖啡，北中南馬走一趟，看到咖啡農的悲歌與無奈，另外在心裡響起的聲音卻是：如果大家都只是栽種油棕，是不一個最安全的決策？這片活著的土地就只以一種農作物來與萬物溝通嗎？
I am a nature lover. I love our world oldest Rainforest. I love blue sky, with singing birds and gentle blowing wind. I was on an ever searching for a career which suits my preference, my nature.
It was one night, middle of last year, I watched one brief documentary about Philippines kopi luwak on Singapore television broadcast. Immediate one very strong taught stroke me: if Philippines could do, given we are in very similar geographical area, Malaysia should also boleh to produce kopi luwak. From that time onwards, I was on my search journey for Malaysian kopi luwak.
In very short time I gathered much information about kopi luwak and its key figure: the civet cat. Exactly as what I had taught, the very same civet cat which present in Philippines and Indonesia, is also present in our Malaysian Rainforest.
Since then I filed in my application to rear civet cat to the government. As expected, much waiting and hassles needed to go through. After going through much hassle, I felt like a little boat at the middle of big ocean, with very unsure destiny. Given I was the lone searcher of kopi luwak in Malaysia, I was having very little confidence whether I could realize my kopi luwak dream. When I told my family members about my dream, all of them laughed at me.
One of my neighbor when saw I put some coffee seedling in my home, very heartfully she advised my mother not to plant coffee. Her bitter experience of planting coffee 20 years ago taught her coffee given her very little return but mountainous labor needed.
Then finally, after much effort, I saw some light at the end of tunnel for my civet cat rearing application. Fortunately, it was not a locomotive, but a real hard approval for rearing civet cat. One government official told me I was the first person applying to rear civet cat.
However, even though I am a trained agriculture man, I am big amateur for brewing fine coffee. Apparently I needed to find a partner, a coffee brewing specialist to work with. Then through report on Oriental Daily, I found Typica Café, Sum Leong and Ai Yi. Their great passion on fine coffee gave me deep impression. Immediately we agreed to develop kopi luwak together.
Then I started to rear civet cat, and looking for near extinction Malaysian coffee farm, to get ripen coffee berries to feed my civet cats. During our search, we were very sad that the sun of Malaysian coffee farms is going to set soon. More and more farmers are chopping their coffee trees with exactly the same reasons given by my neighbor. In Banting especially, an area previously occupied with many coffee farms, coffee trees are near extinction, giving way to more profitable oil palm.
