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World’s priciest coffee marred by abuse allegations

By Emma O'Connor TIME November 25, 2012 Coffee Maker : Gourmands the world over savor the flavor of the coffee known in Indonesia as Kopi Luwak. The coffee gets its taste from coffee berries that the luwak, a kind of civet consumes and then excretes in its stool.  Photo credit: Paula Bronstein / Getty Images via TIME Civet coffee, or Kopi Luwat, was described as the “ rarest beverage in the world ” in the 2007 film  The   Bucket List , and it retails for  £70  ($105) a cup in  London —but a less-than-glamorous scandal may be brewing for the drink. The globe’s most expensive java, which is made from the feces of cat-like mammals called Asian palm  civets , is raising concern among animal welfare organizations,  the  Guardian  reports . Producers of Kopi Luwat, based primarily in  Indonesia , are facing accusations of “ horrific ” abuse against the civets, who are kept in cages and fed a diet comprise...