When exploring the rich tapestry of wildlife, the civet cat stands out, not just for its unusual appearance but also for its infamous scent. This intriguing animal, often striking a balance between ...

Civet coffee is highly prized for its unique flavor and rarity, but consumption comes with ethical questions. Wildlife smuggling routes exist all throughout Asia as do criminal smuggling enterprises ...

If you brew your own espresso, you’ll know this about coffee: it’s easy to make a very dull drink from great beans. Just by letting them stale, for example. If you’ve been served expresso by an expert ...

In 2007’s The Bucket List, Jack Nicholson’s billionaire magnate is a fan of a luxury coffee called kopi luwak, only to be informed that the beans first pass through the digestive tracts of civets and ...

It has been described as nutty, chocolatey, earthy and even fishy: a wildly expensive coffee that can sell for more than 100 times the price of regular brews, made from beans eaten and excreted by ...

The world’s most prized coffee comes from partially digested beans pooped out by the Asian palm civet. Now, researchers are delving into why this “civet coffee” is so tasty. New chemical analyses of ...

It has been described as nutty, chocolatey, earthy and even fishy: a wildly expensive coffee that can sell for more than 100 times the price of regular brews, made from beans eaten and excreted by ...

Coffee afficionados know that there are a myriad of brewing methods, bean varieties, and processing techniques that go into making that perfect cup of joe. But out of reach for many of them is an ...

Coffee beans collected from the faeces of civets have a unique chemistry that may explain why such beans are prized for their flavour. Asian palm civets (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) are mongoose-like ...

Kip Williams’s adaptation of Jean Genet’s claustrophobic chamber piece The Maids arrives at the Donmar Warehouse following the international acclaim for his take on Wilde’s Dorian Gray, which saw ...