4 Poop Coffees from Around the World – Would You Dare?

 Would you dare try a cup of coffee made from beans collected from animal poop? Check out the rarest and most expensive poop coffees to try.

Animal poop coffee isn’t exactly the first choice for coffee lovers to drink early in the morning. However, some coffee aficionados are raving about the most expensive coffee beans in the world.

Because poop is involved, these specialty coffee beans have started a buzz for coffee drinkers and non-coffee drinkers alike. They are as unconventional as one might think, and they come at a price. These poop coffee beans are among the rarest and most expensive ones on the market today.

Will you dare try to get into the dung coffee bandwagon?

Here are four of the most popular poop coffee grounds you can try from all over the world.

1. Jacu Bird Poop Coffee

Brazil is one of the biggest coffee producers worldwide, but there’s more than the typical coffee beans you can find in the country. When it comes to specialty coffee, Brazil offers one made of beans collected from bird poop.

Jacu birds in Brazil feed on the ripest coffee cherries because of their sweet taste. Collecting the beans from the poop, cleaning then roasting them creates one of the most exclusive coffee beans today.

What’s the taste?

This specialty coffee drink is a favorite for many who tried it, thanks to its delicate balance of flavor and creaminess. It also boasts a sweet taste with a slightly acidic base without the bitterness in most coffees. Plus, this exotic bird poop coffee has appealing fruity and chocolaty notes.

Where to get it?

·        Brazil

A trip to Brazil is a fantastic opportunity to try an authentic cup of this exotic poop coffee, although you can also find this Brazilian bird poop coffee beans online. You can scour Amazon and other specialty coffee stores online, although many of them are pre-orders.

2. Coati Coffee

Coatis are raccoon-like animals that nibble on ripe Arabica beans in South America to create the famous specialty coati coffee or capis coffee. These little beasts only eat the ripest and sweetest cherries, producing the best-quality beans once collected from their poop.

This type of coffee dates back to the 17th century, reserved for the elites and the highest social circles. It’s among the most expensive coffee beans until now.

What’s the taste?

With the digestive enzymes, peptide, and amino acids from the coatis, coati coffee features a less bitter taste and a much intense aroma than most beans. Those, combined with other foods that these little creatures eat, give the coati coffee a rather complex flavor with an unusually long aftertaste.

It boasts a sweet taste with notes of dried fruit, chocolate, and flowers.

Where to get it?

·        Peru

If you can't book a trip to Peru, you can also try looking for coati coffee on Amazon, although it comes in a limited supply.

3. Asian Palm Civet Coffee (Kopi Luwak)

Civet coffee or, what most fanatics also call, Kopi Luwak is a specialty coffee made from beans collected from the poop of Asian palm civet. This raccoon-like creature feed on the ripest coffee cherries, among other food sources.

The coffee beans pass through a unique fermentation process in the civet's intestines, which then comes out in clumps after a day or so. The harvested and processed beans are then sold as one of the most expensive coffee beans worldwide.

Luwak coffee has been part of Indonesian coffee production since the 18th century. However, it's only in recent years did it gain such popularity as a rare specialty.

What’s the taste?

Many critics say that civet coffee is simply a 'bad cup of coffee,' which isn't so far from the truth. It doesn't have any mind-blowing taste, regarded as a novelty coffee than a specialty coffee.

Still, if you are curious about how this expensive coffee tastes like, it’s smooth with a rich and nutty flavor without the bitterness. There’s also a hint of chocolate and caramel with a complex aroma to top it all off.

Where to get it?

·        Indonesia

If you’re on a holiday trip in Indonesia, it’s the best place to get a cup of authentic palm civet coffee. However, you can also get a bag of one of the most expensive coffee beans on Amazon and other specialized online retailers and coffee shops.

4. Elephant Poop Coffee

Here come the most expensive coffee beans today, made from collected beans from elephant poop. Like other poop coffee varieties, the process of obtaining this kind is quite the same.

However, instead of elephants nibbling on cherries right from the trees, handpicked Thai Arabica cherries are part of the elephant's food and nutrition.

Golden Triangle, an elephant refuge center in northern Thailand, produces elephant poop coffee or Black Ivory coffee. It's why this type is exclusive, one of the rarest finds, making it the most expensive poop coffee there is.

What’s the taste?

The elephant poop coffee boasts a slightly nutty flavor with impressively complex but smooth notes without any bitterness. You can taste a mild cherry flavor with hints of chocolate or cacao, tobacco, spice, and leather.

When it comes to its flavor’s complexity, this coffee closely resembles tea than regular cups of coffee.

Where to get it?

·        Thailand

When visiting the northern part of Thailand, you can check out this elite cup of joe from the Golden Elephant Triangle Foundation, the rescue foundation taking care of the elephants. This poop coffee is so rare that it's only directly available on the Black Ivory Coffee website.

These specialty coffees can surely bring a new experience and taste. Could you brave trying one of these poop coffee beans? Would you be willing to spend an extraordinary amount of money to try a cup?