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Kopi Luwak, also known as “The best shit on earth”

on 31st March 2019
Photo by Ruchira Somaweera.

“Tied up inside a tiny cage, this Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) will spend the rest of its life eating coffee cherries and pooping out seeds because somewhere down the track, someone thought that this process makes the coffee tastes better. #KopiLuwak is among the most expensive coffees in the world now. On the other hand hundreds and thousands of civets are been force-fed with coffee in battery cage systems across SE Asia to supply this lucrative market. Next time you are on holidays in Bali, think twice before you support this inhumane industry. “

Ruchira Somaweera
In Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
21st March 2019

Image courtesy of Project LUWAK Singapore.

We at BESG, support Project LUWAK Singapore’s three objectives:

1. Raise awareness among coffee retailers and consumers in Singapore about the cruelty behind kopi luwak.
2. Encourage consumers to not drink/purchase kopi luwak.
Encourage companies (cafes/retailers/suppliers/roasters) in Singapore to not sell or endorse kopi luwak that includes encouraging coffee establishments to have a closer look at where they get their coffee from. Who supplies their beans? Where does it come from? Does it inadvertently support the kopi luwak trade (e.g. their supplier sells them regular coffee beans but may be using the income to dabble in kopi luwak)?

We suggest that those who yearn to try this coffee, to please try instead THIS PRODUCT that does not harm our wildlife.

YC Wee
Singapore
30th March 2019

If you like this post please tap on the Like button at the left bottom of page. Any views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the authors/contributors, and are not endorsed by the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM, NUS) or its affiliated institutions. Readers are encouraged to use their discretion before making any decisions or judgements based on the information presented.

YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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