pure kona > wrote:

>Yes, but I have tried for years! to understand if Kopi Luwak is real
>or imagined. I know it is sold but until I see the whole gross
>process, I won't believe it. Cats or civets do not eat food without
>chewing as I was told by an animal scientist. Period. I believe it
>is bogus and gross---but costs a lot.

You could be right but I'm not sure about the animal scientist's
statement. Civets are carnivores, and one often sees whole seeds and
berries in the scat of carnivores. They can gulp down food.

If it were a rodent or an ungulate instead, then yes they
chew everything.

Steve