Trying A Cat-poo-chino

I tend to teeter the fine line between curiosity and questionable life choices often. I crossed it when I ordered a cup of kopi luwak, better known as (unfortunately) cat-poo-chino, I call it CRAP-achino.

Bali was like straight out of a desktop background. Rolling green hills, lush jungle, and the smell of fresh earth and roasted coffee floating through the air. Bali has this kind of magic—where even drinking poop coffee feels like a spiritual experience.

This is coffee that’s been eaten, digested, and, yes, pooped out by a small animal called a civet. It eats the ripest coffee cherries, the beans ferment in its gut, and eventually they… well, let’s just say nature takes its course. The beans are then cleaned, roasted, and brewed into one of the most expensive cups of coffee on earth.

Mentally, I wasn’t ready. I tried not to picture the civet or the logistics of harvesting poop beans. To be honest, I’m more of a tea person. Thankfully, the same farm offered beautiful hand-made teas—lemongrass, rosella, ginger, turmeric, all organic, brewed with care. I probably tasted six of them before even getting to the infamous coffee. Each sip felt like drinking a piece of the land itself. But then it was time to face the bean.

Once I took a sip, I had to admit—it was weirdly okay. Smooth, rich, low in bitterness. Almost like the coffee had done yoga and found inner peace.

Would I drink it again? Probably not, coffee isn't my cup of tea. It’s one of those things you try once to say you did. Like eating a bug, or going on a second date with someone who says “let’s circle back” in real life.

And yes, I bought a bag to bring home, specifically for my "favorite" boss. Nothing says “thinking of you” like a little passive-aggressive souvenir bag of literal crap.

All I know is - I survived, my taste buds were pleasantly surprised, and now I can say I’ve had coffee with a real backstory. One that starts with a civet’s lunch and ends in my cup.

Honestly? 10/10 for the story. 6.5/10 for the psychological trauma.