Civet Coffee Declared Halal, Despite The Fact It Is Harvested From Feces

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Muslims are to be allowed to drink the world’s most expensive coffee which happens to be extracted from the excrement of the Asian Palm Civet, a weasel-like mammal, reports the Jakarta Post.

The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) declared Tuesday that civet coffee (otherwise known as Kopi Luwak coffee) is allowed to be consumed by Muslims as long as farmers clean the beans thoroughly before grinding them. Luwak coffee is made from hard beans that have been eaten by the Palm Civets and then fermented in their stomachs before it is excreted and roasted.

Civet Coffee Most Expensive In The World

The civet’s stomach enzymes break down proteins in the beans giving the coffee a less bitter taste, and smooth flavor. Highly sought after, the “cat crap” coffee can go for well over $440 per kilo.

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The acting head of the MUI, Maruf Amien said the coffee beans that were excreted by the civet cat were considered mutanajis (afflicted with something unclean).“Nevertheless, the farmers do not have to cleanse the beans with water seven times as Islam is told. As long as the beans are spotless, they are okay,”said Maruf Amien. However, Amien did go go on to say that cracked beans were still considered unclean [hiram] and could not be consumed.

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