Whew! That was a close call ;-) There is a cat-ish looking animal called a civet too. Musk from the Civet once was important in the perfume trade, maybe that’s the connection here?

://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-01-20-civet-coffee_x.htm

The "cats" eaten in China are not the domestic variety, but a wild relative, the civet. I think serving civet has been banned because of their suspected role in transmitting SARS. They use to be an imprtant ingredient in a...

Cat poop coffee. ‘Nuff said.

A food scientist talks about drinking cat-scat coffee and eating some very loud cheese.

A London department store is selling the world’s most expensive (and bizarre) coffee to benefit charity.

It’s not just used in cherry soda either http://www.ou.org/ncsy/projects/kp/kpspr61/RGenack.htm cherry soda may contain castoreun or civet but their presence will not be known by reading the label. civet which is a cat...

Is this the coffee made from beans dug out of the s**t of civet cats?

, I dont believe, and any offering of them would probably be rather low key. In my opinion too, it would be wise to consider the possible health implications of consuming exotic meats, since hunted game, for example squirrels,...

Bears Paw’s are legaly sold thru licenced Game Farms, operated in various parts of the world including the united States. The largest suppliers are from Siberia. They are mostly sold preserved or dry. The Cat's Paw’s...

of the other stuff here – snake, civet cat, dog, large game etc) and be prepared to pay lots. BUt it is available and on special order will be made way unadulterated. I’m not a huge fan. So my tastes and my politics...

by a civit cat. Gross, but it makes one hell of a cup of coffee.

We went with friends a week ago and had an incredible meal , once again. Menu was: Mushroom Quiche, Molasses Glazed Sweetbreads, Quail wrapped in Ozark bacon w/fuji apples and currants-walnuts, Soup w/seared Dayboat Scallop,...

Well, I’d certainly trust a Cantonese restaurant to give me everything from snake to dog to pangolin to sea turtle to civet cat (in non-SARS season) to frog ovary fats (hamayou in Mandarin) - But ants on a tree, Mayi Shang...

Don’t know about civet cats though.