Watch the Film

Our award winning film 'Civet Coffee: From Rare to Reckless' details the hidden costs of civet coffee. Watch for free on YouTube.

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Read the Report

Our Industry Leaders Report 2025 outlines the fraudulent marketing claims of kopi luwak and the scale of availability on e-commerce sites.

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Sign the petition

We're calling on eBay, Amazon and Etsy to prohibit the sale of civet coffee on their platforms due to multiple policy breaches.

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About the campaign

Civet coffee (also known as 'kopi luwak,' 'weasel coffee,' and 'cat-poo-chino') is coffee that has been partially digested by civets, nocturnal cat-like animals. Since it's rise to fame in popular media in the early 2000's, the international civet coffee market has continued to grow, and its market value is now expected to reach an estimated $10.9billion USD by 2030.

In attempts to meet consumer demand, civet coffee is now made through the caging and force-feeding of wild-caught civets across southeast Asia. Caged production has lead to devastating consequences for animal welfare, conservation, and human health.

Yet still, civet coffee continues to grow in popularity across the world.

Still, civet coffee tourism is promoted widely to coffee enthusiasts and to travellers.

With our documentary, we are calling on animal NGOs, and the tourism and coffee industries to join our call- to make civet coffee history.

Animal Welfare & Conservation

From barren cages to caffeine toxicity, no civet lives well when producing civet coffee. Wild capture of civets is common, and is contributing to southeast Asia's biodiversity crisis. Even species protected from trade are frequently found in civet coffee production facilities.

Rights of Workers & Consumers

Civet coffee is a largely unregulated industry. It relies on workers handling civet faeces, which places them and their families at risk of contracting zoonotic disease. Marketed as ethical and sustainable, the final product exploits consumer interest in ethical production processes.

Take Action

We are calling on all ethical coffee retailers to take stand against civet coffee.

Industry Pledge

Compelling scientific evidence shows that the welfare of civets cannot in any way be met in civet coffee attractions. Since our film, TripAdvisor have taken action to investigate civet coffee on their platform. We won't stop there. We are calling on the UK Government to legally prohibit civet coffee tourism marketing and sale in the UK. You can add your support by writing to your local MP using the template letter below.

Download Template Letter

Consumer Pledge

Collectively, we are calling on tourism operators to stop marketing and selling tickets to civet coffee attractions. We want this to be a legal requirement.

Starting in the UK, we have issued an NGO Appeal Letter to the UK Government, calling for civet coffee tourism to be included in the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act.

You can read the appeal letter below.

Read the NGO Appeal

Campaign Supporters

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London Coffee Festival

For the first time in it's history, The London Coffee Festival will provide a forum for The Civet Project Foundation to address the stain on the coffee industry. We will be attending the event from 14th-17th May to raise awareness about the dangers of civet coffee and call for coffee industry professionals and coffee lovers to unite against caged produced civet coffee.

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