Greentropics Coffee Enterprise

Meet the villagers whose livelihood depends on the unusual civet coffee - SilverKris

"A social-enterprise coffee producer and buyer that has worked with indigenous smallholders since 2007 to sell fair-trade, organic, single-origin beans — including a small, ethically sourced civet-coffee line. The operation processes 15–25 tonnes of organic coffee annually, with civet coffee making up about 10% of output; farmers are paid a premium (for example, P900 per kilo for civet beans) and receive unprocessed droppings to ensure authenticity. Products are sold ground or as whole beans (starter retail packs from around P700 for 70g) and supplied to hotels, coffee shops and souvenir stores locally, with an online retail partner serving international customers. The founder has long-term relationships with Blaan communities, provides training in better harvesting and processing, and enforces cruelty-free sourcing by buying only beans eaten and excreted by wild, free-roaming civets — a practice that has helped boost local incomes, support smallholder livelihoods and encourage wildlife-friendly conservation measures." - Edgar Alan Zeta-Yap