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The Philippines has recently discovered it produces one of the world’s most expensive and coveted kinds of coffee…But it comes from an unusual source – the droppings of a nocturnal, cat-like animal called the palm civet.
The civet is a nocturnal animal which uses its nose to choose the ripest and sweetest coffee cherries and relentlessly eats them during coffee season. Gathered very early in the morning, the forest dwellers climb the mountain and pick the civet droppings on the forest floors. On a good day, a gatherer can collect one kilo of civet droppings.
Only 1000 kg are produced a year and the roasted beans sell as high as 500 US$ per kilo. This gourmet coffe is being sold at a London department store for £50 per cup.
Alexandre Dupeyron, franco-german, is an independent photographer, graduated from the Emi-CFD, the only Parisian photography school, specialised in photojournalist. He spent three years based in Morocco to cover all the African continent, working on assignments, on commissions, creating stock images and corporate works. He is now based in Singapore to cover Asia.
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