Wild Kopi Luwak, Northern Sumatra

In 2013, Sea Island Coffee staff began work with local farmers in Sumatra to develop an independently accredited certification standard for wild, ethically-sourced civet at coffee in consultation with leading proponents of animal welfare, the World Animal Protection Organization as well as various food-certification experts.

Foraged in the Gayo Highlands of northern Sumatra in Indonesia by a small group of farmers - only from wild civet cats living freely around the highlands, making use of the fact the civets naturally seek out ripe coffee cherries around the farms.