Kopi luwak ( Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈkopi ˈlu.aʔ] ), or civet coffee , is coffee that includes partially digested coffee cherries, eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet( Paradoxurus hermaphroditus ). Fermentation occurs as the cherries pass through a civet's intestines, and after being defecated with other fecal matter, they are collected. Kopi luwak is produced mainly on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi, and in East Timor. It is also widely gathered in the forest or produced in farms in the islands of the Philippines, where the product is called kape motit in the Cordillera region, kapé alamíd in Tagalog areas, kapé melô or kapé musang in Mindanao, and kahawa kubing in the Sulu Archipelago. Weasel coffee is a loose English translation of its Vietnamese name cà phê Chồn . Producers of the coffee beans argue that the process may improve coffee through two mechanisms, selection – civets choosing to eat only certain cherries –