Cat-poo coffee could face religious ban

MUSLIMS may be banned from drinking the world’s most expensive coffee – extracted from the dung of a civet cat – over concerns it is unclean.

Maruf Amien, acting head of Indonesia’s powerful Ulema Council, said a ruling on the ban could be made yesterday. He said the key issue was whether or not the Kopi Luwak coffee is clean.

It is made from hard beans that have been eaten and then fermented in the animals’ stomachs before being excreted and roasted. It’s highly prized for its smooth flavour and bitterless aftertaste, sometimes fetching more than €150 a pound online.