Jack the Sailor wanted to know what I thought about the civet coffee.

Well, to be fair I drank in anticipation of it being something special so I suppose my reaction was different to "Wow, that's good, what is it?"

That said, I felt it was smooth, no harshness and yet at the same time giving a full flavour, at least as much going on with your taste buds as any strong coffee but without the bitter harshness. In fact, I thought it may be the only bean (ground and filtered) that I could drink without a bit of sugar to take the edge off.

I do reckon that if I had been given it, I would be asking what it was in order to consider getting some. As it is, I will limit myself to dropping hints so my youngest doesn't have to think before ordering me a Xmas present each year.

Whether it be the animal's discretion on what it eats or the softening by the digestive track, I have no idea. Cracking coffee, but best milled for filter than espresso. (And that, I assume is because of the softer bean?)