One of the few shops I wandered into this weekend who actually knew what Civit coffee beans were - and also stocked them!
...Civit beans are the ones are eaten and poo'd out by the civit (A civet /svt/ is a small, lithe-bodied, mostly nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa - thanks Wikipedia), the beans are a delicacy and make a stonking (30Euro a cup) coffee... I suspect it is an acquired taste but having never had it I have no idea.
The beans I am searching for are to be a Christmas prezzie, so I am unlikely to get to taste the coffee this time either.
Tea & Coffee World, had them but in pre-sealed bags that made the purchase a bit prohibitive (80 Euro for 150g), I shall search on for slightly smaller bags. read more