I Like Coffee...

[terpkristin]

...but I'm not sure what to make of this...
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Pricey coffee good to the last dropping
Fri Dec 30, 2005 09:09 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Would you pay $175 for a pound of coffee beans which had passed through the backside of a furry mammal in Indonesia? Apparently, some coffee lovers wanting to treat themselves to something special are lapping it up.

Kopi Luwak beans from Indonesia are rare and expensive, thanks to a unique taste and aroma enhanced by the digestive system of palm civets, nocturnal tree-climbing creatures about the size of a large house cat.

"People like coffee. And when they want to treat themselves, they order the Kopi Luwak," said Isaac Jones, director of sales for Tastes of The World, an online supplier of gourmet coffee, tea and cocoa.

Despite being carnivorous, civets eat ripe coffee cherries for treats. The coffee beans, which are found inside of the cherries, remain intact after passing through the animal.

Civet droppings are found on the forest floor near coffee plantations. Once carefully cleaned and roasted, the beans are sold to specialty buyers.

Jones said sales for Kopi Luwak rose three-fold just before the Christmas holiday compared with the first half of the year. The company started selling the rare coffee in February 2005.

He expects to sell around 200 pounds of the coffee this year, with orders coming from North America and Europe. So far, most of the orders have been from California.

Indonesia produces only about 500 kilograms, or roughly 1,100 pounds, of the coffee each year, making it extremely expensive and difficult to find.

"It's the most expensive coffee that we know about in the world," said Jones.

By comparison Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee, considered to be an expensive type, sells for $35 to $40 per pound, while a pound of Colombia's Supremo arabicas can be bought for about $14.

On a different note, I finally bought a new coffee maker! I bought a Zojirushi EC-BD15 Thermal Coffee Maker and I must say, I like it a lot!!!

As for the coffee beans that have been "pre-digested"...I think I'll pass. Even if I had the money, that is just a little too weird for me.

/tk

[scooper]

I've had some shitty coffee, but.....

[gottimd]

Butt Coffee?

[cartman]

Hmm... not too sure about that one. $150 per pound for coffee that tastes like ass? I can get it for 50 cents at the nearest truck stop...

As for my new coffee maker, this one was my Christmas present to me:

http://www.delonghi.com/delonghi/dat...a?OpenDocument

It is frickin' awesome!

[Coffee Warlord]

What I wanna know is who discovered that. And what in the holy fuck were they thinking.

[gottimd]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

What I wanna know is who discovered that. And what in the holy fuck were they thinking.

Coffee Drinker#1: Hey, this coffee tastes ok, right?
Coffee Drinker#2: It just needs a little something that I can't put my finger on....
Coffee Drinker#1: Maybe a little taste of ass?
Coffee Drinker#2: Thats it!

[st.cronin]

"Making Coffee" has always been my preferred euphemism for defecation.

[Kodos]

"We've secretly replaced your coffee with Folger's Civet Dropping crystals!"

"You did WHAT?!?"

[jeff061]

So I must admit it.

I paid $10 for a cup of this exact coffee a year ago. A guy I worked with was big into coffee and convinced a local roastery to buy a pound of this stuff.

Was damn good, not worth it though. And no, it doesn't taste like ass .

[jeff061]

By the way, there is a humorous official animated logo for this coffee involving the tail of the animal being used as a hand pump.

Edit: Linky, http://www.ravensbrew.com/NewFiles/kopiluwak.html

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by gottimd

Coffee Drinker#1: Hey, this coffee tastes ok, right?
Coffee Drinker#2: It just needs a little something that I can't put my finger on....
Coffee Drinker#1: Maybe a little taste of ass?
Coffee Drinker#2: Thats it!

Admit it. Coffee Drinker #1 is Hell Atlantic.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

What I wanna know is who discovered that. And what in the holy fuck were they thinking.

That was my first thought as well.

SI

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

That was my first thought as well.

SI

My guess is they found the beans on the ground, not knowing the path they had taken to get there.

[cartman]

This would have changed the whole Jules/Jimmie dynamic in Pulp Fiction:



Jules: Mmmm! Goddamn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit! Usually, me and Vince would be happy with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice, but he springs this serious GOURMET shit on us! What flavor is this?
Jimmie: Knock it off, Jules.
Jules: (pause) What?
Jimmie: I don't need you to tell me how fucking good my coffee is, okay? I'm the one who buys it. I know how good it is. When Bonnie goes shopping she buys SHIT. Me, I buy the gourmet expensive cat shit stuff because when I drink it I want to taste it.
Jules:(pause) Cat shit?
Jimmie: You heard me, you are drinking coffee brewed from beans pulled from cat shit
Jules: (on the phone) Marcellus, it's Jules. Tell the Wolf the number is now two

[Glengoyne]

Kopi Luwak has been around for years. A real connoisseur type item. The last I had heard, it was under $100 a pound. Apparently, demand has risen.

[oliegirl]

Oprah actually tasted this coffee on her show a while ago, I know, I know - everyone hates Oprah...but sometimes she can have decent shows. Anyway, the guy who brought it said that the bean isn't actually digested and broke down, but the acids and stuff in the creatures stomach (don't remember what it was exactly) somehow enhance the flavor of the bean and bring out a very pleasant coffee flavor. She tasted it and said it was the best coffee she had ever had, despite the fact that it had been pooped out the butt of a jungle creature (my words, not hers)...

[Maple Leafs]

If I wanted overpriced coffee that tasted like a mammal's ass, I'd go to Starbucks.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by oliegirl

Oprah actually tasted this coffee on her show a while ago, I know, I know - everyone hates Oprah...but sometimes she can have decent shows. Anyway, the guy who brought it said that the bean isn't actually digested and broke down, but the acids and stuff in the creatures stomach (don't remember what it was exactly) somehow enhance the flavor of the bean and bring out a very pleasant coffee flavor. She tasted it and said it was the best coffee she had ever had, despite the fact that it had been pooped out the butt of a jungle creature (my words, not hers)...

Oprah: "It's the greatest beverage I've ever had crapped out of a cat's butt!"

SI

[Surtt]

Originally Posted by oliegirl

Oprah actually tasted this coffee on her show a while ago, I know, I know - everyone hates Oprah...but sometimes she can have decent shows. Anyway, the guy who brought it said that the bean isn't actually digested and broke down, but the acids and stuff in the creatures stomach (don't remember what it was exactly) somehow enhance the flavor of the bean and bring out a very pleasant coffee flavor. She tasted it and said it was the best coffee she had ever had, despite the fact that it had been pooped out the butt of a jungle creature (my words, not hers)...

The thought of Oprah drinking cat shit makes my day.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

"Making Coffee" has always been my preferred euphemism for defecation.

You should try adding fiber to your diet.

[AZSpeechCoach]

Damn...now I'm going to be laughing my ass up all the way to Vegas tonight just thinking about this thread, and Mrs. SC won't understand why.