The Aussies are paying $50 for a cup of coffee made from beans which have 'passed through' the systems of Indonesian Civet cats. Although I have yet to try, it could be interesting to aquire some rare coffees like this for a gourmet tasting. Usually the story is better than the actual, for example the famous Blue Mountain Coffee, nice, but not that much better than other origins.
Herald story
Blue Mountain Coffee
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The Karajoz coffee blog by Derek Townsend.
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The Vietnamese do something similar with weasels. I think apart from the digestive process, the animals are supposed to be more selective in their choice of which ones they eat...
Amazon were selling the Weasel Coffee in the UK for a while. It's now being sold by Firebox for £15 a bag - enough to make a decent plunger-pot full or two.
The Weasel Coffee is very nice - smooth and not bitter at all. It sounds like someone is taking the mickey at Aus$50 a cup though.
Excellent as an ex-pat Kiwi in Sydney, these kinda stories are gold. Where is it that these wannabes are buying this stuff?
i would have loved to be a fly on the wall in that pot smoke filled room when the powers that be decided it would be a great idea to sell poop coffee! i imagine the conversation went something like this...
hey dude I'll bet cha a dollar I can get the idiots,translated customers,to drink poop and pay for it out the nose!! Ok your on,now pass me the bong remember puff puff pass you bong hog!!
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