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Filipinos seek to boost production of coffee beans retrieved from animal droppings
CNEWS ^
| 12/27/2004
| OLIVER TEVES
Posted on 12/27/2004 12:46:44 PM PST by bedolido
INDANG, Philippines (AP) - Its origins might put off some coffee drinkers, but an exotic bean that draws top dollar from connoisseurs is plucked from animal droppings.
Not just any animal. The coffee comes from beans eaten but undigested by the palm civet, a nocturnal, fruit-eating cousin of the mongoose that roams tropical forests.
Civet coffee, which some aficionados consider among the world's best, sells for as much as $300 US a pound in the United States. Only 550 pounds are produced worldwide each year, says Antonio Reyes, executive director of the International Coffee Organization Certifying Agency.
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To: bedolido
A steamin' cup of crap for me? This is the best Christmas ever!
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:00:17 PM PST
by
JennysCool
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To: Xenalyte
Crappuccino! I bet you are one of only 4 people that have that thread bookmarked.
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:01:47 PM PST
by
Flyer
(Merry Christmas!)
To: Flyer
Besides you and me, who are the other two?
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:04:06 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Who you tryin' to get crazy with, ese? Don't you know I'm loco?)
To: Xenalyte
And liberals frequenting Starbucks will still pay $14 for a double espresso Civet crappucino. Guess it's true, nobody's gone broke underestimating the buying public.
For me to poop on... (/Triumph)
}:-)4
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:04:16 PM PST
by
Moose4
(I'm patriotic--just a white guy in a blue county in a red state.)
To: Chad Fairbanks
World's fist litterbox bean roaster/grinder/brewer.
Help me figure out how to move the beans around and I'll cut you in 50/50.
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:11:59 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Who is General Chat?)
To: Rebelbase
Vac-powered Hampster Habitat Trails...
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:13:18 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass)
To: bedolido
Didn't SARS supposedly start with people eating a type of civet cat?
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:13:50 PM PST
by
sticker
To: lormand
Don't forget about all those people who eat honey made from bee vomit.
To: Chad Fairbanks
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:14:55 PM PST
by
exnavychick
(Just my two cents, as usual.)
To: exnavychick
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:15:27 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass)
To: Chad Fairbanks
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:15:35 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Who is General Chat?)
To: Xenalyte; humblegunner; Lazamataz
Humblegunner and Lazamataz
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:18:13 PM PST
by
Flyer
(Merry Christmas!)
To: Chad Fairbanks
My wife tells me the only difference between a man and a dog is... you can keep the man out of the catbox.
The first time she said it I thought she said cat-house.
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:19:46 PM PST
by
bedolido
(I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
To: Flyer; Xenalyte; humblegunner
When you talk about another Freeper, it's proper etiquette to make sure you do not ping them.
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:19:56 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Flyer; Xenalyte; humblegunner
Like that damned Dane. Boy I hate that guy. What a jerk.
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:20:27 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: bedolido
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:23:03 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass)
When you talk about another Freeper, it's proper etiquette to make sure you do not ping them.Got it!
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:23:21 PM PST
by
Flyer
(Merry Christmas!)
To: Lazamataz; Flyer; Dane; Xenalyte; humblegunner
Well, let's just hope that dane doesn't come to this thread and see what you said about him ;0)
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:23:52 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass)
To: Chad Fairbanks; Flyer; Xenalyte; humblegunner
Yeah, it would really suck if Dane found out. What a hair-for-brains he is. If he had a pop-tart, he wouldn't be able to figure out what side to eat first, he's so stupid.
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:30:20 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Lazamataz; Dane; Flyer; Xenalyte; humblegunner
Oh good. That means he won't be able to find this thread... So, in hindsight, I wouldn't sweat it ;)
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posted on
12/27/2004 1:32:01 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass)
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