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Animal dung coffee at £50 a cup
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7340005.stm ^ | 4/10/08 | BBC

Posted on 04/10/2008 5:57:57 AM PDT by Sax

A gourmet coffee blended from animal droppings is being sold at a London department store for £50 per cup.

Jamaican Blue Mountain and the Kopi Luwak bean are used to create Caffe Raro which is thought to be the most expensive cup of coffee in the world.

Kopi Luwak beans are eaten, then passed, by the cat-like Asian palm civet, and sell for £324 a kilogram.

All profits from sales of the coffee at Peter Jones in Sloane Square in April will go to Macmillan Cancer Support.

Ripest berries

Asian palm civets, which live in the foliage of plantations across south-east Asia, are said to pick the best and ripest coffee berries.

Enzymes in their digestive system break down the flesh of the fruit before the animals expel the bean.

The beans are then collected from the plantation floor by workers who wash away the dung and roast them.

David Cooper, who created the blend, said: "These rare coffees have been slowly hand roasted for around 12 minutes to ensure that we maximise the potential of each coffee.

"The final roast colour is quite dark to ensure that the espresso is perfect for a smooth latte or cappuccino."


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21 posted on 04/10/2008 11:31:45 AM PDT by EveningStar
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“Man, this coffee tastes like sh...”


22 posted on 04/10/2008 11:36:03 AM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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23 posted on 04/10/2008 11:42:54 AM PDT by EveningStar
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‘xactly


24 posted on 04/10/2008 11:52:12 AM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: martin_fierro; Sax
Idiots are selling—and buying this at a new local coffee house in my town: The cat sh:t Cafe.
25 posted on 04/10/2008 7:04:14 PM PDT by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available at KnightsForLife.org)
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It's a bit nutty...

26 posted on 04/10/2008 7:30:40 PM PDT by fzx12345 (ACLU DELENDA EST)
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No sh*t?


27 posted on 04/11/2008 12:27:27 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
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Animal dung coffee at £50 a cup

Drink half and get your money back. Tell them it tastes like crap. (Works every time.)

28 posted on 04/11/2008 8:45:13 PM PDT by Libloather (April is Liberal Awareness Month.)
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