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Posted on 04/21/2012 8:22:39 PM PDT by Stoat
PORTLAND, Ore. - This coffee can cost as much as $700 a pound and $80 a cup, and it is processed through the digestive system of a cat.
It's said to be the most expensive coffee in the world and it was served up Friday at the International Coffee Expo in Northeast Portland.
An Indonesian company brews it here as it is done in cafes in Jakarta.
"It is very delicious, very smooth and so luxurious," said Valerie Sindal, director of sales and marketing for ValBeMar Specialty Coffee.
Coffee cherries are eaten by Civet cats, processed through their digestive system, and the beans are harvested on the other side. According to ValBeMar's website, the Civets, found in the islands of Java and Sumatra, can’t digest the fruit’s inner beans and they are excreted whole.
The beans are collected from the cat droppings, cleaned and roasted just like any other coffee bean. But the fermentation process while inside the stomach of the cat is the key to its exquisite taste, according to the company.
"If I could drink it every day, I would," Sindal said.
What does the most expensive coffee in the world that’s been through the body of a cat taste like? Well, it’s unique, but balanced and smooth.
The coffee has a rich history. Three hundred years ago Dutch colonizers banned the Indonesians from drinking coffee. But the Indonesians found these beans and used them as a substitute. The coffee has gone from a poor man’s drink to a rich man’s brew.
The band should be more appropriately named “Women With Electric Penises”.
I’ll second that (re; the Community Coffee).
One night I heard some rustling in the undergrowth of my garden in Jakarta so went to get my little rat trap to catch the beggar. I went out with it and quietly approached the bush from which the noise was coming.
Do you remember the scene in Jaws when the police chief is throwing out chum to attract the shark and the Great White appears? The Chief backs off shakily, slack jawed and says “I think we need a bigger boat”.
That was me when the civet cat came sniffling out at me from the hedge. I’d never seen one before and to confront one at ten pm at night face to face came as a bit of a shock.
When I had calmed down after a stiff drink my wife explained I hadn’t encountered Ratzilla but a “mussang”, which a bit of research confirmed was a civet cat. He became quite a feature of the garden, walking along the wall at night before climbing on to the mango tree to eat the fruit.
I contemplated catching him to feed him coffee beans to sell to dumb people at a hundred bucks a pound but thought better of it.
Little so-and-sos have it made.
Wow, they have an actual PO’ed cat as a lead singer!
I salute the brave soul that first thought of this.
;-) I'm reminded of the James Bond movie where he complains about the awful singer on stage "strangling a cat" and the Russian mobster says "that's my girlfriend".
Awkward ;-)
Apparently it required a deep, burning and passionate hatred of the Dutch ;-)
“Not fond of cats, is she?”
“You can’t handle the truth”......JaCK Nicholson in one of his movies about this coffee.....or some other movie....”Bucket List”......???????????
Ok that is just mean!
But the Indonesians got even by getting rich from Civet poo and sending their jihadists all over the world to cause jaw-dropping mayhem and suffering.
Lesson Learned? Don't take people's coffee away from them.
Get an Aerobie coffee maker for 25 bucks - amazon has them now for free shipping. Follow the directions. The key is getting the water to around 180 degrees. Not too hot to activate the tannens in the coffee and make it bitter. The coffee turns out great.
I appreciate the recommendation, thank you :-) ....as will anyone who wants to avoid drinking boiled civet poo.
Me too. Knowing where this stuff came from would spoil my caffeine rush in the morning.
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hehe ;-) Thank you ;-)
Old news, sort of.
Never tried it.
The (supposed) best I have tried is the Jamaican Blue Mountain, coming in at 50-60 per pound.
It’s very good - but very subtle. I prefer a darker roast, a good French roast, or Hawaiian.
Coffee, like art I guess, if you like it, it’s good, if not, it’s bad.
Maybe espresso.
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