[Stoat]

There is also a video report available at the KOMO site.

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Yes, you can buy this coffee over the internet ...  $25.. for a "sachet" that is said to make 2 four-ounce cups.

Specialty Coffee Products - Archive - Valbemar

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Civet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

"The term civet applies to over a dozen different mammal species. Most of the species diversity is found in southeast Asia. The most well-known civet species is the African Civet, Civettictis civetta, which historically has been the main species from which was obtained a musky scent used in perfumery. The word civet may also refer to the distinctive musky scent produced by the animals."

 

 

 

 

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Extreme Coffee -- Sumatra - YouTube

 

"It's the most exotic, rare and expensive coffee in the world. Kopi Luwack which comes from the dung of the Common Palm Civet or Luwack is so rare some believe it doesn't exist. 

Much of the coffee which can sell for more than $50 dollars a cup in New York, Hong Kong or Tokyo has been cut or is simply fake.

The ABC's foreign affairs editor Peter Cave is a coffee lover who has been seeking the real thing for many years, so he headed to the mountains of Sumatra to track down the exotic brew and sample it with the farmers who collect the civet dropping from the forest floor and who are experimenting with taming and domesticating the increasingly endangered Luwak. "

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

[Stoat]

Wikipedia says that referring to this animal as a "civet cat" is an imprecise term, so any Kitteh Pinglist Owners in the vicinity are hereby advised.

The word "cat" was included in the title only because that's what was used in the original article.

That being said, I have no information as to any experimentation that may or may not have taken place involving coffee beans and domesticated house cats.

Thank you for your attention.

 

[Lazlo in PA]

"Cappuccino or regular this morning Captain?"

[RightOnline]

"Tastes like s**t."

"It is."

[Tainan]

"Oh yeah..we can sell this sh*t...there's one born every minute !"

[Flag_This]

"Three hundred years ago Dutch colonizers banned the Indonesians from drinking coffee. But the Indonesians found these beans and used them as a substitute."

I'd always wondered how this "recipe" was discovered.

[PAR35]

So, if one gets too snooty to drink burned coffee with other coffee snobs, they can upgrade to cat feces?

[Chode]

wonder what PETA has to say about these poor creatures caged and made to eat coffee beans till they die???

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

Me thinks I will stick with regular coffee,thank you.

[Mr. K]

if this coffee tastes so dam good you would think someone would mimic the ‘process’?

And acid bath and warm fermentation...

[JRandomFreeper]

It's not that great. I've had it. I certainly wouldn't pay for it at that price.

Now for quality coffees, you have to go to Jamacian Blue Mountain and Kona.

But for day-to-day, I'll stick with my Tres Rios Costa Rican that I roast myself. Best value for high-quality coffee, in my humble opinion. Back when I had real money, I mixed it 75:25 with Kona.

/johnny

[stylecouncilor]

Ping

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Three hundred years ago Dutch colonizers banned the Indonesians from drinking coffee.

Ok that is just mean!

[Secret Agent Man]

Anyone can make a fantastic cup of coffee out of a regular supermarket blend of whatever you like.

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.

[PotatoHeadMick]

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.

[ROTB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikNzIdVBqLk

Ignore the flickering. It’s worth it.

[ROTB]

I salute the brave soul that first thought of this.

[djf]

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.

[Doogle]

"...feed me some Chunky bar with nuts and raisins and I'll give you a bag of "beans" you won't fit in your mini van"

[ApplegateRanch]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringtail_cat

Wonder if I could get this guy to eat chokecherries, then process the pits, and sell it to yuppies....

[HangnJudge]