Pricey coffee good to the last dropping

Reuters ^ | Fri Dec 30, 9:09 AM ET | Reuters

[JustAnotherOkie]

I can smell the aroma now, whoops, messed my pants.

[zzen01]

So far, most of the orders have been from California...figures.

[Semper Paratus]

Didn't it get a 'product placement' in Brokeback Mountain.

[cardinal4]

I think Ill stick to my Starbucks Christmas Blend..

[blastdad51]

I bet it was from the Bay area or Marin County, and it does figure!!!

[economist-student]

Good colombian (green) coffee sells for about $105 per quintal (100 lbs)

What a ripoff!

Besides, most of the gourmet coffees are french toast so they taste like burned wood. What's happening to the good ol' american roast?

Happy New Year Everybody!

[RedBeaconNY]

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[R. Scott]

No thanks.

[Doogle]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Would you pay $175 for a pound of coffee beans which had passed through the backside of a furry mammal in Indonesia?

no, but more relevant would the people of Reuters smoke a cigar given to them from a former President?

Doogle

[R. Scott]

When I was living in Hawaii I was hooked on Kona Coffee – 100% Hawaiian Kona Coffee. Now all I can find in Virginia is a Kona/arabica blend.

[Jazzman1]

I thought it was something in their water that made them so damn STUPID!

[yer gonna put yer eye out]

I'm amazed that PETA hasn't protested this obvious exploitation of worker animals!!!

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

"Hmmmmm. He never has a second cup of MY coffee" ...

That ain't Folgers, Babe.

Similar stories--to avoid, LOL

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[Mr Ramsbotham]

$175 a pound for coffee? That's price gouging. I demand an investigation.

[I still care]

I love Kona coffee. My sister brought some 100% back from Hawaii for me and it was wonderful. You can get it, but it is pricey. Check out ebay.

[Condor51]

Posted yesterday

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549587/posts
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[Caramelgal]

"civets eat ripe coffee cherries for treats. The coffee beans, which are found inside of the cherries, remain intact after passing through the animal"

Ewe!

[R. Scott]

That really sounds appetizing.

[Lewite]

Not much different than pork, half of a pigs diet is excrement (shite).

[Old Seadog]

I found this on another thread.