"...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"
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.
Fun story, thanks for telling :-)
They're gorgeous animals but if you were expecting something far smaller it's easy to see how you'd be surprised ;-)
"...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"
bttt
Awkward was Dan Rather during the Santorum/contraceptives period asking Rachel Maddow in a pointed way, if she knew any women that did not need contraceptives.
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....
Absolutely it is. *<];-')
‘The Bucket List’? I haven’t seen that.
Here,Kitty,Kitty...
Bought mine a year ago, great coffee!
I have definitely had coffee in some places that tasted like it came from the cat’s litter box, but certainly wouldn’t have paid $80 a cup for it.
Meanwhile at the White House...” Mooch, I want you to start feeding Bo coffee beans”
too funny...
but of course... what was i thinking???
Not kosher, no thanks.
I dunno.....Trader Joes coffee beans ground at home at 6.00
a can is as good as all this other “primo”coffee crap
100%
PING
‘Hello Kitty’ indeed!
"It's a bit—nutty."
If I want coffee that tastes like cat crap, I can buy Maxwell House for a lot less.
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