Kopi Luwak, made in neighboring Indonesia from coffee beans excreted by
native civet cats, is reputedly the world's rarest and most expensive
coffee, painstakingly extracted by hand from the animals' forest droppings.
Despite the closeness of the coffee's home on the islands of Sumatra, Java
and Sulawesi, Australia's first civet cat brew has only just gone on sale in
Queensland state, selling for A$50 a cup at the Heritage Tea Rooms, west of
Townsville.

"Everyone calls it cat poo coffee," cafe owner Michelle Sharpe told the
Australian Associated Press.
"People who willingly pay the $50 are uplifted by the thrill of the
experience," her husband Allan Sharpe said."It's as good as my private life
is bad.

This is the kind of coffee you renounce your religion and sell your child
for," one taster quoted by AAP said.



http://www.reuters.com/article/lifes...D8159120070516

* jlrogers wrote, On 5/16/2007 6:29 AM:
Kopi Luwak, made in neighboring Indonesia from coffee beans excreted by
native civet cats, is reputedly the world's rarest and most expensive
coffee, painstakingly extracted by hand from the animals' forest droppings.
....

Kopi Luwak certainly exists and can be purchased, usually for high
prices; I've heard $400+ a pound. Unfortunately, since very few
retailers actually collect and process the beans personally, there is
little guarantee of provenance.

Moreover, the coffee is not particularly good, certainly not compared
to the extremely high quality offerings available today. If you want
the world's best coffee, you can spend about $50 a pound for the
winner of one of the national Coffee of Excellence competitions. The
man who started these competitions is George Howell, who sold The
Coffee Connection to focus on creating ways of encouraging small
farmers to increase their quality.

I took a class with George a few weeks ago ("Coffee 101") where the
issue of Kopi Luwak came up. His comment was "Coffee from assholes,
for assholes."

jlrogers wrote:
Kopi Luwak, made in neighboring Indonesia from coffee beans excreted by
native civet cats, is reputedly the world's rarest and most expensive
coffee, painstakingly extracted by hand from the animals' forest droppings.
Despite the closeness of the coffee's home on the islands of Sumatra, Java
and Sulawesi, Australia's first civet cat brew has only just gone on sale in
Queensland state, selling for A$50 a cup at the Heritage Tea Rooms, west of
Townsville.

"Everyone calls it cat poo coffee," cafe owner Michelle Sharpe told the
Australian Associated Press.
"People who willingly pay the $50 are uplifted by the thrill of the
experience," her husband Allan Sharpe said."It's as good as my private life
is bad.

This is the kind of coffee you renounce your religion and sell your child
for," one taster quoted by AAP said.



http://www.reuters.com/article/lifes...D8159120070516


Oh say, why don't they just save some time and money and go to their
cat's litter box and use that? Makes about as much sense///people are
so stupid...to willingly drink something with civet poo in it! Of
course, amny people rub civet anal gland sewcretions on their bodies
whgen it's distilled into perfume as the oil carrier but at least it
doens't go into the digestive tract....ugh....wish I had a bridge to
sell....

"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..
* jlrogers wrote, On 5/16/2007 6:29 AM:
Kopi Luwak, made in neighboring Indonesia from coffee beans excreted by
native civet cats, is reputedly the world's rarest and most expensive
coffee, painstakingly extracted by hand from the animals' forest
droppings.
...

Kopi Luwak certainly exists and can be purchased, usually for high prices;
I've heard $400+ a pound. Unfortunately, since very few retailers
actually collect and process the beans personally, there is little
guarantee of provenance.

Moreover, the coffee is not particularly good, certainly not compared to
the extremely high quality offerings available today. If you want the
world's best coffee, you can spend about $50 a pound for the winner of one
of the national Coffee of Excellence competitions. The man who started
these competitions is George Howell, who sold The Coffee Connection to
focus on creating ways of encouraging small farmers to increase their
quality.

I took a class with George a few weeks ago ("Coffee 101") where the issue
of Kopi Luwak came up. His comment was "Coffee from assholes, for
assholes."

LOL! With tiny women's clutch purses and men's ties selling for upwards of
$2500 in trendy outlets, there is no limit to the opportunities to separate
money from fools.

Max

"katy" wrote in message
...
jlrogers wrote:
Kopi Luwak, made in neighboring Indonesia from coffee beans excreted by
native civet cats, is reputedly the world's rarest and most expensive
coffee, painstakingly extracted by hand from the animals' forest
droppings.
Despite the closeness of the coffee's home on the islands of Sumatra,
Java and Sulawesi, Australia's first civet cat brew has only just gone on
sale in Queensland state, selling for A$50 a cup at the Heritage Tea
Rooms, west of Townsville.

"Everyone calls it cat poo coffee," cafe owner Michelle Sharpe told the
Australian Associated Press.
"People who willingly pay the $50 are uplifted by the thrill of the
experience," her husband Allan Sharpe said."It's as good as my private
life is bad.

This is the kind of coffee you renounce your religion and sell your child
for," one taster quoted by AAP said.



http://www.reuters.com/article/lifes...D8159120070516
Oh say, why don't they just save some time and money and go to their cat's
litter box and use that? Makes about as much sense///people are so
stupid...to willingly drink something with civet poo in it! Of course,
amny people rub civet anal gland sewcretions on their bodies whgen it's
distilled into perfume as the oil carrier but at least it doens't go into
the digestive tract....ugh....wish I had a bridge to sell....

You do. Lots of them, in fact. Take your pick and name your price. I have
no doubt you'll have takers.

Max

Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
...

jlrogers wrote:

Kopi Luwak, made in neighboring Indonesia from coffee beans excreted by
native civet cats, is reputedly the world's rarest and most expensive
coffee, painstakingly extracted by hand from the animals' forest
droppings.
Despite the closeness of the coffee's home on the islands of Sumatra,
Java and Sulawesi, Australia's first civet cat brew has only just gone on
sale in Queensland state, selling for A$50 a cup at the Heritage Tea
Rooms, west of Townsville.

"Everyone calls it cat poo coffee," cafe owner Michelle Sharpe told the
Australian Associated Press.
"People who willingly pay the $50 are uplifted by the thrill of the
experience," her husband Allan Sharpe said."It's as good as my private
life is bad.

This is the kind of coffee you renounce your religion and sell your child
for," one taster quoted by AAP said.



http://www.reuters.com/article/lifes...D8159120070516

Oh say, why don't they just save some time and money and go to their cat's
litter box and use that? Makes about as much sense///people are so
stupid...to willingly drink something with civet poo in it! Of course,
amny people rub civet anal gland sewcretions on their bodies whgen it's
distilled into perfume as the oil carrier but at least it doens't go into
the digestive tract....ugh....wish I had a bridge to sell....


You do. Lots of them, in fact. Take your pick and name your price. I have
no doubt you'll have takers.

Max


heck....who'd want the James River Bridge? It's about the ugliest
bridge around, breaks down all the time, and is in a constant state of
being painted...and they're thinking about making it a toll road (which
I guess it was when it was first built) Heck, people from this side
never go to the Penninsula as it is (it's a very weird environment on
this side of the bridge) When we tell epeople we go to Newport News to
shop they look at us strange..they all stay on this side and travel the
extra 20 miles to go to Suffolk or Chesepeake! Heaven help someone
shosuld go across the bridge!

"katy" wrote in message
...
Maxprop wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
...

jlrogers wrote:

Kopi Luwak, made in neighboring Indonesia from coffee beans excreted by
native civet cats, is reputedly the world's rarest and most expensive
coffee, painstakingly extracted by hand from the animals' forest
droppings.
Despite the closeness of the coffee's home on the islands of Sumatra,
Java and Sulawesi, Australia's first civet cat brew has only just gone
on sale in Queensland state, selling for A$50 a cup at the Heritage Tea
Rooms, west of Townsville.

"Everyone calls it cat poo coffee," cafe owner Michelle Sharpe told the
Australian Associated Press.
"People who willingly pay the $50 are uplifted by the thrill of the
experience," her husband Allan Sharpe said."It's as good as my private
life is bad.

This is the kind of coffee you renounce your religion and sell your
child for," one taster quoted by AAP said.



http://www.reuters.com/article/lifes...D8159120070516

Oh say, why don't they just save some time and money and go to their
cat's litter box and use that? Makes about as much sense///people are so
stupid...to willingly drink something with civet poo in it! Of course,
amny people rub civet anal gland sewcretions on their bodies whgen it's
distilled into perfume as the oil carrier but at least it doens't go into
the digestive tract....ugh....wish I had a bridge to sell....


You do. Lots of them, in fact. Take your pick and name your price. I
have no doubt you'll have takers.

Max
heck....who'd want the James River Bridge? It's about the ugliest bridge
around, breaks down all the time, and is in a constant state of being
painted...and they're thinking about making it a toll road (which I guess
it was when it was first built)

All excellent reason to tell you buyer why you're selling it.

Heck, people from this side never go to the Penninsula as it is (it's a
very weird environment on this side of the bridge) When we tell epeople we
go to Newport News to shop they look at us strange..they all stay on this
side and travel the extra 20 miles to go to Suffolk or Chesepeake! Heaven
help someone shosuld go across the bridge!

Sell! Sell now!

Max