Message #220447

[MsRowdyRedhead]

Ohh.. you guys should see this:

Subject: Ever try a cup of "Kopi Luwak" (coffee)

 

Saw a method for a perfect cup of coffee using a French Coffee Press demonstrated a few nights ago.  Which brought Jack Hanna's visit to the Maury Show to mind.  Below is one of the animals he brought as it is rarely seen in this part of the world.

May you enjoy your coffee even more after reading the below . . .


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Coffee beans are actually the seed of a cherry-like fruit grown on islands like Java and Sumatra. An animal, much like the raccoon, called a Palm Civet, lives on these islands amongst the coffee trees. It is in these coffee plantations that the Palm Civet helps itself to the ripest cherries on the trees. Only the fruit gets digested and the Palm Civet later excretes the beans.

So instead of getting angry, plantation owners thought they would try to salvage the beans from the cat's feces. Only about 500 lbs of this oh-so-tasty coffee is harvested each year, which means you're going to be paying an arm and a leg for a sip. A pound of this delicacy goes for as much as $300 US. And the cheapest you'll get a cup of the stuff for is $5 US. Ouch! Seems like a lot of money for recycled (cough, cough) coffee.