Monday, 03 January 2011
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Warm Yourself With Weasel Poo Coffee
You may have heard of the most expensive coffee in NYC, running at about $30 a cup, and more notably extracted from the feces of the civet, a cat or weasel-like mammal. The coffee is the most expensive in the world and can run from $100-$600 per pound. It's origins are in the Southeast Asian countries of Indonesia and the Philippines. You can read more about this in an article on the NYDailyNews.com.While living in the Philippines for the last five years, I had the opportunity to explore many of the surrounding countries. Doing so always made for interesting Christmas gifts for the relatives. It was fun to find all sorts of interesting artifacts from around the world and share them with the nieces and nephews.
The men in the family are always a little more difficult to shop for, but it was on this particular quest that we came across an interesting prospect.
We were exploring a large market in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), finding Vietnamese silk robes for the kids, when we came across a massive coffee stand. Having heard of the "cat poo coffee" myself and knowing the price tag it carried, we felt that this was the perfect gift!65,000 Vietnamese Dong per gram amounts to about $3.33. It is quite likely that this was the chemically simulated and popular substitute for weasel poo coffee, very common in the country as the actual product is quite labor intensive. But all in all, a very creative and exotic gift!
Better yet, we felt we should send the Vietnamese coffee without full disclosure. The post taste ratings were positive and so we revealed the true identity of the gift, but not without explaining how privileged they were to be tasting it and how rare a gift it was.
Lest you think us cruel, we purchased a bag for ourselves and our son was feeling adventurous enough to buy his own as well.
Luckily, I, myself, am not a coffee drinker as my imagination tends to inhibit some of my adventurousness when it comes to things I put in my mouth. But my husband and son gave it a thumbs up as well. My husband says he tasted a cup of the "real deal" in the Philippines and found it very tasty.Anyone else adventurous and wealthy enough to have tried this rare treat? Would you dare?
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Every time I read about this coffee, I keep thinking about what P.T. Barnum once said: "There is a sucker born every minute." No, I haven't tried it, and I don't particularly want to, either.
no, i'm already turned off by the name
the original name of the coffee is Kopi Luwak. You referred it as weasel poo coffee. but yeah, it's from weasel poop, supposedly because the coffee beans can't be digested.
Gross. That can't possibly be sanitary.
My question is, who found weasel poo and thought, "I wonder what this would taste like if I were to ground this up and steep it in some water?"
I would probably try it though. Got to try everything once.
I'd try it, but I'd never buy it. I'm sure it wouldn't kill ya - might as well see what the hype is about.
O.o That's repulsive.
@TheExperimentalChef - One wonders, huh...a lot of food is a mystery to me...
Ugh. Maybe.
@fragolinaXpiccolina@xanga - I'm pretty sure it's sanitary after being washed, rinsed, roasted til brown then ground up and strained through hot scalding water. lol
@TheExperimentalChef - That kind of ties in with my whole P.T. Barnum comment, don't you think?
@orange_dea@xanga - often referred to as cat poo coffee too, but I was going with the Vietnamese nickname. But you're absolutely right about the formal name.
I'm poor, and poo goes beyond my adventurousness.
@bluepillorredpill@xanga - HAHAHAHA... ugh...maybe....haahaha
Yeah, nothanx
I haven't, but to be honest I have never tasted a cup of coffee and thought, "Well, it's okay, but you know what? This needs shit."
wth? haha.
er not in a million years lol
@Sionainne@xanga - hahahahahahahahaha!
Oh.. yummy...... *hurl*
The thought of the name is such a turn off. Maybe if they called it something else.. and never knew it was made from weasel poo.. I'll give it a chance. HAHAHHAHA. What's with the sudden use of "poo?!" I swear I saw "Elephant Poo Poo Paper" recently..
@Sionainne@xanga - HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!! PRICELESS.
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I have tried this civet coffee, or as I like to call it, cat poo coffee. (I received several jars as a gift from my Philippine relatives, b/c god knows, I am much too frugal to buy it myself). Maybe I am not preparing it properly, as civet coffee is meant to be made with a coffee press. Or maybe I can't get the image of the coffee beans' saga out my mind. I don't really care for it. In fact, the first time I tasted some, I couldn't help but give a small meow, much to the delight my of husband who was witness. $30 a cup? Please! I'd take a cup of Dunkin' Donuts anytime!
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