You’ve all heard of the super expensive coffee made from coffee beans that have passed through the digestive system of a Civet cat?
I’m about to try some. Review to follow.
This has to get moved to Cafe Society at some point.
Until then, may I just say: Don’t. You can say you did and nobody will know.
I wonder how many things you have to pass through a civet cat’s digestive system and then eat before you find the one that’s improved by it.
Wow.
Just wow.
I can see why people like this stuff. I’ve never had coffee that tasted so good.
Smooth and rich, extremely dark and fragrant. No bitterness. I normally like my coffee like Mr. Wolf – lot’s of cream, lot’s of sugar (& lots of booze, if I can). This is great black. I wouldn’t think of adding anything.
I think that if I could afford it, this is the only coffee I’d ever drink.
This owning-a-coffeehouse thing has it’s perks!
I’ve had coffee that tasted like poo. It was kosher-for-Passover instant coffee, so it was expensive, too. Maybe it had gone through the digestive system of some sort of cat, for all I know 
Probably not a civet cat, though.
I’m pretty sure this is what they sell at my local McDonald’s. :dubious:
Certainly tastes like it came out of something’s rear.
I should know this ;j
But can you tell me why you need special instant coffee during Passover?
This is one of those “Who the F*ck thought of doing that first” Kinda things.
Someone, somewhere, had to go to the pile of poo, say to themselves, “Hmmm, looks like it was eating coffee beans, I wonder what would happen if I brewed that up and drank it”. :eek: I’ve been hard up for coffee before, but WTF!!??
The Brilliant twist, of course, is the ability to sell said beans for beaucoup Bucks!
I don’t like regular coffee at all, so I’m not at all tempted by kupi lowak coffee. I suspect that I’d agree with the review Dave Barry gave it after trying some – I think he said that the way to describe it was “Imagine what you think coffee that’s passed through a civet cat’s digestive system would taste like. This is worse.”
I’m a big fan of gourmet coffees and particularly like the various Central American and Carribbean coffees. Yeah, Jamaican Blue Mountain kicks ass, although I almost never buy it because of the price. So I’d like to think I’ve developed something of a palate for good coffee.
And I’ve tried kopi luwak once. To be honest, I thought it was, well, crap. Some of the nastiest coffee I’ve tried in my life. So maybe it is for people who don’t like regular coffee at all.
I drank about a dozen cups of Blue Mountain a day while we were in Jamaica. And I’m really not a coffee person. Hooray all-inclusives!
Because you need special versions of almost any processed food during Passover. A surprising number of them contain something derived from grain or soy, so aren’t kosher for Passover.
Speaking of which, do you know if/where you can get that cane-sugar Coke in cans? Ralphs only had it in two-liter bottles, which went flat quickly. Had to throw a lot of good cola out.