# Coffee from monkey dung - it's the best!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-from-monkey-dung-its-the-best/94638>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 21, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-from-monkey-dung-its-the-best/94638 "2001-11-21T19:27:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![IzzyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@IzzyR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzyR)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-from-monkey-dung-its-the-best/94638/1 "2001-11-21T19:27:43Z")

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From the [Drudge Report](http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm):

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> Brits are flooding exclusive US stockists with orders for the brew, called Kopi Luwak, made from berries that have passed through the digestive system of Indonesian monkeys. Unlucky coffee plantation staff have to search through the dung to gather the bizarre “harvest” of coffee berries, which are said to emerge virtually intact.
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> Experts reckon the monkey business gives the drink a unique “earthy” taste, which has made it the most expensive and sought-after coffee in the world.

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> US-based food and drink critic Chris Rubin said:
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> “Whether it’s because the intestinal juices give some special flavour or because it eats only perfectly ripe berries, the Toddy Cat’s droppings produce what many say is the world’s finest coffee.”

Try some today.

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**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-from-monkey-dung-its-the-best/94638/2 "2001-11-21T19:30:29Z")

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One word: EWWWWW!

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**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-from-monkey-dung-its-the-best/94638/3 "2001-11-21T19:40:35Z")

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The obligatory link to the [master](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010525.html).

Keith

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**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-from-monkey-dung-its-the-best/94638/4 "2001-11-21T19:47:22Z")

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I feel that it’s best to stay away from anything that has been through a monkeys intestenal tract. No good can come of it.

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**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-from-monkey-dung-its-the-best/94638/5 "2001-11-22T00:39:06Z")

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~~What Shera?

Coffee is Coffee!

no matter how it’s sliced…

off with her head!