Coffee made from Animal poop is £50 a cup.

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:53 pm

Animal dung coffee at £50 a cup

The blend is made from two rare coffee beans

Would you drink it?

A gourmet coffee blended from animal droppings is being sold at a London department store for £50 per cup.

Jamaican Blue Mountain and the Kopi Luwak bean are used to create Caffe Raro which is thought to be the most expensive cup of coffee in the world.

Kopi Luwak beans are eaten, then passed, by the cat-like Asian palm civet, and sell for £324 a kilogram.

All profits from sales of the coffee at Peter Jones in Sloane Square in April will go to Macmillan Cancer Support.

Ripest berries

Asian palm civets, which live in the foliage of plantations across south-east Asia, are said to pick the best and ripest coffee berries.

Enzymes in their digestive system break down the flesh of the fruit before the animals expel the bean.

The beans are then collected from the plantation floor by workers who wash away the dung and roast them.

David Cooper, who created the blend, said: "These rare coffees have been slowly hand roasted for around 12 minutes to ensure that we maximise the potential of each coffee.

"The final roast colour is quite dark to ensure that the espresso is perfect for a smooth latte or cappuccino."

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:10 am

Customer: Waiter, this coffee tastes like SH*T!!

Waiter: Thank you, sir. We do our best.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:29 am

Coffee made from Animal poop is £50 a cup

And ?

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:45 am

Ewww no wonder I've always disliked coffee, and this shows why! :sneaky:

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:28 am

What do they serve it in...a pooper scooper :wah:

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:03 am

Hmm. There are a lot of cats round here. I "scent" a business opportunity:sneaky:

I could market it as "locally sourced"...

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:19 am

I wanna know the original source of the idea.

Was somebody cleaning the cat box while drinking a cup o' joe catch the combined smells and say "AHA!"?

Did a caffeine addict catch his kitty eating his stash of beans and retrieve them because they were all he had left in the flat -- or the car -- or the large refrigerator box?

Did a mischievous boy play a joke on Mummy that backfired?

:yh_think :yh_think :yh_think

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:34 am

The beans are then collected from the plantation floor by workers who wash away the dung and roast them.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:00 pm

Accountable;835103 wrote: Customer: Waiter, this coffee tastes like SH*T!!

Waiter: Thank you, sir. We do our best.:wah: