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Don't drink the coffee...you don't know where it's been
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:59 pm
by law.of.averages
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3557233.html
article wrote:NEW YORK - Would you pay $175 for a pound of coffee beans that had passed through the backside of a furry mammal in Indonesia?
article wrote:Despite being carnivorous, civets eat ripe coffee cherries for treats. The coffee beans, which are found inside of the cherries, remain intact after passing through the animal.
Civet droppings are found on the forest floor near coffee plantations. Once carefully cleaned and roasted, the beans are sold to specialty buyers
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 7:21 pm
by pewterdragn
I need to make sure that this doesnt adversely affect my coffee addiction...
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 7:22 pm
by pewterdragn
Maybe now we know what happened to Mr. Coffee?
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 7:28 pm
by BeerNut
Heh... Like almost every other interesting fact that I get nowadays, I learned that from watching an episode of CSI
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:30 am
by law.of.averages
I was considering getting some civets and some coffee cherries and starting my own business.
Then I realized I don't really need the civets.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:56 pm
by Avaris
Hehe...I saw this one on the discovery channel yesterday. Supposedly it even gets up to 300$ a pound. I'd say, screw coffee, we're having civet steaks tonight!
By the way, I have some pictures of Japan posted up. Feel free to see what the east has to scare you away.