Don't drink the coffee...you don't know where it's been

[law.of.averages]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3557233.html

NEW YORK - Would you pay $175 for a pound of coffee beans that had passed through the backside of a furry mammal in Indonesia?

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

[pewterdragn]

I need to make sure that this doesnt adversely affect my coffee addiction...

[pewterdragn]

Maybe now we know what happened to Mr. Coffee?

[BeerNut]

Heh... Like almost every other interesting fact that I get nowadays, I learned that from watching an episode of CSI

[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.

[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.