TODAY: CAT POOP COFFEE!!!
As if there weren't enough coffee fads to choose from, the newest fad takes the cake... or should I say.....the poop! Yes, I said poop...cat poop to be exact. In this installment of, is it just me? or has the world gone mad, I'm writing about the newest coffee fad, a flavor of coffee called Kopi Luwak also known as Civet Coffee after the food that the cats eat before they poop, civet coffee cherries.
Ok, I realize this is hard to understand so let me explain the process as it was explained to me.
This coffee is pooped out of the butt of a Civet cat. Now, a Civet cat although in the feline family, looks like the mixture of a ferret and a racoon more than a common housecat. Follow this link for more information on the Civet cat, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_Cat. The Civet cats (or ringtailed cat is what it is called here in the north) food of choice is civet coffee cherries which is how they got their nickname, civet cat.
Somehow a connection was made that these cats love coffee cherries and people love coffee. SO, why not make coffee from the turds that these cats poop out.
Some genius figured out that if these cats eat coffee cherries the coffee beans will stay in tact. Once the cat poops out the beans (which apparently they can't digest), we clean the poop off the cherry beans, grind the beans, and make coffee from the sh-t!
But, which is crazier, the person that comes up with this ridiculous idea? or the people who pay between $25 and $50, (depending on where you buy it) to drink it?
I mean, is it just me?!I can't believe we're paying $50 to drink cat poop!! And who's to say that we aren't drinking coffee from beans that a human pooped out, huh? Are they going to bring out the cat that bless us with his "presents"? or do we just take their word for it.
Apparently, the Civet cat's digestive processes are said to add the "special flavor" that makes the coffee taste so "good". The digestive juices and enzymes break down the proteins that give other coffees their bitter taste thus making the Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee less bitter.
Is this sanitary? Well, according to the experts, it is. If you decide to try Kopi Luwak coffee know that it has been much researched. The beans are lightly roasted to kill any bacteria before they are ground into coffee. Special analysis by labs have surprisingly showed that roasted Kopi Luwak beans have lower bacterial levels than normal coffee. A scientific study of the chemical compounds in the cat poop coffee also reveal how completely different Kopi Luwak coffee is from other coffees. This might account for the incredible taste.
There are only 1000 pounds of this coffee produced per year. This rarity, and the increasing demand, (yes, I said increasing demand) have pushed prices to about $450-$600 a pound or up to $50 dollars a cup.
Some of the "fans" of this newly designed coffee are concerned (understandably so) that they may be getting scammed and being served human designed poop instead of cat poop. Because of this, experts suggest ordering the beans still unroasted in the cat poop as proof.
This adds to the experience because you get the smell.... (ok, I'll let that one go), the experience of visiting with the cat, petting the cat to relax it, seeing it poop out your coffee beans and then picking the beans out yourself. And later, you can enjoy picking the poop out from under your fingernails!!
Perhaps you could clean under your fingernails as soon as you pick out the beans to avoid any contamination and then brush your teeth after drinking it because, girlfriend, "poop-breath" is way more offensive than onion breath.
So, I ask again, is it just me? or have we as a society, com-pa-leeeet-ly (or completely) lost our minds! Paleeeze! let me know your opinion. Until next time, stay funky, stay fab!! Oh...and NEVER buy fake Kopi Kuwak!
As if there weren't enough coffee fads to choose from, the newest fad takes the cake... or should I say.....the poop! Yes, I said poop...cat poop to be exact. In this installment of, is it just me? or has the world gone mad, I'm writing about the newest coffee fad, a flavor of coffee called Kopi Luwak also known as Civet Coffee after the food that the cats eat before they poop, civet coffee cherries.
Ok, I realize this is hard to understand so let me explain the process as it was explained to me.
This coffee is pooped out of the butt of a Civet cat. Now, a Civet cat although in the feline family, looks like the mixture of a ferret and a racoon more than a common housecat. Follow this link for more information on the Civet cat, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_Cat. The Civet cats (or ringtailed cat is what it is called here in the north) food of choice is civet coffee cherries which is how they got their nickname, civet cat.
Somehow a connection was made that these cats love coffee cherries and people love coffee. SO, why not make coffee from the turds that these cats poop out.
Some genius figured out that if these cats eat coffee cherries the coffee beans will stay in tact. Once the cat poops out the beans (which apparently they can't digest), we clean the poop off the cherry beans, grind the beans, and make coffee from the sh-t!
But, which is crazier, the person that comes up with this ridiculous idea? or the people who pay between $25 and $50, (depending on where you buy it) to drink it?
I mean, is it just me?!I can't believe we're paying $50 to drink cat poop!! And who's to say that we aren't drinking coffee from beans that a human pooped out, huh? Are they going to bring out the cat that bless us with his "presents"? or do we just take their word for it.
Apparently, the Civet cat's digestive processes are said to add the "special flavor" that makes the coffee taste so "good". The digestive juices and enzymes break down the proteins that give other coffees their bitter taste thus making the Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee less bitter.
Is this sanitary? Well, according to the experts, it is. If you decide to try Kopi Luwak coffee know that it has been much researched. The beans are lightly roasted to kill any bacteria before they are ground into coffee. Special analysis by labs have surprisingly showed that roasted Kopi Luwak beans have lower bacterial levels than normal coffee. A scientific study of the chemical compounds in the cat poop coffee also reveal how completely different Kopi Luwak coffee is from other coffees. This might account for the incredible taste.
There are only 1000 pounds of this coffee produced per year. This rarity, and the increasing demand, (yes, I said increasing demand) have pushed prices to about $450-$600 a pound or up to $50 dollars a cup.
Some of the "fans" of this newly designed coffee are concerned (understandably so) that they may be getting scammed and being served human designed poop instead of cat poop. Because of this, experts suggest ordering the beans still unroasted in the cat poop as proof.
This adds to the experience because you get the smell.... (ok, I'll let that one go), the experience of visiting with the cat, petting the cat to relax it, seeing it poop out your coffee beans and then picking the beans out yourself. And later, you can enjoy picking the poop out from under your fingernails!!
Perhaps you could clean under your fingernails as soon as you pick out the beans to avoid any contamination and then brush your teeth after drinking it because, girlfriend, "poop-breath" is way more offensive than onion breath.
So, I ask again, is it just me? or have we as a society, com-pa-leeeet-ly (or completely) lost our minds! Paleeeze! let me know your opinion. Until next time, stay funky, stay fab!! Oh...and NEVER buy fake Kopi Kuwak!
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