Some people with a lot of money will buy the stupidest things, for the sole reason that those things are expensive. Case in point, the crazy expensive trend in the Australian coffee market is civet-excreted coffee beans. I don't even want to go into the animal cruelty aspect of feeding wild Indonesian cats food that they can't even digest, much less that civets are also eaten in Indonesia, but people have to collect the droppings and separate the coffee beans from the excrement. Those coffee buyers can claim everything is sanitary and clean, but Indonesia is still a third world country, so their standards are not the same as they would be in Australia. And finally, just to be totally clear on what's happening here: YOU'RE PAYING A$50 FOR 1 (ONE!!!!!111!!!) CUP OF ROASTED CAT SHIT!
joe, this can not be true.
ReplyDeleteWTH???
no. i refuse to believe that there are people this stooooopid and cruel on the planet.
where's the sand? i'm burying my head.
Otta:
ReplyDeleteApparently it's not that cruel to feed the coffee to the cats, since they eat the coffee cherries off of the trees. Still, they're cats, and not really supposed to eat fruit. But to collect, then roast, and drink... and to pay 50 australian bucks to drink it down... Gaaah!
Dude - This coffee has been around awhile. I remember reading stories about it years ago.
ReplyDeleteNot only that, there's apparently research that shows why the slight fermenting that happens during the digestive process might make the coffee taste better.
Dude:
ReplyDeleteBah! Blind human taste testers didn't think it tasted any better. Only the electronic sniffer could detect the difference.
And they are "significantly more contaminated than regular beans." But the ones on the market are "quite clean?" Compared to what? Week-old kitty litter? No thanks!