Scientists race to delevop synthetic poo-extracted coffee

[DS1]

Civet coffee, which some aficionados consider among the world's best, sells for as much as $300 US a pound in the United States. Only 550 pounds are produced worldwide each year, says Antonio Reyes, executive director of the International Coffee Organization Certifying Agency.


Although they normally eat sugar palm nuts, civets prefer the ripest coffee cherries during harvest season, which runs from December into March, but the beans pass through their systems undigested and are deposited as sausage-like clumps onto the forest floor. Reyes says the civet's digestive process, particularly the enzymes in its stomach, probably gives the brew its distinctive flavour and aroma.


"It's a special type of post-harvest processing. It has been processed in a very natural way," he says. Smelly or not in the forest, civet coffee in the cup has a "chocolatey aroma and the taste is bold and nutty," says Alvira (Vie) Reyes, a businesswoman who has branched into selling the exotic beans. Other fans describe civet coffee as full-bodied with medium acidity and no bitter aftertaste.


mmmmm, chocolaty nut crunch

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG!!!!


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[NJCher]

1. cup of coffee?

uhhhh, no thanks


Cher

[arwalden]

10. None For Me Either...

I wonder if there's a decaf version, though.

[matcom]

2. might be better than ZombyCoffee

:7

[Zomby Woof]

8. Why the hell do you think my coffee RULES?

My secret is out! :o

I usually eat lots of tacos with my chocolate bars to give my coffee that extra spice! :hurts:

[Deja Q]

3. Oh good. Making food out of excrement after sifting through it.

YU-fuck!-CK!

:puke: :hurts: :puke: :hurts: :puke: :hurts:

[Benhurst]

4. The perfect brew to sip while sifting through main stream media news. NT

[DS1]

5. You'll eat your shit AND LIKE IT!

:D

[sniffa]

6. where's the car that runs on poo?

it's funny cuz it's poo

[rug]

7. How do they get the milk to go with it?

[Solly Mack]

9. Lends new meaning to grinding coffee

[Not_Giving_Up]

11. This probably should have been posted

AFTER everyone had a chance to get their morning cup of coffee down. I've got half a cup, but now I'm not sure where it came from.

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12. Now that's what I call coffee!

[DS1]

15. awesome graphic

:7

[Left Is Write]

13. "It's a bit nutty..."

[StopTheMorans]

14. this coffee tastes like shit!