Would you like a latte, mocha, or cat dung coffee, sir?

[PrincessBandit]

Cat dung coffee 'may be unclean'
AP
Last updated 14:12 20/07/2010
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Indonesia's top Islamic body says it may forbid followers from drinking the world's most expensive coffee - extracted from the dung of a civet cat - over concerns it is unclean.
Kopi Luwak is made from hard beans that have been eaten by the cats and then fermented in their stomachs before being pooped out and roasted.
It's highly prized for its smooth flavour and bitterless aftertaste, sometimes fetching well over $US440 (NZ$629.66) per kg.
Maruf Amien, acting head of the powerful Ulema Council, said the key issue is whether or not the coffee is clean.
"God willing it will be an easy decision," said Amien. "If the farmers clean the beans before they are ground, they are halal, or legitimate, and there won't be a problem."
Kopi Luwak is produced on several Indonesian islands, spanning from Sumatra in the west to Sulawesi in the east, but it also can be found under different names elsewhere in South-East Asia.
Only 450kg are said to be produced annually worldwide.



I'll never look at my favourite drink (normal coffee, not cat dung coffee) the same way again!

[Headbanger]

I'd be keen to try it.

Has to be better then old whats his handle eating nuts directly out of steaming mounds of bear shit.

Though eating bear shit is slightly more manly.






On second thoughts, Fuck the pansy coffee, I want to eat some bear shit.

[Headbanger]

And there was that episode when he found a pile of rodent shit sitting on a rock ledge, the mad fucker scooped it all up, built a fire,boiled some water, dropped the shit in it,gave it a stir, proclaimed it as dung tea...and fucking drank it.

[Pussy]

I'll just stick with the Moccona, thanks!

[JimO]

you would already know this if you watched bucket list

[Scouse]

part of me is curiouse enough to want to try Kopi luwak I hear that its being sold somewhere in Auckland any way I am sure that the pressurised steam that those expresso machines produce is more than enough to sterilise any coliforms

[Banditbandit]

Stuff's way too expensive ... I just need caffeine caffeine and more caffeine ... a quick double shot latta will give me enough of that .. and it's not made from cat poo

[Scouse]

Bit of a thread dredge but my Partners son has just returned from a business conference in Indonesia and brought us back a 200g tin of Luwak Coffee or Kopi Luwak as the locals call it

[mashman]

Jack Nicholson says it much better



Damned fine movie too.