Sh-tty "Gormet" coffee LIITERALLY! Possibly worst beverage EVER!!!
I just stumbled across something that seems to be the WORST idea ever in the gourmet coffee business, in spite of people being willing to pay high prices for the Sh-ttyest drink on the market!!!!
Excerpt from full article at this URL -
http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2005/09/16/the-straight-poop-on-kopi...
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All about this infamous coffee and the cat-like creature that makes it possible.
Well thanks to the coffee explosion this rare and unusual blend is readily available, though still very expensive. My interest in this was rekindled when I noticed Armeno Coffee Roasters, my favorite source for fine coffee is now carrying Kopi Luwak Coffee.
So what exactly is it? The Indonesian word “kopi” translates directly to coffee. The word Luwak refers to a small wild animal native to Indonesia and Vietnam.
So you know what coffee is… what’s this luwak critter? Known as the luwak, luak, musang, toddy cat, civet, palm civet and civet-cat, many people believe it is a wild cat. While it is a mammal it is actually a cousin of the mongoose. Probably it’s closest North American counterpart is the skunk with which it shares the ability to excrete a noxious odor from scent glands near it’s anus. Blueplanetbiomes.com has some wonderful information on this animal.
The animal can range from four to eleven pounds and is largely nocturnal. While it is an omnivore, the luwak is particularly fond of perfectly ripe coffee cherries. Thanks to coffee farmers, the luwak has no troubles finding plenty of coffee.
Once eaten, the coffee cherries take the normal route through the animal’s digestive path. The amazing thing is while the fruit of the coffee is being digested, the bean is left largely unchanged, eventually passing in the animals droppings.
The droppings and their caffeine-laden content are collected by farmers. The coffee is then cleaned and the green, un-roasted bean shipped to roasters.
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After reading this, sharing a bottle of "Hello Kitty " wine with a girlfriend sounds like paradise vs a cup of Sh-tty Kiitty coffee .........
Anyone else heard of anything as bizzare?? & doesnt this sound like the all time worst "gourmet" food EVER!!!!!
The Slick marketing site at http://www.animalcoffee.com/ seems to indicate that folks will sell just about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING on the net so be REAL careful when folks offer you "gourmet" coffee, I am sticking ot good old fashioned & wholesome BOOZE!!!!!.......
ONE thought did just hit me though, the slick marketing, and reported smooth and delicious flavor of the coffee means that this could be the IDEAL item for the Mother in law, Boss, or Brother or Sister in law who you need to or MUST buy a present for, and yet also truly cant stand or hate, for the right price they can be thrilled by your thoughtful & expensive gift & be drinking the Sh-ttyest coffee on earth LITERALLY & never even know it till its too late (if you tell them a couple of weeks later, or if they ask where they can order more from (Assuming you remove the Luwak picture & info on its exact origins from the box before gift wrapping) I really wonder if that market is responsible for some of the sales demand (or is this gag / bad gift idea just unusually evil).......
Could also be used to make what could quite possibly be the WORST Irish Coffee EVER!
Just realized a few things ----
1 - UH OH! some of the companies I have worked for had secretaries who the boss treated like crap.
2 - Boss always insisted on having secretary make & fetch the coffee
3 - Boss kept griping that the coffee tasted like crap.
I wonder if the secretaries had been ordering from the website.......:^)
Excerpt from full article at this URL -
http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2005/09/16/the-straight-poop-on-kopi...
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All about this infamous coffee and the cat-like creature that makes it possible.
Well thanks to the coffee explosion this rare and unusual blend is readily available, though still very expensive. My interest in this was rekindled when I noticed Armeno Coffee Roasters, my favorite source for fine coffee is now carrying Kopi Luwak Coffee.
So what exactly is it? The Indonesian word “kopi” translates directly to coffee. The word Luwak refers to a small wild animal native to Indonesia and Vietnam.
So you know what coffee is… what’s this luwak critter? Known as the luwak, luak, musang, toddy cat, civet, palm civet and civet-cat, many people believe it is a wild cat. While it is a mammal it is actually a cousin of the mongoose. Probably it’s closest North American counterpart is the skunk with which it shares the ability to excrete a noxious odor from scent glands near it’s anus. Blueplanetbiomes.com has some wonderful information on this animal.
The animal can range from four to eleven pounds and is largely nocturnal. While it is an omnivore, the luwak is particularly fond of perfectly ripe coffee cherries. Thanks to coffee farmers, the luwak has no troubles finding plenty of coffee.
Once eaten, the coffee cherries take the normal route through the animal’s digestive path. The amazing thing is while the fruit of the coffee is being digested, the bean is left largely unchanged, eventually passing in the animals droppings.
The droppings and their caffeine-laden content are collected by farmers. The coffee is then cleaned and the green, un-roasted bean shipped to roasters.
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After reading this, sharing a bottle of "Hello Kitty " wine with a girlfriend sounds like paradise vs a cup of Sh-tty Kiitty coffee .........
Anyone else heard of anything as bizzare?? & doesnt this sound like the all time worst "gourmet" food EVER!!!!!
The Slick marketing site at http://www.animalcoffee.com/ seems to indicate that folks will sell just about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING on the net so be REAL careful when folks offer you "gourmet" coffee, I am sticking ot good old fashioned & wholesome BOOZE!!!!!.......
ONE thought did just hit me though, the slick marketing, and reported smooth and delicious flavor of the coffee means that this could be the IDEAL item for the Mother in law, Boss, or Brother or Sister in law who you need to or MUST buy a present for, and yet also truly cant stand or hate, for the right price they can be thrilled by your thoughtful & expensive gift & be drinking the Sh-ttyest coffee on earth LITERALLY & never even know it till its too late (if you tell them a couple of weeks later, or if they ask where they can order more from (Assuming you remove the Luwak picture & info on its exact origins from the box before gift wrapping) I really wonder if that market is responsible for some of the sales demand (or is this gag / bad gift idea just unusually evil).......
Could also be used to make what could quite possibly be the WORST Irish Coffee EVER!
Just realized a few things ----
1 - UH OH! some of the companies I have worked for had secretaries who the boss treated like crap.
2 - Boss always insisted on having secretary make & fetch the coffee
3 - Boss kept griping that the coffee tasted like crap.
I wonder if the secretaries had been ordering from the website.......:^)
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Permalink Reply by Captnkirk on -
I would rather have a civet make my morning cofee then this guy.
I used to work in a place that had a coffee club. Over the years people had collected and posted about 50 coffee related articles from the paper with headlines like "Researchers discover coffee makes you sexy" on the wall near the coffee pot. Mixed in were 6 or 7 about disgruntled workers peeing in the coffee, it seemed to make the headlines at least once a year.
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Permalink Reply by Sgt Schulz on -
OMG you are CORRECT!
MSNBC even documented a recent incident, DEFINITELY I am sticking to canned soda at work!!!
URL - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14909843
AKRON, Ohio - A former postal worker who poured urine into his co-workers' coffee must serve six months in a jail work-release program.
Thomas Shaheen, 50, of suburban Springfield Township, also must pay $1,200 to the people he used to work with to cover their cost of making a secret video of his role in tainting the office coffee.
Shaheen stood and apologized to several postal workers in Akron Municipal Court where he pleaded guilty on Monday to two misdemeanor charges of tainting food.
2nd incident
http://www.dumbcrooks.com/angry-office-worker-pees-in-the-coffee/
The Cat coffee seems to have DEFINITE & interesting practical joke potential as its a US Govt compliant approved ,safe food that is now actually sold as coffee (avoids legal & criminal issues, WONT sicken anyone, non toxic) that is apparently tastes as good as or better than regular coffee , and legally falls under the definition of the "Coffee" that the worker was sent for as unless the boss specified "Starbucks" Folgers or some other specific brand or type , the cat Sh-t coffee is legally coffee too & in compliance with all the import & food safety regulations.............
(they even offer the stuff on some Asian airlines as a gourmet brand)
I.E. If you are the offending bad boss / co-worker you cant sue if you simply asked for "Coffee" as ALL types of coffee approved for import and sale in the & sale in the US comply with that request (includes cat sh-t coffee) and leaves the choice of both brand and bean type choice to the Secretary / employee.........(Substituting it when Folgers or a SPECIFIC brand was specified, now THAT might be a problem............)
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Permalink Reply by Sgt Schulz on
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Of course having a conversation like this with the (Boss/in-law) recipient of your thoughtful gift of cat coffee could be priceless.......
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Permalink Reply by Annihalator James on -
Believe it or not, I'm actually relieved to learn that the cat emits the beans more-or-less undigested. I've known about this stuff for several years, but I was under the impression that the poor beasts were made to chew up the coffee beans, then 're-bean' them before delivery. If you new the way most coffee beans are processed (let the cherry rot in a vat of water), this process doesn't seem AS bad, and possibly fun for the cat.
Still, I would probably prefer to skip this delicacy, and recommend that it is not for the timid!
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Permalink Reply by Bloodyanne on -
You have me rethinking my morning cup of joe!
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Permalink Reply by Sgt Schulz on
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A friend asked but what my the boss / in law wants sugar & "Milk" or "cream" in their "coffee," oddly in the case of the milk ANOTHER high priced generic milk readily available FDA safe & sold in the US & even LITERALLY certified as KOSHER!! yet it lets the boss/recipient know what you think of them ........
From what the Gourmets claim this should be one of the best tasting cups of coffee they have ever had in their life & will keep them coming back for seconds, and even get you some praise for your skill as a coffeemaker, till they hear the ingredients...the main question will be will they keep drinking the stuff once the ask you where you got the ingredients & how you were able to brew such a fine tasting cup of coffee..........
Remember when you impose for coffee, always be careful as to who is making it........
Baldric's preparation was of a much worse quality & also involved a cat............
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Permalink Reply by Sgt Schulz on
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After a bit more thought as to what other generic gourmet ingredients could be used that could further improve BOTH the taste and the horror level of the coffee recipient, there was one obvious choice use BOTTLED water! it is SUPPOSED to taste the same or better than ordinary water I had neglected that can ALSO be added to Alcoholic drinks, there are currently 2 choices that have passed FDA safety and are available in the US,
Filtered and bottled NYC tap water, just knowing that the east river may have been the source, is horror enough,
yet Jarritos Mexican "Mineral" water may top it.....
they will also be left with the knowledge of what the water quality was before it was filtered, and hoping all the bad stuff is filtered out......
By the end of the process once they find out the ingredients in the coffee your boss will have you down as the sort of person who will go to ANY lengths & use ANY ingredients, no matter HOW questionable, in the pursuit of fine coffee, basically the LAST person on earth who they would want to ask or disturb with requests for coffee, EVER! If they like the stuff & do not ask you the details about the ingredients, you have the option of letting them unknowingly drink the stuff for YEARS........
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Permalink Reply by Soapbox Mark on -
you know what sucks. Whoever came up with this animal coffee idea.
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Permalink Reply by Captnkirk on
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I don't blame the civet, it's just eating yumy ripe coffee beans.
I blame who ever collects the poop, roasts it, grinds it up and markets it as a luxury item you have to have.
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Permalink Reply by Sgt Schulz on
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Oddly an offer to use honey instead of sugar to sweeten the coffee is never a problem, and evokes 0 on the horror scale, and sometimes thanks for spending a bit extra for something nice as people are totally comfortable with eating something that has been spit out by a bee....Yet I think this cat will never gain the same level of acceptance as a honeybee as the stuff is coming out of the OTHER end of the cat, and is NOTHING like honey, Eating raw unprocessed honey, pleasant, eating raw cat coffee, even the folks singing the praises of the brewed product are not crazy enough to attempt it............
As for who came up with the animal coffee Idea, my guess would be poor Vietnamese peasants with few sources of food or drink during the Vietnam war as in wartime often nothing is wasted by the poor, in spite of the huge amount of resources being wasted by the governments of both sides on the war itself...........
As for who was the first Gourmet to try this peasant blend, and then decided to sell it as a luxury item, worldwide, its the mystery of the decade , any info would be a fun and informative read....
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