Also might be the most unethical coffee in the world too.
I read once that a major reason the coffee is supposed to be good, is that the animals (in the wild) tend to seek out the ripest, healthiest coffee beans to eat. They’re abundant (prior to human intervention), so why settle for less?
But then we cage them and force-feed them whatever, so they’re just medium (or low) quality beans to start with. So even if you look past the cruelty, it’s not even the quality of coffee the reputation suggests.
What do you mean? Force feeding caged animals to shit coffee beans isn’t ethical?
You can make some for yourself.
Step 1) Eat a bunch of coffee beans
Step 2)
You can make some for yourself.
Number 1) Eat a bunch of coffee beans
Number 2)
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Granted I don’t exactly run in the conspicuous consumption crowd, so maybe I’m out of the loop. Cope Luwak was a thing I heard about in the late 90s but have never seen in the world, ever.
I suppose this is one of those products that has a reputation for being expensive so rich people buy it to flex and that creates some demand. Like gold pizzas or whatever other dumb shit gaudy nouveau riche assholes are doing to get attention.
I’m sure there are places in the world where you can forage the shits and have something unique, but I highly doubt that what makes its way to fintech bros in manhattan has any real value at all. Just a cruel gimmick.
There are apps that cost thousands of dollars that display a jpeg that say “You are rich” and rich people buy it to flex to other rich people.
They have too much money.
Stephen Fry gave some to Prince Charles iirc
Edit. It was weasel vomit according to this
https://www.tumblr.com/whitepajamas/1491643197/alan-davies-is-it-true-that-you-gave-prince
Certified coffee snob here: We laugh at the people who think Kopi luwak is good.
Sometimes I question myself if we are really intelligent beings. Who the hell thought of making coffee out of a monkey’s butt? or whatever that is.
My guess is, since they eat coffee cherries, some farmer had his harvest ruined and washed the seeds out from the shit in desperation, just to get told it’s the best coffee somebody has ever had.
You can squeeze the water out of elephant crap and drink it. Humans figured out fermentation a long time ago. This isn’t too much of a stretch given humans also know that animal poop is usable in other ways agriculturally.
You can also use it to make an organic fleshlight.
Delet plz
the story I heard (from an Indonesian dude) was the colonial plantations didn’t allow locals to drink coffee. They noticed the civits only ate the ripest coffee berries… bla bla bla, shit coffee was the only choice and it was really good?
Lol that would be dumb af, of course it’s a cat.
Same energy as the people who invented birds nest soup
Apparently I’m behind on the latest in coffee trends
That’s some major shit 😐
Man looking at that shit I bet it feels amazing after pinching that out
I’ve had this coffee before. Doesn’t taste any different than regular coffee
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Disgusting! Hipsters and other coffee snobs will really do anything just to feel more distinct, lmao.
Edit: Comment confirmed by down-voting hipsters …
“Hipsters and coffee snobs” aren’t the target audience and the vast majority have probably never tried it. It’s a flex for rich people that have more money than sense.
Tried it in Bali and it wasn’t that expensive at all for a cup. It tasted weird though, could tell it had the taste of something that had been digested. 4/10 if I’m being generous, the teas there were great though.
I’ve had it. It’s pretty tasty.
