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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Started conversation Mar 2, 2008
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pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain) Posted Mar 2, 2008
I had never heard of this. Where do you get these ideas?
It appears that less than 500lb are harvested each year - or 1000lb depending on who you read. The difference may be 'dry' vs 'wet' weights.
Like with the oyster - it was a very brave person that first tried it, I think.
I wonder, as valuable as it is, if there are any forgeries, so to speak. And, how would you know?
...
Say, here's a (completely paraphrased) find:
Incredibly, Kopi Luwak is not entirely unique as a similarly processed coffee, called Weasel Coffee, is found in Vietnam.
Here's an article on actual research
http://www.uoguelph.ca/research/news/articles/2002/purr-fect_cup.shtml
Honestly, where do you come up with these things?
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Mar 2, 2008
I saw the film "The Bucket List" at the cinema on Tuesday. It was really funny how he kept bragging that he was drinking the most expensive coffee in the world and when he offered it to his not-so-well-off friend, he turned it down saying he didn't drink that sh*t. Only much later on does the friend confess how the coffee is "made" and they both are hysterical with laughter, which is one of the things on the "bucket list" - laugh until I cry. I must confess I laughed until I cried too, as did the rest of the audience.
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toybox Posted Mar 2, 2008
And there I was thinking that the Blue Mountain was the most expensive coffee
I can see potential here. Maybe we could try to, er, manufacture "Hootoo Researcher Coffee"?
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h5ringer Posted Mar 2, 2008
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NO NO NO!!!
is the drink of choice for half the world's population, the OTHER half drinks coffee and it's the third half that drinks tea
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pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain) Posted Mar 2, 2008
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pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain) Posted Mar 2, 2008
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Mar 4, 2008
Now - I've read about this before, and if you'd have asked me where I'd have said h2g2 - which is really strange. Still it's the memory goes first - after something else which I've forgotten.
Like the little film bit at the end -
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Mar 4, 2008
Hi McKay - I did a search for Kopi Luwak before I wrote it and found nothing - and searching now brings up 4 pages of mine! Possibly it was someone's journal? I'd never heard of it before I saw the film last week.
Thanks for reading and glad you enjoyed it
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Icy North Posted Mar 4, 2008
Hi GB
Good to see this - the subject was on my long list to do one day.
There's one big question you don't answer: how did we get to this point? Who brought it upon themselves to try this. Was it some ancient Indonesian tribal thing? (well, three questions...)
Icy
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Mar 4, 2008
Hi Icy
Pailaway said in posting 2: <>
I've no idea who decided that sifting through civet poo and roasting the undigested beans to be ground, diluted and drank was a good idea. I'd give him a medal for bravery though, unless he dreamed it would make him a fortune, then I'd just put it down to luck or serendipity.
This is a great story to tell. I told it to my son and his girlfriend before our Mother's Day meal on Sunday (in a hotel) and my older daughter and my youngest son. I have yet to encounter my other daughter, it's not something I want to convey by text, I'm enjoying the facial expressions and the skin-tone shading
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Mar 4, 2008
I've added a final section, Icy, what do you think?
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Icy North Posted Mar 4, 2008
Yes, that should be okay, assuming we really don't know anything else about the origin of this coffee harvesting method.
known and accepted ?
Not sure if "of a sick mind" is the correct phrase. I think you're questioning their sanity, but "sick mind" suggests depravity. What do you think?
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Peer Review: A32939193 - Kopi Luwak (Civet Coffee)
- 1: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 2, 2008)
- 2: pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain) (Mar 2, 2008)
- 3: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 2, 2008)
- 4: toybox (Mar 2, 2008)
- 5: h5ringer (Mar 2, 2008)
- 6: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 2, 2008)
- 7: h5ringer (Mar 2, 2008)
- 8: pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain) (Mar 2, 2008)
- 9: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 2, 2008)
- 10: toybox (Mar 2, 2008)
- 11: pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain) (Mar 2, 2008)
- 12: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 2, 2008)
- 13: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 3, 2008)
- 14: McKay The Disorganised (Mar 4, 2008)
- 15: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 4, 2008)
- 16: Icy North (Mar 4, 2008)
- 17: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 4, 2008)
- 18: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 4, 2008)
- 19: Icy North (Mar 4, 2008)
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