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 Kopi-Luwak Jean - Mon, 18 Jan 13:42  Kopi-Luwak Patsy Fagan - Tue, 19 Jan 09:20 Kopi-Luwak psilo - Tue, 19 Jan 09:56 Kopi-Luwak Madge - Tue, 19 Jan 10:58 Kopi-Luwak Kathryn - Tue, 19 Jan 13:58 Kopi-Luwak Jean - Tue, 19 Jan 15:30 |
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Kopi-Luwak
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 13:42 Author:  Jean
Location: Teignmouth Profile
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| To cheer me up I treated myself to a regular latte in a new smart coffee shop in town By myself with not much to see out of the window I read all the menu and was surprised to read about Kopi-Luwak coffee-the beans are retrieved from excrement after the bean has passed through an Indonesian animal! Thought it was a wind up then just as I was about to pass a sarcastic comment I saw a blackboard with dates and names of about 8 people who had bought a £19.99 cup of this coffee since the end of November!!! Left cafe realising that I must be one of the more saner people who use the cafe!!! Just looked it up on the www and realise that I'd heard about it before ie either on OGG or somewhere in the media |
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Kopi-Luwak
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 09:20 Author:  Patsy Fagan
Location: Harefield Uxbridge Profile
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| Rick Stein did a taste-test of this coffee at his restaurant in Padstowe, shown (I think) on his Christmas programme. I have also previously seen this on a tv programmem, but for the life of me, can't remember which one now. Apparently the animal (I think it might be a civet cat) only eats the coffee beans that are of the required ripeness - the seed passes through undigested, but seems to have been improved by it's journey ......................  And as you say, the resultant coffee is highly prized and extremely expensive |
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Kopi-Luwak
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 09:56 Author:  psilo
Location: Bolton Profile
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| Mmm think i will stick to my Kenko | |
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Kopi-Luwak
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 10:58 Author:  Madge
Location: Hertfordshire UK Profile
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LOL: Well, cats are supposed to be clean animals . Truffles, also highly prized, are dug up by pigs. |
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Kopi-Luwak
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 13:58 Author:  Kathryn
Location: South Cumbria Profile
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truffles haven't quite been on the same journey Madge .I'll stick to lavazza. |
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Kopi-Luwak
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 15:30 Author: Jean
Location: Teignmouth Profile
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| Thanks Oggies for response-still not sure which is the daftest ie either paying £19.99 for a coffee or agreeing to your name being on display-first name I recognised as a "local" German dentist! | |
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