You know that thing about the catshit coffee? Feral Indonesian cats eat coffee berries, the pits of which (coffee beans), pass through their digestive system (including the butthole, for those of you keeping track) unscathed. Then people (hopefully well-paid people) pick the beans out of the cat poop and sell them to gullible Americans for $80/pound.
Reeks of 21st century legend, right? I was so sure it was crap (sorry), but then my trusted friends Amy and Thomas, the owners of Zeke's Coffee, told us the other day that they've gotten their hands on some (eww) and are hosting a tasting. January 13, 9am, Mill Valley Garden Center. Ten bucks a ticket.
If Jaime can eat a wriggling grub the size of my thumb, you can go drink a cup of catshit coffee.
Well, I guess it's no weirder than honey. Bee barf, mmmm mmmmmm.
ReplyDeleteNo, you know what? Cat poop is still weirder.
And if they're feral cats, does that mean you have to go hunting for their poops, and then hope that they ate coffee beans at some point? No wonder it costs a shitload. Heh heh.
DUDE! In Vietnam, there is "weasel coffee" and Lonely Planet says it's weasel-crap coffee but a little further research suggests that it's weasel-puke coffee. A little more research after that suggests that a proprietary process invented by a Vietnamese coffee company is what makes the coffee taste like it came out of a weasel (whichever direction wasn't revealed). Either way, I brought some home. And I REALLY wish I could come to the catshit coffee tasting.
ReplyDeleteHoney, you know you've got a place to stay any time you want to come to Baltimore and drink whatever kind of coffee grosses you out the most.
ReplyDeleteAnd Maggie, that goes for you too.