Saturday, April 17, 2010

Nevertheless, I hope Biggby doesn't add a Dung Bear to the menu anytime soon

The world's most expensive coffee beans can be found in the Philippines, once they've been through a unique process:
Costing hundreds of dollars a pound, these beans are found in the droppings of the civet, a nocturnal, furry, long-tailed catlike animal that prowls Southeast Asia’s coffee-growing lands for the tastiest, ripest coffee cherries. The civet eventually excretes the hard, indigestible innards of the fruit — essentially, incipient coffee beans — though only after they have been fermented in the animal’s stomach acids and enzymes to produce a brew described as smooth, chocolaty and devoid of any bitter aftertaste.

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