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04-11-2008, 02:17 AM
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Cat lovers
Now, I'm a cat fan. I have had many. That being said, I dunno if I love them THIS much...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe...hoo#cnnSTCText
$100 a shot for cat dung coffee
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A London department store has started selling coffee for $100 a shot.
If the price sounds unappealing, shoppers also have to overcome the unusual method of cultivation, which sees the coffee beans harvested from the feces of an Indonesian jungle cat.
Even so, the Peter Jones store says the luxury blend -- called Caffé Raro -- is one of the world's rarest and most premium coffees.
Made by the Italian company De Longhi, Caffé Raro combines Jamaican Blue Mountain and Kupi Luwak, two extremely rare coffees.
The beans of Kupi Luwak are harvested after being ingested by civet cats, and only about 260 kilos (about 573 pounds) of the coffee is produced each year.
The cats select the best beans to chew. It's rather like a natural filtering process," said Carie Barkhuzen, a spokeswoman for the upmarket store in London's upmarket Sloane Square.
The coffee, which went on sale Thursday, is available at $100 for a shot at the Peter Jones Espresso Bar, or shoppers can buy 100g (3.5-ounce) packs of the coffee beans to take away for the same price.
"It's not exactly flying off the shelves -- it's very expensive, after all -- but customers are buying it," Barkhuzen said.
The proceeds from the coffee sales will go to charity.
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04-11-2008, 02:25 AM
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OMFG!! Ew!!! Blech!! Yucky!! Couldn't you get sick from that or something?
That being said...
I'd be curious to see what it actually tastes like. I'm assuming people wouldn't pay that much if it really tastes like shit :P
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04-11-2008, 04:35 AM
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Mmm cat poo! :-)
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04-11-2008, 05:09 AM
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Yuk! Talk about crappy coffee!
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04-13-2008, 02:23 AM
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Waitress! I think there is something wrong with my $100 coffee! It tastes like shite! Oh wait... 
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04-13-2008, 02:27 AM
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Shit... I want a cup of coffee now...
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04-13-2008, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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EWWW!! Poo coffee!!
I would not care if it was filtered through a gold and diamond-encrusted screen inside the world's most expensive percolator, it came from inside a cat's digestive system and was shit out it's ass. Deal-killer right there.
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04-13-2008, 01:01 PM
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The real question is: Is that in the picture a fucking cat?!
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04-13-2008, 03:35 PM
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Nah, it's more closely related to the mongoose.
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04-14-2008, 05:44 AM
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Eh people buy mushrooms that grow from cow shit in the mountains (alot of times unwashed from what I've heard), I'm not all that suprised that people would buy coffee beans that are gathered from cat crap.
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04-14-2008, 09:02 AM
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04-14-2008, 11:50 AM
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If it wasn't £100 i'd try it...you never know...it might be excellent.
I'm alright with my cheap coffee for now though, lol.
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04-14-2008, 03:20 PM
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I'm alright with my complete lack of coffee. Wow. Cat Shit Coffee...
Though I have to agree, I am curious as to what it tastes like....
I think it's a bit like some modern art. It's really icky and ugly and basically pointless, but there's a very slight chance it might have some good message to it if you ignore some aspects of it and think really hard.
At the very least, they're similar in that I don't want either of them in my house or my body.
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04-15-2008, 07:40 AM
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Must be pretty tasty for folks to pay that much money for it is all I've gotta say. ^_^
Reminds me of how pee is sterile, and so if you're desperate, you can...y'know...drink your own pee.
*cricket cricket*
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04-16-2008, 04:38 AM
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I think it's actually £50. The Loose Women just tried it. They said it was crap.
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04-16-2008, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Pye
I think it's actually £50. The Loose Women just tried it. They said it was crap.
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Actualy both the article and you are right because in the article it was talking in Dollars, not Pounds.
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"Never overestimate the intellect of someone so foolish that they would exploit and perpetuate stupidity in the people around them, for they create their own damnation as they tear out and sell the pillars that support society as a whole, bringing it crashing down upon them."-me
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04-16-2008, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Pye
I think it's actually £50. The Loose Women just tried it. They said it was crap.
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LOL! I love the Loose Women.
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04-16-2008, 06:48 AM
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I don't see why you guys are saying it's disgusting. If you read the article correctly, you'd know they aren't putting actual feces in coffee. It's the beans taken from the feces, which are no doubt cleaned and possibly sterilized.
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04-16-2008, 07:41 AM
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I dunno. I think it's a little like refried beans or cottage cheese. It's probably OK and won't make you horribly ill, but it's the concept that just turns one off.
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04-29-2008, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by drewsilla
EWWW!! Poo coffee!!
I would not care if it was filtered through a gold and diamond-encrusted screen inside the world's most expensive percolator, it came from inside a cat's digestive system and was shit out it's ass. Deal-killer right there.
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Lol... Agreed. :P
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