Would you pay $175 for a pound of coffee beans?

Sounds like a shitty cup of coffee
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Pricey coffee good to the last dropping

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Would you pay $175 for a pound of coffee beans which had passed through the backside of a furry mammal in Indonesia?

Apparently, some coffee lovers wanting to treat themselves to something special are lapping it up.

Kopi Luwak beans from Indonesia are rare and expensive, thanks to a unique taste and aroma enhanced by the digestive system of palm civets, nocturnal tree-climbing creatures about the size of a large house cat.

"People like coffee. And when they want to treat themselves, they order the Kopi Luwak," said Isaac Jones, director of sales for Tastes of The World, an online supplier of gourmet coffee, tea and cocoa.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051230/od_nm/coffee_dc

Love that stuff :thumbsup:

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I wish I had come up with this - who better to soak than the stupid rich?

is from Indonesia. I am now praying to god my coffee doesn't get anywhere near this stuff before it ends up in my cup. :o

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