When it comes to new product introductions, nothing quite matches London's Peter Jones department store, which is offering discerning customers the chance to stump £50 a pop to taste Caffé Raro - an exotic blend of Jamaican Blue Mountain and Kupi Luwak beans, the latter having passed through the digestive tract of jungle cats. Apparently, Kupi Luwak beans are eaten by Indonesian civet cats and subsequently "harvested" from their faeces. A spokesman for Italian coffee outfit De Longhi, which markets the blend, explained: "It is in high demand from coffee aficionados. They will relish the chance to buy such a rare coffee. After all, only 200kg of Kupi Luwak coffee is produced each year! If you fancy buying it here in the US, go here... And indulge yourself for just $739 a pound!
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Wow... This coffee looks like crap!
I actually made a small animation about the infamous Civet Crapuchino.
Posted by: T. Benjamin Larsen | April 15, 2008 12:56 AM | Permalink to Comment