Coffee Made From Animal Dung Goes For $100 A Cup

[Kor37 9]

Expensive caffeine: Coffee made from animal dung goes for £50 a cupby Anna Brones Apr 10th 2008 @ 2:00PM

 

At Gadling we are pretty crazy about odd and bizarre foods. We've already written about Indonesian turd coffee, a byproduct of wild civets, but today the good news is that you don't have to travel all the way to Southeast Asia to get it. To get your morning cup of turd coffee, make your way to London instead.

 

Peter Jones, a department store in Sloane Square, is selling a gourmet coffee blend made from animal dung and selling it at £50 a cup; that's almost $100! Caffe Raro, which is thought to be the most expensive coffee in the world, is a made from a blend of Jamaican Blue Mountain and Kopi Luwak beans. The Kopi Luwak beans are eaten by the Asian palm civet, and once passed through their system, collected and sold for a little under $650 per kilogram. Don't worry -- they're washed before they are roasted.

 

$100 may seem like a lot to spend on a good cup of java -- especially when it's made from animal dung -- but then again, if you live in Europe, it's cheaper than a ticket to track down the specialty in Indonesia.

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[Theunicornhunter 2]

I think if I had a $100 I felt like throwing away I could find a better cause. :)

[KIMIMELA 1]

And London of all places has to get it. Honestly... this country is going NUTS! Next thing you know we'll be using cow pee for Mouthwash or something!

[Stephen of Borg 2]

the most shocking thing is that someone would spend $100 for a cup of coffee. That is almost more shocking than what the coffee is made of

[GhostofMajorHayes 10]

Expensive caffeine: Coffee made from animal dung goes for £50 a cupby Anna Brones Apr 10th 2008 @ 2:00PM

 

At Gadling we are pretty crazy about odd and bizarre foods. We've already written about Indonesian turd coffee, a byproduct of wild civets, but today the good news is that you don't have to travel all the way to Southeast Asia to get it. To get your morning cup of turd coffee, make your way to London instead.

 

Peter Jones, a department store in Sloane Square, is selling a gourmet coffee blend made from animal dung and selling it at £50 a cup; that's almost $100! Caffe Raro, which is thought to be the most expensive coffee in the world, is a made from a blend of Jamaican Blue Mountain and Kopi Luwak beans. The Kopi Luwak beans are eaten by the Asian palm civet, and once passed through their system, collected and sold for a little under $650 per kilogram. Don't worry -- they're washed before they are roasted.

 

$100 may seem like a lot to spend on a good cup of java -- especially when it's made from animal dung -- but then again, if you live in Europe, it's cheaper than a ticket to track down the specialty in Indonesia.

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