Cat crap coffee fetches $100 a cup

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By M&C Bizarre Apr 11, 2008, 17:24 GMT

A posh London Department store has started selling a special coffee for $100 a shot. EPA/ALEX HOFFORD

EPA/ALEX HOFFORDHere's the twist: The beans are found in the feces from the Civet cat. The coffee beans are picked out of the animal's dung.The cultivation of the partially digested coffee beans harvested from the feces of an Indonesian jungle cat have all of London talking.CNN reports that 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 573 pounds of the coffee are made 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 allegedly will go to charity.

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ParkerApr 11th, 2008 - 21:24:18

I've heard of this before - let's all have a bowl of feces with our cup of coffee!! I wouldn't trust that the beans had been cleaned and sterilized enough, and just the thought of it would make me barf right into the cup!

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''Those peopleApr 12th, 2008 - 14:37:32

in London are verrrrrry questionable'', he said rolling his eyes with a puzzled look on his face. ''Sucking on beans found in the poo poo of a cat. Verrrrrry strange indeed.'' ''Would you like a couple of hair balls with your coffee?? Hair balls are only 25 pounds each''.

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