[TheForge] Kopi Luwak

[bmyers647 at comcast.net]

With all of the coffee talk, I thought that you needed to mention that Kopi Luwak is now available from  coffeeproject.com

For the uninitiated, the beans are eaten by the Civet Cat and then wet-processed in-house so to speak.
The end product is then collected in the field.

>From their website:

Oh sure, everybody just LOVES honey, but does anyone ever mention that
its just bee vomit? When it comes to the unique processing of another of
nature's treasures, the Luwak, you're all "Ooh gross." 
...and let's not even mention haggis.  

Call it what you will... and you will, here it is- the famed Kopi Luwak
(wet processed) coffee from Sumatera. That's no typo, we're down with
the local lingo. Sumatera = Sumatra. Kopi means coffee, and Luwak is
another name for the palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus. 

$39 gets you three ounces (raw) of this unique coffee widely known as
the most expensive in the world. Which IS in fact collected from the
forest floor just below where palm civets do what they do best; eat
insect, snack on lizards, pick the most perfectly ripe coffee cherries,
and "process" them. So grab a bucket, list the friends you want to share
it with and head on over to Northern Sumatra for Kopi Luwak, Luak,
Lewak. Take your pick of spelling on that one. Three ounces will produce
about 8 cups of brewed coffee. 

You might be interested to know that these are in fact Arabica beans,
not Robusta as some Kopi Luwak may be. Who likes a big steamy Robusta?
when you can have a... never mind.

Aside from the silliness, these are surprisingly good looking and well
processed beans. At first whiff there is a musty/tangy quality to the
raw coffee and a decidedly sepia tone to them. The grading is uniform
and clean, as good or better than a lot of Specialty Coffee you might
see. In the sunlight the beans have an interesting translucency similar
to the blue green of some huehuetenengo, but in this case they have kind
of a sable toned translucency instead. 

This may not be the coffee for everyday occasions, but its worth
crossing off your list as something you've tried at least once in your
life. Of course it also a phenomenal gift. 

Use the drop down menu to get a better price on 9 ounces. ($69)