Kopi Luwak

I love the first panel; with the expressions on the lady's and Arthur's face.

"Kopi Luwak: This, too, shall pass."

"Kopi Luwak: It's coprophilicious!"

(sung) "Our coffee is so awesome,
it pulls you from your rut!
Straight to the store from where
the monkey put the nut!"


I also considered something along the lines of "The best part of waking up is Folger's in your butt..." but finally decided that was too silly, so I won't say it.

What really puts a pretzel in my head is that they charge $15 a cup for it here in Vancouver. $15 for a cup of brewed poop!

Do NOT be dissing my pumpkin spice latte! I have to wait another seven or eight months before I can have it again. The withdrawal pains are fierce!

Just sayin'

I'm thinking more about the poor bastards that have to go around and gather up what the civet squeezed out -- never mind having to clean and filter out the "processed" beans. But most of all, I wonder about the *first* guy that said, "Gosh, you know, the civet's already picked the coffee berries and digested the berry part off the beans and everything, so why not...."

Then again, if you like eggs, you probably shouldn't think too hard about them either.

Beyond shade-grown, it's "where the sun don't shine" grown.

Interestingly, although this coffee has such a huge hype and is generally considered to be awesome and worthy of such a high price, Ive seen a documetary with some true coffee connoisseurs saying that it is actually pretty crap. They dont rate it at all.

Dave Barry had a really funny take on this stuff. Here's the link.
http://www.davebarry.com/misccol/decaf.htm

Stephen Fry (a famous British writer and comedian) once gave Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall a jar of the stuff as a gift. Fry said that it was "something he felt they probably didn't already have". So I've been aware of this hilariously inappropriate excuse for a beverage for some time.

Just wait. Next they'll be collecting the coffee enemas from hospital and health spa patients and selling it in Starbucks as the Grande Crappuccino.

- Kopi Luwak: One good turn deserves another
- Kopi Luwak: Mmmmm, nutty!

I love the facial expressions and the art on this one, so I tried taking out the words: Picasa Web Albums - Paul - For Forums [google.com]

A guy walks into a coffee shop with a duck on his head. The barrista asks, "Would you like to buy some coffee made from beans we dug out of some animal's poop?". The guy says, "Listen Pal, just because I have a duck on my head, it doesn't mean I'm crazy!".

Wow, I've never bothered to take the word bubbles out of my own cartoons! That really made me look at it in a whole new light -- thanks!

Also:

- Kopi Luwak: Quality from their end to yours.

I too really enjoyed the facial expressions. Cool idea taking the words out!

Kopi Luwak: The new coffee movement

Kopi Luwak: Drink what got them going to get you going!

Kopi Luwak: Coffee from the @$$ end of the world...really, we're not kidding.

Kopi Luwak: because climbing up a mountainside a continent away to pick hard pellet-like beans, roast them, grind them and squirt hot water through them, just didn't create the beverage unique enough for your palate.

Kopi Luwak: mmmmm, steaming hot!

Tried it once, didn't like it. Where it came from is not the problem. Cheese is already digested by bacteria and coagulated by the enzyme rennet, after all. And there is that toe-jam cheese they make in France and age by lowering it into a dry well or something.

How could this be worse than Limburger? Or that cheese they "mellow" in caves, buried under piles of manure?

We eat lots of things that other life forms have eaten first. No biggie. In fact, really good cheese is still alive when you eat it.

I tried this. Why not? It wasn't the first time I paid for crap... Just the first time I knew it was crap up front.

Kopi Luwak: It's the sh*t!

I'd like to think that if I ever had a chance to try it I would. It's not going to kill me, so what's the worst that could happen? It tastes terrible? Big deal, I've had terrible coffee before. Hopefully there will be a drain nearby.

... I don't drink coffee, but I took a trip to Asia this past June/July (2009) with one of my best friends. Neither of us drink coffee, but while wandering around Hanoi, we saw them selling coffee with a weasel picture on it. We were curious, and asked about it. After hearing the story, I knew it was a gift (real/gag all in one!) for my parents and another coffee friend! There apparently is actually 9 levels of "quality" to it as well... they gave me a taste of the highest quality... and I actually liked it. And yes, I bought it, and gave it as gifts!