"Poop" Coffee Beans

For Christmas this year the children bought Hunter a VERY unusual gift-what we have lovingly labeled: Poop Coffee Beans. For those of you who have never heard of this delicacy here is a bit of information I located on the web.

" Kopi Luwak, also known as civet coffee, is the world’s most expensive coffee. Produced primarily in Indonesia, what sets this bean apart from your average Gold Blend is that the coffee berries are eaten by the wild Asian Palm Civet (a small feral cat-like mammal) , excreted undigested and then harvested from their droppings. Apparently, the animal’s stomach acids cause an enzymatic process that imbues the bean with a complex and unique flavour.

For those of you who haven’t tried a “crappuccino”, as some jokers have dubbed it, you may not only be sceptical as to the culinary merits of an excreted coffee bean, but moreover, its level of hygiene. However, a scientific study carried out in 2002 verified the coffee’s quality; the lead researcher confirmed that tests revealed “the Kopi Luwak beans had negligible amounts of enteric (pathogenic) organisms associated with faeces”. Knowyourmoney blog "10 most expensive foods"

In order for Hunter to actually experience this coffee he had to properly prepare the beans.               Following are some photos of this two day process.

                                                                       "Poop beans" in their original bags.

                                                                                                     In the raw

                                                                                              First washing

                                                                                              First drying.

Second washing 

                                                                                                Second drying

                                                                    Stomping the parchment off the beans

                                                                         Wind blowing chaff off the beans

                                                       Coffee roaster preparing to roast the "green" beans

                                                                           Beautiful beans ready to grind

                                                       Mission accomplished & enjoying the fruit of his labor!