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A Vietnamese Company Is Bringing Fake Weasel Poop Coffee to the Weasel Poop Coffee-Drinking Masses
Trung Nguyen, the Starbucks of Vietnam, commissioned a bunch of chemists to mimic kopi luwak, exquisitely expensive coffee that’s been digested and shit out by little weasel-like creatures called civets.
Bali’s Best Coffee Is Made with Wild Cat Poo
The Indonesian palm civet eats only the ripest coffee berries and excretes the “stone.” Coffee produced with these partially digested berries tastes less bitter, due to the enzymes in the animal’s stomach.
Sumatran Coffee Is Even More Delicious When Served By a Shaman
My Sumatran neighbor didn't advertise her services as a shaman, but would occasionally become possessed in between our sessions of drinking the amazing local coffee together.
I Ate Cake in a German Cemetery Café
I recently heard about Berlin's Café Strauss because it allows one to enjoy coffee and cake in an unexpectedly peaceful place: the cemetery. Drinking coffee among dead people is a new experience around here. They even host birthday parties (for the...