Kopi Luwak

[DonRocks]

That's interesting. On someone else's nickel at the Mandarin Oriental in San Francisco, I once had the $40 a cup coffee that comes from Indonesia and is crapped out of weasels....it tasted no better than percolated Maxwell House....

You're talking about Kopi Luwak, or some variation thereof. To this day, I still have a hard time believing this is anything other than an urban legend, but indeed, it is harvested from the excreta of a civet. Needless to say, there are apparently a lot of counterfeit versions.

And there's a reason this gentleman isn't smiling.

[RoastMonkey]

There is nothing discernibly superior about this coffee and it has lead to animal cruelty. Where the cat scat was once collected from forest floors, now the civets are kept in small cages and fed cherries, ripe or unripe.

http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&p=13391#p13391

[JimRice]

Satay Sarina has it for $10 a cup. I haven't tried it, but this is a reminder to get back over there.