Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Most Expensive Shit in the World !!




Would you pay 50 pounds for a cup of shit?

People would...

It's Kopi Luwak- the most expensive coffee in the World (mainly from Sumatra).

luwak is a local name of the Asian Palm Civet.

The raw, red coffee berries are part of its normal diet, along with insects, small mammals, small reptiles, eggs and nestlings of birds, and other fruit.

The inner bean of the berry is not digested, but it has been proposed that enzymes in the stomach of the civet add to the coffee's flavor by breaking down the proteins that give coffee its bitter taste.

The beans are defecated, still covered in some inner layers of the berry.

The beans are washed, and given only a light roast so as to not destroy the complex flavors that develop through the process.

Kopi Luwak is the most expensive coffee in the world, selling for between $120 and $600 USD per pound.

Only 1,000 pounds (450 kg) at most make it into the world market each year.

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