And it's tasty too!

[NutmegCT]

Another way to get lotsa money from (not) lotsa people -

Unique process used to produce one of the world's rarest (and most expensive) coffees, now sold at $100/cup in NYC:

https://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-01-20-civet-coffee_x.htm

Good to the last drop(ping)!

 

[JamesWilson]

'"Our coffee has a strong taste and an even stronger aroma," Susanto said by telephone from his factory in central Java.'

You don't say....

 

[2wrench]

Touting aroma and flavor. Very green...recycled.

Not my cup of...err....coffee.

 

[Guest]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]"Some of our guests said it was an aphrodisiac. It has a strong coffee smell, but different. There is a distinct odor and flavor," she said. [/QUOTE]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]now sold at $100/cup in NYC[/QUOTE]

For $100 in NYC I can get 2 dozen oysters and 4 martinis (2 each) at a decent raw bar. I'll stick to the tried and tested methods thankyou :wink:

 

[Steve]

P.T. Barnum is constantly being proved correct in his famous statement. You KNOW all the trendies in NYC will be lining up to buy one.

 

[Guest]

No doubt.
I can't stand to line up at Starbucks though, so I guess I'm not trendy any more (if I ever was)...

 

[Banjo]

Why would I pay $100 for that, when it's so easy to walk into any corner quick-mart and pay less than $1 for a cup of coffee that tastes like cra....uh..like it passed through a weasel.

 

[DougF]

Assuming the weasels chew the beans before processing them, how are they filtered before their second consumption?

Must be a Far East thing.

 

[bugimike]

Hmmm. How about gourmet bread made from horse dung! I've heard hay comes cheaper once it has gone through the horse!

And after a cup of this $100 coffee does one bark at the moon??

 

[Silverghost]

In the movie "The Bucket List" there is a running gag with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman about this very "coffee". Pretty good movie!

 

[TRDejaVu]

When I ask for a coffee at a Starbucks (or any of the others) I just ask for one that is "plain brown without the BS". If the line-up has the really annoying coffee poseurs in it, then I ask for instant.

 

[bugimike]

Ian, now you know, to be PC, you must ask for "plain brown without the WS"!! :laugh:

 

[ecurie_ecosse]

You mean to tell me you can get "coffee" at Starbucks??
OOOOPS!!!! Law suit! :hammer:

Stuart.

 

[DrEntropy]

Only if I'm desperate will I even *enter* one of those places. The coffee snob attitude is embarrassing. Being asked to pay twice what it should cost is insulting.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Only if I'm desperate will I even *enter* one of those places. The coffee snob attitude is embarrassing. Being asked to pay twice what it should cost is insulting.

But there are plenty people who do!

Ask Tony about the cafe con leche at the Gran Hotel Sula! As much as you can drink included with breakfast - part of the room package!

 

[NutmegCT]

Only if I'm desperate will I even *enter* one of those places. The coffee snob attitude is embarrassing. Being asked to pay twice what it should cost is insulting.

oh c'mon - you don't enjoy waiting in line behind folks asking for their $6 mocha cioccolatta macchiata double shot smoothie?

with just the slightest hint of Malabar cinnamon sprinkled from an enameled sifter held by the thumb and little finger of the barrista's left hand?

jeez - what a party pooper

man - what is America coming to? (its senses I hope?)

T.

 

[DrEntropy]

oh c'mon - you don't enjoy waiting in line behind folks asking for their $6 mocha cioccolatta macchiata double shot smoothie?

with just the slightest hint of Malabar cinnamon sprinkled from an enameled sifter held by the thumb and little finger of the barrista's left hand?

Fritz Lieber would be proud, Tom! :wink:

man - what is America coming to? (its senses I hope?)

heh. As me dear departed Italian grandma would say: "Fatta chance-a".

 

[Steve]

Only if I'm desperate will I even *enter* one of those places. The coffee snob attitude is embarrassing. Being asked to pay twice what it should cost is insulting.

oh c'mon - you don't enjoy waiting in line behind folks asking for their $6 mocha cioccolatta macchiata double shot smoothie?

with just the slightest hint of Malabar cinnamon sprinkled from an enameled sifter held by the thumb and little finger of the barrista's left hand?

jeez - what a party pooper

man - what is America coming to? (its senses I hope?)

T.

You neglected to specify whether the barrista should be male or female and the origin of the coffee beans that are to be used. Jeeeez!!!!!