Would you drink coffee made from animal droppings?
Filed under food trip, human interest, trivia
Am I the last one to know that coffee can be made from animal droppings?
I saw these jars while having lunch at Abaseria Deli and Cafe, a Filipino restaurant that also sells accessories, native houseware, and delicacies that can’t be bought anywhere. I was looking over the shelves when a friend pointed these out to me:
I’m told this coffee was featured on TV. I don’t watch TV so that’s probably why I didn’t know.
I did a quick search on the web, and learned that Philippine civet (also known as alamid) is a cat-like animal that is said to eat only the best coffee cherries, which contain the coffee beans. Producers of the Philippine civet coffee call this natural processing. Right. And the digestive process of the civet is said to add to the rare taste.
This coffee is considered gourmet, and is very expensive. You can check the price on the bottle.
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napanood ko yan sa Jessica Soho,dating dati pa..pagkaka alam ko e tayo daw ang isa sa pinagkukuhanan ng kape na yan sa MIddle East e.
two words: hell no
@manilenya
yep. pride of the philippines daw to e.
@jam
same here!
don’t their gastric juices break down the coffee beans in the best possible way? sure, i’d try it. everything we eat is processed to death nowadays anyway, not to mention carcinogenic.
i’ve heard about that. pero i didn’t know meron dito. sa vietnam ko kasi alam meron niya.
pero yes, i’d so try it. seriously.
@{illyria}
yep. their gastric juices cleanse the beans. but it’s still animal dung..i dunno..:D
@paul:
meron dito. it’s the filipino secret to gourmet coffee daw.
you can read more from here: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/85851/Droppings-from-inconstant-heaven-or-why-civet-coffee-tastes-so-good
me, too, i’d try it. even though it’s already been digested.
there was even a time that a coffee brand, Gano (i think), was a best-seller. it’s also came from poo. ahaha.
interesting d ba? =)
a friend told me bo’s coffee in tagaytay offers that. tara? heheh ^^
don’t think so… no matter how special it is.
@kirk
what coincidence. napanaginipan kita kagabi!
@jacq
hehe. no, thanks. i don’t drink coffee.
@7thstranger
haha. same here.
hehe pareho lang to dun sa kopi luwak (indonesian name. kopi is indonesian for coffee and luwak is the local [i’m assuming indonesian] for the asian palm civet) na binanggit sa The Bucket List na most expensive coffee in the world.
much as i love coffee, i’m not sure i want to drink this. iniisip ko pa lang na galing sa pwet para akong nasusuka.
yep. i read about the kopi luwak somewhere, too. but i think ibang breed ang philippine civet sa civet sa indonesia.
it doesn’t hurt to try, though. gusto mo dalhan kita dyan? lol. i’ll be there on monday.
If it was free… definitely!
oo nga naman. if it is free, why not di ba?
pero bawal pa rin sa akin ang coffee.
hoyst!!! yung package na dapat ipapadala ko because of that contest I held ibibigay ko na lang sa iyo personally. kung may time ka makipagkita while you’re here in Manila, let me know.
sadly, bawal din sa akin ang coffee ngayon because of my acid reflux.
pero minsan umiinom pa rin hahaha!
I’ve actually heard it’s not very good. But I’d try it, if I could buy just one cup and not a big bag of it.
@jen:
ay lukring. kararating ko lang from the airport. sorry di kita nasabihan. tinatamad kasi akong pumunta ng QC eh. hanglayo na lang, at di na ako sanay mag-commute. sa september na lang. dadaan akong manila.
@nakajoe
really? i heard it is good. the filipino version, at least.
I don’t think my coffee guy’s had the Philippine version, and most of the beans used in the Indonesian stuff is low quality Robusta. Supposedly he’s got some Jacu bird coffee from Brazil that’s good now though.
http://www.sweetmarias.com/coffee.southamr.brasil.html#Brazil_Jacu
would you like me to bring you some? they say philippine civet coffee is the best.
OMG, is that BFAD approved? Just conscious on what I eat and drink.
haha. i guess so. they couldn’t have been able to put this out on the shelf if it weren’t.
Philippines has its own variety of robusta coffee. I think they are grown in Mindanao.
what’s robusta coffee?
wow, napaginipan nya ako. aww…
hehe. di ko na maalala kung ano, though.