The real truth about Kopi Lewak coffee...
Regular visitors to this blog will recall that I have twice mentioned Kopi Lewak coffee, possibly the most expensive and pointless variety of coffee that one can purchase. Just as a recap; the beans are harvested from the Sumatran forest floor, but only after they have passed through the digestive system of the kopi lewak civet cat. They are exceedingly rare as the harvesting process is very labour intensive, and presumably rather unpleasant to boot.While I have been toiling away in Auld Reekie, the Arts Correspondent undertook to investigate this culinary curiosity, and bought a sample packet from Imperial Teas and Coffees of Lincoln (google it yourselves, they do mail order). We ground the beans and made the coffee (pictures to follow), and accompanied by the AC's superior madeleines, we sat in the sun and sipped our coffee. Our unanimous verdict? Not bad, a trifle bland, definitely not in the league of a good colombian or brazilian. So, other than the fact that it's come out of a lemurs bum, was it worth it? No, not really, but at least we never need to worry about it again.
Our verdict reminded me of a dubya joke I heard in rehearsals; GW is in the Oval Office when a general comes in and says 'Bad news sir, three brazilian peacekeeping soldiers have been killed.' To his amazement, GW starts sobbing, tears running down his face, and he asks, 'Are you alright Sir?'
'I guess so,' the president answers, 'just a bit of a shock, remind me would you, how many is a brazilian?'
What are we going to do without him I wonder...
posted by Lampy @ 5/19/2009 08:15:00 pm
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