Kopi Luwak - Poop Coffee Tastes Good

I had the chance today to try Kopi Luwak coffee. It's a super premium beverage in which the bean actually passes through an Asian Palm Civet (small animal, pictured). After being pooped out, the beans are scrubbed and ground and from their special passage, lose their bitterness.

It's produced in extremely limited quantities in Indonesia and the Phillipines, and can run $100 to $600 a pound, making it the most expensive coffee in the world.

It tastes much nicer than you'd think. I seem to have survived a half cup of it this afternoon. With the low bitterness, you can drink it straight with no milk or sugar and it's very smooth.

What would Juan Valdez say?