For those unaware, civet coffee, or Kopi Luwak, is made from beans that have been passed through the digestive tract of a civet cat. And no, this is not akin to sausage making, where the tract is removed, prepared and washed beforehand. The cat eats the beans, and then an appropriate amount of time later...poops the beans out. The beans are harvested and presumably washed, roasted, and ground for coffee.
As with many foods (black licorice, prairie oysters, haggis, human placenta) I'm sure that the early adopters of these items were unable to find any other food, or were completely insane. I mean, what circumstance would cause someone to pick through cat shit to get their morning fix of coffee?
[Somewhere in Africa] [interior kitchen] [morning]
"Dammit! Honey, Fluffy got into the coffee again!".
"Well you better figure out something, jackass. Because if I come downstairs and there isn't coffee, I'm gonna smash your Xbox!"
..later...
"Coffee's good. How come you're not having any?"
"Er... I had mine already"
My question is...why does it have to be a civet cat? Why do I have to wait for my shipment of 80-200 dollar per pot coffee. I want to set up my own Kopi Luwak coffee business right here in Canada. I'm sure it could work. I would just need somewhere to keep the cats because my wife isn't particualrly fond of cats. And everything I know about her tells me she would not be ok with a dozen or so cats walking around the house wearing diapers. Although I think extracing and washing the beans would be an excellent craft for the kids in her home daycare. So I suppose I could start small. Perhaps have someone board the cats for me. But that creates a staffing issue. I suppose I would be obligated to pay this person for their time. This is cutting in to profits.
My neighbor has a cat. Perhaps on one of the cat's trips into my yard I could jam a few beans into her. Then, when she comes back to poop, (and trust me, she will) I simply harvest the bounty. Full profit!
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