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10-05-2012, 10:31   #1
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Can I have a cup of cat shíte coffee please

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...314406241.html

who the fcuk drinks this Celtic Tiger Cat coffee? Not because its from a cats arse but because they are charging 26 euro a cup! Anybody here ever drink it? I heard the guy who supplys it in Ireland on the radio this morning saying he cannot keep up with the demand
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coffee [ˈkɒfɪ]
n
1. (Cookery)
a. a drink consisting of an infusion of the roasted and ground or crushed seeds of the coffee tree
b. (as modifier) coffee grounds
2. (Cookery) Also called coffee beans the beanlike seeds of the coffee tree, used to make this beverage
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) short for coffee tree
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)
a. a medium to dark brown colour
b. (as adjective) a coffee carpet
wake up and smell the coffee See wake1 [7]
[from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Arabic qahwah coffee, wine]
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Stephen Fry gave some to Prince Charles. I'm sure it's just so he can say he got him to eat ****.
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Where have you and the Irish Times been? As the article says, it's been around long enough to be satirised in a Hollywood movie.
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Um..
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it is made from coffee beans that have been eaten and shat out undigested. I tried doing it meself by eating nothing but coffee beans for three days and then brewing up my poo. It tasted like arse.*





*but better than starbucks
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This is old news, but I'd love to try some, must waste some of my wages on a bag next payday
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who the fcuk drinks this Celtic Tiger Cat coffee? Not because its from a cats arse but because they are charging 26 euro a cup! Anybody here ever drink it? I heard the guy who supplys it in Ireland on the radio this morning saying he cannot keep up with the demand
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Where have you and the Irish Times been? As the article says, it's been around long enough to be satirised in a Hollywood movie.
yes i have seen the bucket list
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What a load of sh1te
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I heard the guy who supplys it in Ireland on the radio this morning saying he cannot keep up with the demand
Then again he's hardly going to say "I can't move this shít".
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i would love to try it but i doubt i would appreciate it enough to warrant paying 26 euro for a cup.
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Why can't people just be content with a nice cuppa tea?
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I remember seeing this on Nothing to Declare a while back.. someone was trying to smuggle the stuff in and they weren't allowed...

Expensive stuff IIRC.. Quite the delicacy.
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it is made from coffee beans that have been eaten and shat out undigested. I tried doing it meself by eating nothing but coffee beans for three days and then brewing up my poo. It tasted like arse.*





*but better than starbucks
Starbuttocks maybe?


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