Can I have a cup of cat shíte coffee please

davet82

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/0407/1224314406241.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 :eek:

Immaculate Pasta

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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grizzly

Stephen Fry gave some to Prince Charles. I'm sure it's just so he can say he got him to eat ****.

bnt

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.

Genghiz Cohen

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

(Source: Freedictionary.com)

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Um..
Thank you?

forfuxsake

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

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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

BraziliaNZ

This is old news, but I'd love to try some, must waste some of my wages on a bag next payday

davet82

davet82 wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/0407/1224314406241.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 :eek:

bnt wrote: »

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

ronaneire

What a load of sh1te

grizzly

davet82 wrote: »

I heard the guy who supplys it in Ireland on the radio this morning saying he cannot keep up with the demand :eek:

Then again he's hardly going to say "I can't move this shít".

FatherLen

i would love to try it but i doubt i would appreciate it enough to warrant paying 26 euro for a cup.

CardBordWindow

Why can't people just be content with a nice cuppa tea?

xzanti

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.

mike65

A hipster fool and their money are easily parted.

yeppydeppy

forfuxsake wrote: »

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?


(I'll get me coat...)

BraziliaNZ

mike65 wrote: »

A hipster fool and their money are easily parted.

What's foolish about buying something which is reputed as the best of it's kind? Why buy champagne or expensive wine when you can buy a box of tesco value wine? I don't think hipster comes into it either.

pickarooney

xzanti wrote: »

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.

Where had they stashed it, as a matter of interest?

BTW, isn't that kind of the whole point of smuggling - that it's not allowed?

CruelCoin

davet82 wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/0407/1224314406241.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 :eek:

If i came across it i would try it.
I love my coffee.
Its no worse than sausages made with pigs small intestines for skin.
Quit being so sqeamish.

The in house price is mental, however, if you're big into coffee and you have a decent machine at home, maybe it's worth €3.50 a cup. Cheaper than a pint!

Still choose a cup of tea any day!

xzanti

pickarooney wrote: »

Where had they stashed it, as a matter of interest?

I think it was actually being sent through the mail and was concealed in something.

davet82

CruelCoin wrote: »

Quit being so sqeamish.

its the €26.59 (promotional price might i add) for a cup of it that is making me sqeamish!

jester77

I visited one of the farms in Indonesia where this coffee is produced. The little luwaks run around freely and eat the beans. I didn't think a lot of the coffee, definitely not worth the price that is asked for it. They had other coffee that there that they roasted freshly and it tasted better.

Pushtrak

OP, are you feline ok?

davet82

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

This is old news, but I'd love to try some, must waste some of my wages on a bag next payday

I'd love to try it myself but i couldnt pay that obscene amount for a coffee ( 20 good-sized cups costs €68.49 )

would you really pay that?

although the guy on radio this morning was saying his last order was for a wedding, 180 guests and charged him over €700 for it so i guess there is a market or he wouldnt be selling it.

BraziliaNZ

davet82 wrote: »

I'd love to try it myself but i couldnt pay that obscene amount for a coffee ( 20 good-sized cups costs €68.49 )

would you really pay that?

although the guy on radio this morning was saying his last order was for a wedding, 180 guests and charged him over €700 for it so i guess there is a market or he wouldnt be selling it.

Well I waste money on all kinds of sh*te (no pun intended). Anyway it looks like you can buy it in the UK for cheaper, smaller portion but at least I'd get to try it

http://www.thebeanshop.com/shop/detail.asp?prodid=100065

az2wp0sye65487

Got a small bag (enough for about 3 cups) of this for a birthday/Christmas gift a couple of years ago.

It was nice - nothing special though.

davet82

Maxwell Shallow Eggplant wrote: »

Got a small bag (enough for about 3 cups) of this for a birthday/Christmas gift a couple of years ago.

what a shít present

davet82

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Well I waste money on all kinds of sh*te (no pun intended).

that fact i pay €9.10 on a packet of cigs dosent exactly give me the moral high ground too

c_man

I just object to the price. The fact that it's 'cat shíte coffee' shouldn't matter, unless you grow your dinner in a lab.

Morag

I've tried it.
Think geek sell packs of it, Civet Crap Coffee.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/moms/d60c/

It totally lacks any harshness to the taste which is there in all other coffees.

BraziliaNZ

davet82 wrote: »

that fact i pay €9.10 on a packet of cigs dosent exactly give me the moral high ground too

Get on the Amber Leaf ffs!

Deus Ex Machina

I've tried Kopi Luwak. I wouldn't say it was the best coffee I've ever tasted, but it was certainly very good. In terms of smoothness it is without equal, however I actually prefer the Kenyan Mamuto I bought from Terrior. It has an intense, rich, roundly tart flavour, with notes of honey, lemon, black currant, flowers and flowering grass. It's quite delicate with a sweetly bright acidity and a silky mouthfeel. There's also honey and ripe lemon saturate with a long, rich finish.

MonkeyTennis

I have also tried it. Its nice. I didnt pay for it mind you and I wouldnt

im invisible

Thats batshít crazy


*for some reason, i always thought it was collected from bat droppings

Calibos

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

I've tried Kopi Luwak. I wouldn't say it was the best coffee I've ever tasted, but it was certainly very good. In terms of smoothness it is without equal, however I actually prefer the Kenyan Mamuto I bought from Terrior. It has an intense, rich, roundly tart flavour, with notes of honey, lemon, black currant, flowers and flowering grass. It's quite delicate with a sweetly bright acidity and a silky mouthfeel. There's also honey and ripe lemon saturate with a long, rich finish.

So basically you are saying "Dats some good sh1t, Man!"

Pretentious Emperors new clothes twaddle tbh.

Who is the freak who discovered this delicacy. Hmmm, I wonder will this catsh1t I just found make a nice brew?

Sergeant

A colleague of mine brought some to work a few years ago, and we brewed it up. Twas lovely. I'd drink it again, maybe have it with some nutella sandwiches and a gooey chocolate muffin.

Deus Ex Machina

Calibos wrote: »

So basically you are saying "Dats some good sh1t, Man!"

Pretentious Emperors new clothes twaddle tbh.

Who is the freak who discovered this delicacy. Hmmm, I wonder will this catsh1t I just found make a nice brew?

No, I'm basically saying exactly what I said. If you want to down dress it to make it look stupid you can go ahead but to people who enjoy coffee and actually make the appreciation of the drink a hobby then yes, it tastes different and yes, that matters.

Casillas

I like my cheap bitter coffee. Makes me feel all artistic inside.

So, I wouldn't touch that cats ass with a coffee-grinder.

murpho999

I would like to try that coffee but at someone else's expense.

What I find strange is how they discovered that coffee beans digested by a particular cat would taste nice.

Suppose it's similar to the question of the man who discovered you can get milk from cows.

Bruce7

They used to sell this in BTs about 10 or 12 years ago, along with vodka with a scorpion in the bottle, and chocolate covered ants, and other stuff like that from this range - http://www.edible.com/shop/

I know because I bought a bag of it as a Christmas present for some people. I think it cost about 10 punts at the time. I won't ask them if they remember what it was like because they most likely put it in the bin.

CL7

Meh, freshly roasted beans from Hasbean is about as exotic as it gets for me. This does have a feel of the emperors new clothes about it but hey it's your money.

evolving_doors

CruelCoin wrote: »

If i came across it i would try it.

Ah here, one flavour at a time fella...

Mickeroo

A mate's brother bought a bag of it back from holiday a while back, so i tried it. Its not bad, not as bitter as regular coffee, has a sweeter almost chocolate like taste to it. Prefer regular coffee though and wouldn't pay that price for a cup.

And Civets are not cats :P

forfuxsake

Mickeroo wrote: »

A mate's brother bought a bag of it back from holiday a while back, so i tried it. Its not bad, not as bitter as regular coffee, has a sweeter almost chocolate like taste to it. Prefer regular coffee though and wouldn't pay that price for a cup.

And Civets are not cats :P

They are toddycats!

Mickey H

davet82 wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/0407/1224314406241.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 :eek:

€26 a cup. Am I seeing things?

Mickeroo

forfuxsake wrote: »

They are toddycats!

Right you are!

RichieC

The absolute cheek of this existing.. :rolleyes:

hint OP, don't buy it.

As a coffee fan, I wouldn't mind trying it.

delad

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

I've tried Kopi Luwak. I wouldn't say it was the best coffee I've ever tasted, but it was certainly very good. In terms of smoothness it is without equal, however I actually prefer the Kenyan Mamuto I bought from Terrior. It has an intense, rich, roundly tart flavour, with notes of honey, lemon, black currant, flowers and flowering grass. It's quite delicate with a sweetly bright acidity and a silky mouthfeel. There's also honey and ripe lemon saturate with a long, rich finish.

After looking at some of your previous posts I'm convinced you're the lovechild of Frazier Crane and Patrick Bateman

dirtyden

I would like to try it. I would prefer if it was dog**** though, I hate cats.

Abi

Admittedly, I haven't read all of the replies on this thread, but has anyone thought to mention the coffee in Starbucks always tasted like cat shyte?