So you say you're not a morning person? Too high class for the "cheap" coffee at the local Starbucks? Are you a coffee connoisseur, always searching for the richest, most aromatic, most exotic bean the world has to offer? Then look no more...The Peter Jones store in London is now brewing Caffé Raro - one of the world's rarest and most premium coffees. Caffé Raro combines Jamaican Blue Mountain and Kupi Luwak, two extremely rare coffees. (source & videos)
The beans of Kupi Luwak are harvested after being ingested (yes - ingested, digested, and expelled) by civet cats, and only about 260 kilos (about 573 pounds) of the coffee is produced each year.
"The cats select the best beans to chew. It's rather like a natural filtering process," said Carie Barkhuzen, a spokeswoman for the upmarket store in London's upmarket Sloane Square.
The coffee, which went on sale Thursday, is available at $100 for a shot at the Peter Jones Espresso Bar, or shoppers can buy 100g (3.5-ounce) packs of the coffee beans to take away for the same price.
Get it while it's hot [pun intended].
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