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To me the best coffee in the world is "Bourbon pointu" from the French overseas department Reunion Island.
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http://www.cafe-reunion.com/?lang=en
Good luck finding it though outside japan though, I actually have friends from there, so I tasted it myself. I would not say it's the best coffee in the world since I did not test them all but it certainly went above the Jamaican Blue Mountain for me.
I have friends coming over in a month from Japan! Thanks for the heads up!!!!!!!!!
I love trying new types, especially if they are hard to find. Currently I am stuck on the Intelligensia Black Cat Espresso Blend, but it is sort of pricy@ $22 a lb, so think I will branch out to try others. Doi Chaang was impressive, they also have
that special blend they feed to the jungle Cat then collect from droppings and roast. I really don't know who would actually try it , but there's a market for everything. Apparently the whole berry goes in and the digestion /enzymes change the flavour of the collected finished product. Luckily it's not available here or it would be like a train wreck. I would have to look into it. YEP ITS FOR REAL! ===>
http://www.doichaangcoffee.com/doi-chaang-civet-coffee/wild-civet-coffee
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Bean Brothers Cafe in Vancouver is now selling and serving Doi Chaang Authentic Wild Civet Coffee! "
"the most rare, unique, and highly coveted coffee available" IF ANYONE TRIES THIS TELL US we won't laugh.
I wonder how it will go over. It may give new meaning to """this coffee tastes like S!!T"
Or you'll have people saying, "yeah it does and I love that..." Imagine the confusion.
Incidentally there was just last year here some store brought in a bit of that $80 a lb ( or was it higher ) rare stuff---no not the cat crap one--, and had limited amounts of shots for $10 a piece I think it was. Does anyone know what that was?
I don't know what your areas are like, but this city has at least 2 freaking coffee places per block I have no idea how they can make a profit. Down the road from me, in a 2 block area there are SIX places to get the stuff, one being a convenience store with organic blend ready to go, the other a fancy bakery with fancy coffees, and the other 4 are dedicated COFFEE places. And they are all busy ALL the time.At least it lets me try a ton of different ones. It is like the micro-brewery thing now, everyone is roasting locally. I think I will go make an Americano now that I think of it. This time it's Camino Espresso blend.
Do any of you take into account the Fair Trade or Beyond Fair Trade aspect when you buy it?
Also I would like to know , of those that use it for shots, what do you prefer for that? Dark/medium/light roast and which one in particular?. I am going to have to reread the entire thread properly not just skim through. Thanks.
I can't understand why folks still go to Charbucks when for the same price or lower, you can usually find a better more interesting place. If the americano is ready for me before I can even walk to the serving area, then it's not a place i will bother with. There's more to an espresso than pushing a button. Thanks for the picture there EL DOUG!!!!!!!!! I may attach that to some emails.