In Reply to: kopi luwak posted by haaris on Saturday, 10. September 2005 at 22:27 Bali Time:
This seems to be the origin of what was deemed an urban myth to disgust the very twee coffee fanciers.
The Balinese version is fairly similar except that the civet cat drops the choicest beans through its intestines and they are, in turn, harvested by the crafty Balinese farmer; the civet obviously only picking the choicest beans but unable to digest them.
Tabrakkan means fallen, as in fallen from the rear end of the civet.
Washed? Definitely desirable, wouldn't you agree?
Maybe we should rename this as Kopi Berak, Shight Coffee!
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