If anyone's travelling to Vietnam, I can also recommend the "weasel" coffee. Similar principle : )

Now you mention it, I am headed for Nam. I'll be sure to seek out the weasel coffee ...

Wondering how many coffee beans they can productively cram into each civet to make the exclusive coffee before said civet expires?

I don't see that civet death is an impediment to the further exploitation of the more-money-than-sense crowd. If you feed the first few coffee beans through attached to a…

well just once I'd like to post an image but: http://www.ravensbrew.com/images/kopiluwakmovie.gif

There, see, the civet looks happy. Or whacked out of its gourd on caffeine, or something. And the process is organic!

Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee

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though supplies are obviously limited<

and Angus Robertson wrote:

Wondering how many coffee beans they can productively cram into each civet to make the exclusive coffee before said civet expires?

You can almost a imagine Civet coffee becoming the new fois gras. I'm hearing…

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That was Tana Umaga as a young Wellington and Hurricanes winger. Except, unbelievably, Tana couldn't tackle then either.

Agreed – Nonu had a crap S14 but Smith had an even crappier one.

nonu = i've got the ball and no one else is having it even though there's a two tonne bloke bearing down on me ... splat (no try).

That was Tana Umaga as a young Wellington and Hurricanes winger. Except, unbelievably, Tana couldn't tackle then either.

I liked seeing Nonu…

That's what you get the man who has everything.

Or a coffee plant and a civet

Russell: Can Karajoz get some for the next Great Blend?

Prince Charles has got some. Stephen Fry gave it to him as a wedding present. That's what you get the man who has everything.

Roti Bakar, Roti Prata, or Roti Canal.....wonderful thin greasy bread, often filled with cheese or chocolate, or dipped in a curry sauce.

Our local malaysian serves them with mashed banana on top. They serve the same bread with the chicken curry. We like it with (un excreted) coffee.

The raw, red coffee berries are part of its normal diet, along with insects, small mammals, and other fruit.

The inner bean of the berry is not digested, but it is believed that enzymes in the stomach of the civet add to the coffee's flavor by breaking down…

[indonesian equivalent of] croissant in the morning

Roti Bakar, Roti Prata, or Roti Canal.....wonderful thin greasy bread, often filled with cheese or chocolate, or dipped in a curry sauce.

I'm hungry now.....

What on earth possessed people to look at [civet] cat shit and think "a bit of roasting and that'd go great with my [indonesian equivalent of] croissant in the morning?

"Oh, man, the civets keep eating all our coffee berries. All that's left is a pile of pooey berries, wasted!…

I didn't ask it to eat and squat

This could be a nice little earner for you Simon, kind of like the Fois Gras.

Didn't try the faecoffee, but the most reliably awful coffee I've ever had was Indonesian. Every single cup. Just terrible.

It was made even more unpalatable by the locals constantly telling me how world famous their coffee was. You mean infamous my friend.

lord, I don't know where you went…

Hillary may crack under pressure and eat a press crew. Someone might find that collection of baby skulls in Barak's basement.

If something like that happens i'd imagine him wanting to have a go.

Wow, John Schwalger? So much for "no bolters"!

Forwards: Jerry Collins (Wellington), Troy Flavell (Blues), Carl Hayman (Otago), Andrew Hore (Taranaki), Chris Jack (Tasman), Richie McCaw (Canterbury), Chris Masoe (Wellington), Keven Mealamu (Auckland), Anton Oliver (Otago), Keith Robinson (Chiefs), John…

I'm telling myself that the Super 14 doesn't matter and it's really just like the Aussies dropping their guard before the Cricket World Cup – only to become unbeatable when it counted. I'm sticking with that.

Well I'm not sure that comparison completely works. The Aussie cricketers got white-washed by…

Lambert, ouch man, ouch. But fair.

When's the announcement?

If Howlett gets in I'll buy you a beer (redeemable upon visit to Wellington), if it's Rokocoko you can get me one.

Lambert: you must've stopped watching in the middle of the Super 14. :)

It was made even more unpalatable by the locals constantly telling me how world famous their coffee was. You mean infamous my friend.

I think you have the right idea. To my mind, the Super 14 is way less of a selection criteria for those players than the next 7 tests will be. Hence the unlikelihood of any bolters into the squad (like…

Rokocoko (42 votes) missed selection in the readers squad behind Sitiveni Sivivatu (74), Dough Howlett (64) and Rico Gear

Given his up and down (mainly down) defence this year (you do not jog after…

Here's a first-hand account of kopi luwak

Nice link, Heather.
John Kenneth Galbraith, the Canadian economist, once said that Trickle Down Economics was like feeding a horse so much oats that sparrows could live off the products from the other end of the horse.
I can a see a connection…

one is reminded of the mindless seagulls in "finding nemo" – mine, mine, mine, mine .....

http://stats.allblacks.com/Profile.asp?ABID=406

For me, the big question is which winger do you drop if they only take three to RWC?

It's not that hard is it?
Rokocoko, Gear and Sivivatu. Who else is there?

The animals gorge on the ripe berries, and excrete partially-digested beans in their feces, which are then harvested for sale.

What on earth possessed people to look at [civet] cat shit and think "a bit of roasting and that'd go great with my [indonesian equivalent of] croissant in the morning?…

Unfortunately, Nonu will be at the world cup, he can play 12, 13 & wing

Suspect Nonu just hasn't done enough to make the initial picks, though he may get there through injury later in the season. NZ's got enough classy mid-field and outside backs not to have to rely on…

Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee cherries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet. The animals gorge on the ripe berries, and excrete partially-digested beans…

For me, the big question is which winger do you drop if they only take three to RWC?

Maybe the surprise* pick will be English Player of the Year…

Toeava will be in there and Nonu won't

Noni will, smith wont – its good to get back to the important stuff