[djmcmath]

So anyone who's anyone has heard about the gourmet coffee that's harvested from the feces of civets, a cat-sized mammal that lives in Thailand. Unfortunately, most of us haven't tried it because it's just so d*** expensive! A friend of mine was given a 50g container of beans as a going away present, and he immediately brought it to me. I've got an Alex Duetto dual-boiler PID-controlled machine that's hard-plumbed into the house water supply through a filtration system, so he knew I could get about as good of a result as was possible.

So the punchline: It tasted like coffee. It was a bit smoother than what I normally roast, but really not significantly better than a fresh roasted shot of anything else. I mean, I've gotten equally good flavor from beans out of Costa Rica and Guatemala for a tiny fraction of the price. Sorry to disillusion anyone who was excited about this, but you're better off not wasting your money.

Dan