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Given the usual price, I suspect people wouldn't want to use Kopi Luwak from homebrew, but a co-worker has 5 lb her cousin brought back for her directly from Java. She's willing to part with it for the $7 a lb she paid for it. I'm grabbing a lb for myself, anyone else want some to experiment? Or just to have some Kopi Luwak?

I should add she's got no claims to authenticity - because if she did she'd be selling it for a profit obviously, but I've got no reason to believe it's not the real thing. And at $7 a lb I'll take that chance.

As a coffee non-aficionado, what is the story with this type of coffee?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak

Seems too cheap to be real, here a site selling if for anywhere from 120 - 300 a pound

http://www.kopiluwakonline.com/kolucobe1.html

But hey, i'd give it a shot if I ever had the chance.

BobbyOK wrote:Given the usual price, I suspect people wouldn't want to use Kopi Luwak from homebrew, but a co-worker has 5 lb her cousin brought back for her directly from Java. She's willing to part with it for the $7 a lb she paid for it. I'm grabbing a lb for myself, anyone else want some to experiment? Or just to have some Kopi Luwak?

Roasted already? If so, to what degree? I'm interested, assuming it's already been roasted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak

mr x wrote:As a coffee non-aficionado, what is the story with this type of coffee?

It's the shit.

Fishdisease wrote: Seems too cheap to be real, here a site selling if for anywhere from 120 - 300 a pound

I was thinking that too, but perhaps it's like most things and much cheaper at the source? Don't know why they'd bother passing it off as the real thing for $7 a lb though. Or maybe it's like the 2 boxes of Cohibas a professor of mine once bought in Cuba for $50 from a boy on the street...

chalmers wrote: Roasted already? If so, to what degree? I'm interested, assuming it's already been roasted.

I'd assume yes, but I'll double check to be sure.

chalmers wrote: Roasted already? If so, to what degree? I'm interested, assuming it's already been roasted.

It is roasted - roughly medium-dark. Did you want me to get some for you? Just let me know how much. She's got it in 1 lb bags and two of the 5 are spoken for.

Anyone else?

I'll take one, or two if there's enough to go around.
Thanks

chalmers wrote:I'll take one, or two if there's enough to go around.
Thanks

I'll just tell her I'll take the full five pounds. If no one else wants it I'll hold on to two for you. Even if you take two there's still a pound up for grabs.

BobbyOK wrote:

chalmers wrote:I'll take one, or two if there's enough to go around.
Thanks

I'll just tell her I'll take the full five pounds. If no one else wants it I'll hold on to two for you. Even if you take two there's still a pound up for grabs.

Scratch that, someone else grabbed the 5th lb already.So 3 of 4 are committed and if no one wants the 4th Chris will take it.