Jacu Bird Coffee: When Kopi Luwak Isn’t Gross Enough
If you thought there weren’t nearly enough coffees being created from animal dung, now we have Jacu Bird coffee from South America. Like the palm civet that creates Kopi Luwak coffee, the Jacu flies through Brazilian coffee plantations picking (in theory) the ripest coffee cherries and passing the seeds undigested, which are then collected, cleaned, sorted, and sold.
INeedCoffee.com has some amusing commentary on the advent of this novelty coffee:
The Kopi Luwak has sold at prices up to $300 per pound, so at around $12 per pound the Jacu bird is passing on the savings. If you are daring, invite some friends over and let them compare some crappy beans to the store bought varieties. Think how good you’ll feel as you’re helping the wildlife in South America. Sure, we want to support the bird-friendly coffee movement, but is this going to too far?
