I Drank Mongoose Poop and No One Batted An Eye.

Before I go on, know that I recognize I've mentioned poop in some form or another possibly a few too many times on this here blog. I've talked about dog poop, I've talked about pooping in front of your significant other, and most recently, I've talked about the shower/pooper combo in Malaysia.

Imagine how many times I must talk about it in real life?

Anyway, to really continue with the trend of this blog, how about I tell you about my experience with drinking mongoose poop here in Bali.

Yes. Mongoose poop.

Yesterday, The BaliDizzle and I took a little trip in Ubud to Lebah Lari - House of Coffee. This beautiful place is 5 acres full of so many different plants...{life forms?}: coffee beans, cinnamon, vanilla, sugar cane, and many other things that I now can't remember, unfortunately.

We had this cute little Balinese man, who stood barely 5 feet tall, walk us all around and point out the different plants and roots. Very educational. That is, if I could actually remember what he said.

He finally got to the part of explaining what this place was most known for:

"Poop coffee."

"I'm sorry, what did you say, sir?" I asked.

He repeated in his Balinese accent, "Poop coffee."

"Oooh...okay," I nodded, still wondering if I heard him correctly.

You see, they make Kopi Luwak there. Kopi Luwak is the most expensive coffee in the world. It is made by the following process:

1. Mongoose eats coffee bean.

2. Mongoose digests coffee bean.

3. Mongoose poops out coffee bean.

4. Humans clean pooped out coffee beans.

5. Humans proceed to make coffee as usual.

^^^Freshly pooped mongoose beans^^^

Here is the mongoose. Though, technically, it's a "Paradoxurus," but he said Americans know them as Mongooses. Mongoosi? Anyway, it's so.......cute?

After the process, you get: Kopi Luwak - $5 to just sample one cup!

Which of course, we had to sample, because well, how often can you say you've drank mongoose poop? Or any poop for that matter...

Here's proof I took the plunge, just in case you doubted:

Verdict?

Very earthy....very musty....

Did I buy some to bring home with me? No.
I do suggest, however, that if you ever get the chance, you should at least try it too.
So there you have it. Mongoose poop coffee.

And to answer your question: Yes, I did say "poop" 16 times in this post.

xoxo

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