Im Glad I only Drink TEA

[tommy.irene]

Lying injured in tiny, filthy cages: Distressing pictures show 'wild' civet cats being which produce £60 cups of coffee 

• Animals which produce sought-after kopi kuwak kept in appalling conditions
• Footage shows them with infections and going 'insane' from boredom
• Beans are sold in Harrods and can fetch more than £300 a kilo

Confined to tiny, filthy cages and suffering from skin infections, this is how farmers are treating Asian civet cats which produce one of the most expensive coffees in the world.

The shocking conditions were discovered by animal investigators on farms in Indonesia and the Philippines which produce the much sought-after kopi kuwak, sold in Harrods and which can cost up to £60 a cup in some restaurants.

Locals pick the ‘coffee beans’ from the faeces the cats which eat the ripe coffee berries as part of their diet. Once they are cleaned they are roasted. The coffee they produce is described as filled with a deep, mellow flavour, not acidic, with a ‘unique, soft, sweet taste’.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2427858/A-price-worth-paying-Distressing-pictures-wild-civet... 

[tommy.irene]

Imagine looking through cats poo for your Coffee beans.. people will drink anything..

[millielilac]

It is dreadful ....."more money than sense " is a phrase that springs to mind but it really is unspeakably cruel to treat animals in this fashion.

[tommy.irene]

As i said im glad i drink TEA..

[cee-dee]

Hey peeps, did you know that the type of tea Tommy prefers is Panda Dung Tea?

[tommy.irene]

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@cee-dee wrote:

Hey peeps, did you know that the type of tea Tommy prefers is Panda Dung Tea?

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Yes and its only £60 a cup ..

[cee-dee]

Tommy is worth a bob or two eh?

[tommy.irene]

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@cee-dee wrote:

Tommy is worth a bob or two eh?

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Sorry its the Coffee thats £60 a cup ..my tea works at 2pence a cup.== 1100 tea bags £15..

[cee-dee]

Meanwhile, down in the Canaries, Tommy daydreamed while sipping his favourite tea, musing at the cost of £2,200 for 50 grams:-