• Lemmygradwontallowme [any]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    But, Jesus Christ, the amount of animal exploitation worth for such coffee. I say this because I think many suppliers of kopi luwak had to forcefeed palm civets with this, to catch up with demand…

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I hear the farmed product is much inferior on top of being unethical, so I got really lucky. I’d guess the commercial market is also flooded with counterfeits, because if you’re a Malaysian guy who can sell some white dude “super special kopi luwak beans” that are actually just normal coffee for more money than you would otherwise make in a year, why wouldn’t you? I can’t even blame them.