I seem to recall: if it was the civet cats, it was because they were eating
the cats


<Alan > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:03:38 -0800, Wuzzup Mang! > wrote:
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> >There's no telling what else is out there in this world!
> >
> >JAKARTA, Indonesia -- There's drip coffee -- and then there's coffee
> >from droppings. One of the world's most expensive coffees is
> >supposedly made from droppings of weasellike civet cats. The story
> >goes like this: The fussy Southeast Asian animals only eat the best
> >and ripest coffee berries. Enzymes in their digestive system help to
> >break down the bean. Workers collect the bean- containing droppings
> >for so-called Civet or Weasel Coffee. Agus Susanto owns three
> >fashionable cafes in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. He says the popular
> >Civet Coffee has a strong taste and an even stronger aroma. Some even
> >say it's an aphrodisiac.
> >
> >
>
>http://www.local6.com/slideshow/news...s=4;p=news;dm=
ss;w=200
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> And civet cats are the ones which were transmitting SARS in China,
> weren't they???
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