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Originally Posted by Mako
The one that needs a monkey to shit it out first, or whatever.
Is that an urban myth? Story is that this coffee bean is eaten by a certain breed of monkies only in Costa Rica, which is then havested out of their dung, and costs $100 a bag or whatever.
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A near identical thread was here a few days ago. The animal which eats the beans is a civet, the coffee is Kopi Luwak and about $75 a quarter pound...
One of the best vanilla flavored coffees around is "French Vanilla Velvet" from
http://www.damicofoods.com/
D'Amico is an Italian grocery store I used to shop at years ago when I worked in New York for a while. It was a lucky chance that when I moved here and had to either give up decent coffee or buy online, theirs happened to be the first site I found. All their coffees are excellent...