World’s rarest coffee hits Sydney...

‘Kopi Luwak’ (as it’s known to the more refined coffee drinker) is a coffee bean from Indonesia that the wider-population refers to as ‘coffee pooed-out by weasely-type creatures’ - or quite simply – the poo coffee.

Sounds pretty unappealing at first but with deeper inspection (no pun intended of course) the whole process is actually surprisingly interesting and results in one of the tastiest coffees we’ve tried to date.

To start with, it’s not actually pooed-out by a weasel... it’s an Asian Palm Civet – a cat-sized mammal found mostly in South East Asia. Tsk!

The Civets eat coffee berries for their outer juicy flesh. In their stomach however, enzymes slowly seep into the beans, then pass through their intestines and are defecated – still retaining their original shape.

These beans are then gathered by farmers, who wash them thoroughly, dried them out in the hot Indonesian sun, lightly roast them, and then finally brew them to make a surprisingly non-bitter coffee which is extremely aromatic. Understandably after that whole process, it has an earthy texture... yet what makes it so delicious is the faintest hint of cocoa.

Kopi Luwak hit Sydney with much enthusiasm. We Sydneysiders, after all, know our stuff when it comes to a good cup of coffee! If you’re anything like us at glutton & nuts, then you probably can’t function without it... and would gladly hawl-ass to St Leonards to get a taste of the rarest and best...

It’s here, at Olio Restaurant, at St Leonards main piazza, that you’ll have the most expensive coffee in the world... and will be surprised at how affordable it still is ($6 if we our caffeine-fuelled mind remembers correctly....!)

For more info... visit Olio in the virtual world at

http://www.olio.com.au/

OR in real life at:

St. Leonard's main piazza (near the train station.)
201-205 Pacific Hwy,

St Leonards

NSW 2065
Phone: (02) 9439 8988