576995 Wed Dec 03 09:50:42 -0800 2008 3 14 Washington DC & Baltimore Area 0 4217438 Hi from a newbie, I've finally worked myself up to trying kopi luwak (that's the coffee made from beans picked out of cat poop), but there's no way I'm buying half a pound of the stuff for $40. Anywhere in the DC metro area where one can buy this stuff by the cup? A few places in CA and NYC serve it. So we can't be far behind. Full disclosure: I'm a journalist who may eventually use this info in a story. But I am honestly curious about drinking a cup or shot myself, even if just to say I did it. Wed Dec 03 09:50:42 -0800 2008 245316 rkaufman 1 4258060 Answering my own question--Zeke's Coffee in Baltimore is holding a tasting in January. $10 a cup! Yeah, the per-cup markup is huge, but that's a pretty low barrier to entry. I'm thinking about it. Thu Dec 18 16:45:24 -0800 2008 4217438 245316 rkaufman 2 4258857 sounds like you woulda had a recipe all along... and a companion. we had a cat that liked green beans on occasion, I can't imagine a cat eating coffee beans, unless really really hungry. I actually had this once in Salt Lake City of all places, you may be surprised. I was offered yak butter and it made it very different. better? who can say. Fri Dec 19 00:58:12 -0800 2008 4258060 163722 hill food 1 4294077 I've never tried the Luwak, but I've read some entertaining and informative opinions of it at sweetmarias.com. Go to the site and read about their preferred alternative that journeys through the GI tracts of birds instead of cats, "Brazil Jacu Bird Coffee." Sat Jan 03 23:48:55 -0800 2009 4217438 136314 baltobuy