Jun 16 2008
Jacu Bird coffee
watch the birdy!I think that we have all heard about these types of coffees and have been curious as to how they would taste. I mean, how many chances are you going to get to taste something that was processed is such an unique manner. This coffee bean from Brazil starts out as food for the native Jacu bird. They eat the ripe red coffee cherries then excrete the beans, parchment intact, which is collected, cleaned and dried for three months. Bird poop never tasted so good.
This is not the famous poop coffee that everyone has heard about ( that one is called kopi luwak) ,but it is a coffee that has been processed by an animal. The first thing I did when I got this coffee, was open up the bag to take a good hearty sniff. It did not smell like bird poop, yet it did smell different from the other green coffee beans. It had a slight peppermint tinge that was intriguing.
I roasted a batch to full city, let it sit a full day and then tried it out. It definitely did not taste like poop, not that I have really experimented with eating poo. It had a nice nutty initial flavor followed by a peppery, peppermint aftertaste. A very tasty cup indeed. Yet, I believe that the novelty factor offsets any great taste that this coffee has. I cannot wait to roast some up and give it away to some close friends. Dude, try some pooped coffee!
