• 4am@lemmy.zip
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    4 hours ago

    Aren’t there already coffee beans that wild cats shit out whole and they sell for a premium and they’re like, incredible?

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      2 hours ago

      They were considered premium, but the way they’re produced is horribly unethical, even by coffee sourcing standards. The novelty was the fermentation that the beans would undergo after being eaten, and producers are now doing far more controlled fermentations on beans to get some insane flavors. They’re still a premium, but if you’re ever in the mood for something a little funky, you should look for an anaerobic fermentation or a co-ferment from a local roaster.

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      2 hours ago

      Articles I’ve read mention that it tends to taste pretty bad, basically an earthy, watered down type of taste.

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      3 hours ago

      Yeah they’re pretty expensive but apparently quite good. They force feed the cats as much of the stuff as they can to get the highest output keeping them in tiny cages and poorly fed (they can’t properly digest the beans and get as little food as can be given to ensure max output)

      Awful stuff really

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    8 hours ago

    It doesn’t matter, what matters is whether we’re including the past in the change, and whether it’s just our shit or all creatures.

    Shit tastes like chocolate?

    Include the past and we evolve to not like the taste of chocolate. Chocolate is never invented.

    Chocolate tastes like shit?

    Chocolate is likely never invented/popularised.

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      8 hours ago

      Sometimes in life you got to make a choice, my son.

      Now, choose wisely.

  • Naz@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    I’ll take the 100% dark cocoa. It might taste like shit to you but I can make hot cocoa.