The Disturbing Secret Behind the World’s Most Expensive Coffee
The Disturbing Secret Behind the World’s Most Expensive Coffee
Kopi luwak is made from coffee beans plucked from civets’ feces. This is bad news for civets.
That's not a secret, it's literally the main thing to know about the coffee, this factoid was used in the Simpsons.
Isn't a factoid something that sounds true but is actually false?
A factoid is basically a junk food proposition, it can be false or it can be true but insignificant. Just like how junk food refers to both foods with a lot of empty calories (and so are unhealthy) as well as ultra-processed foods (which need not be unhealthy, but aren't beneficial either). The individual you're replying to is using the term correctly.
Pretty much everything about coffee is bad. It is a jungle monoculture.
There’s often exploitation and it’s hard on the environment.
I switched coffee for Yerba Mate a long time ago. It probably has similar supply chain issues to be honest but its isolated in a specific part of Brazil and Argentina from what I know. @josie@vegantheoryclub.org have you ever been to a mate growing region?
There can be an agroforestry version, but probably not at a large scale with massive consumption globally.
Imagine my shock that this article wasn't about Starbucks.
Yeah last time this came up someone posted another article about people trying it… the voice tastes bad and the only reason it’s expensive is part of the marketing.
It’s a gimmick scam coffee nobody actually wants.