itsonlygeorge 31 points 3 years ago

Kopi luwak, also known as civet coffee, is a coffee that consists of partially digested coffee cherries, which have been eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). The cherries are fermented as they pass through a civet's intestines, and after being defecated with other fecal matter, they are collected.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_luwak

It tastes smoother and is good. Their digestion of the beans strips the outer layer of the bean and changes the flavor.

Is it better? Not really. I have had it in Bali from a farm and it was very smooth. Turkish coffee is better.

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random8847 7 points 3 years ago

It's also animal cruelty.

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itsonlygeorge -26 points 3 years ago

It’s no more than animal cruelty, then any type of livestock farming. What the fuck do you think you get your bacon from? You think the pigs are happy in overcrowded, dirty farms? Do you think the chickens that lay eggs are happy to be confined inside a tiny cage covered in their own shit? You think cows like to eat feed corn day in and day out shoved full of antibiotics? Do you think any of the animals that we use for any type of products are happy to be slaughtered after being fattened up?

If you’re gonna argue animal cruelty, you better stop eating all animal products, and become a vegan. Better yet why don’t you farm your own food and don’t buy anything that comes from modern agriculture because all that shit is covered in pesticides, GMO’s, and all kinds of other nasty shit.

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Globulart 26 points 3 years ago

Do you really think the best way for the world to change is adopting an all or nothing attitude?

What improves the planet more? 1 person becoming hardcore vegan or 1000 people eating meat one day a week instead of seven?

See the problem?

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itsonlygeorge -23 points 3 years ago

Not at all. Random8847’s dipshit comment is just so smug and whiney.

Every bit helps, however the corporations are really the ones we have to force to change.

If you haven’t noticed having everybody recycle, hasn’t really done shit either. The corporations that pollute really environment cause in the majority of damage yet we’re telling regular every day people it’s their fault and they should do their part.

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Smoltech 4 points 3 years ago

Most people can tell you exactly who (other than themselves) needs to change. This includes the people who work for the corporations, do business with the corporations and invest in the corporations.

Separately, we can each only control our own choices.

We delegate responsibility to the people who tell us (possibly correctly) that they're required by law to make decisions based on short term profitability.

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itsonlygeorge -4 points 3 years ago

So what you’re essentially saying is the government needs to change the laws. Until the laws change, no one will do anything different. And since the government or essentially behold into the corporations, just not gonna happen.

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Smoltech 1 point 3 years ago

What I'm saying is that humans have free will, but have internalized concepts that tell they they're stuck. That someone else must act.

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