‘Monkey coffee’ making waves

“Monkeys living in the Megamalai hills relish a certain fruit found commonly in the wild and coffee plantations in the neighbourhood. The seeds found in monkey excreta were sent for a laboratory test. To our surprise, it turned out to be another coffee variety!” said Mathiazhagan, a coffee board official.

“We are testing the seeds for quality, taste and flavour. We have also asked farmers to cultivate them, as the variety seems to have a good flavour, and its plantation life is longer,” said Mathiazhagan.

If I had to guess purely based on flavor, I’d be relatively certain that Starbucks has already discovered this particular type of monkey-shit flavored coffee and has been using it for some time. I’m not sure what variety of monkey they have in that part of the world, but I like to imagine they are capuchins [pictured at right], which would allow for the best name ever for a type of coffee beverage: the Capuchin-o.

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