CIVET (Musang) coffee from the Kalinga Province is now available in limited quantities, either in parchment or roasted beans.

Call 531-4761. Ask for Dimples

*For the uninitiated, civet (musang or alamid) coffee is made from coffee berries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). The ripe red coffee berries are part of its regular diet, along with insects, small mammals, small reptiles, eggs and nestlings of birds, and other fruit. The inner bean of the berry is not digested, but it has been proposed that enzymes in the stomach of the civet add to the coffee's flavor by breaking down the proteins that give coffee its bitter taste. The beans are excreted still covered in some inner layers of the berry which is referred to as parchment.

*Civet coffee is reputedly the most expensive coffee in the world, selling up to $600 USD per pound in certain parts of the coffee drinking world. It is becoming increasingly available, though supplies are still very limited. - Parts of the above were taken from Wikipedia (The Free Dictionary) at www.wikipedia.org

Organic & Fair Trade Coffee from the Kalinga Province is also available in limited quantities.

Ask for the Kalinga Brew (a blend from Arabica, Robusta and Excelsa beans all organically grown in Kalinga).