There are a number of coffee producing countries in South America and our favourite lecturer Terry Breen gave a tasting for interested addicts.
We had coffees from Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia (of course!)
All were interesting, and I liked the Ecuador and Colombia coffee best of the tastings, but a very rare treat was in store for me. I was one of only 20 people drawn to taste some Jacu coffee.
Jacu is 100% organically processed via the digestive system of the Jacu bird, similar to the Civet cat coffee from Indonesia.
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| Jacu - coffee 'processor' bird |
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| Coffee gardens, Orchid centre Santos Brazil |
It really does taste special and it is very difficult to find in Brazil as it is almost all sent to Saudi Arabia at $240 a kilo.
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| Will I share? |
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| $240 per kg - It's MINE!! |
Next stop was Fortaleza - another city of 2 million people we'd never heard of...
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| Brazil's Macca's - though better |
We had lunch at Bob's Burgers - named after the tennis star who established it in 1952, Robert Falkenburg who moved to Brazil from the US in 1950. Other than the 'Big Bob' hamburger, their trademark is the Ovomaltine crunchy chocolate milkshake - a favourite since 1959 - just wonderful!!!
And the modest shopping mall
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| Fortaleza Brazil shopping mall - Westfield anyone??? |
and the Amazon's coming up very soon!
In the fourth picture next to dad on the left: I thought George Carlin was dead?
ReplyDeleteNow now, there are some senior moments happening. Look up Bourdain's Brazil and you'll see the coffee shop Rafa took us to.
ReplyDeleteWill you be feeding beans to the budgies on your return ???
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