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49th Parallel Coffee Roasters

Location: 2152 W. Fourth Avenue, Vancouver, BC

very strange thing is happening in the world of great coffee; even stranger than the recent populous of cat-shit coffee in the cups of coffee connoisseurs worldwide. A few good men at the India Devon Estate were farming their coffee and fending off the coffee berry-loving monkeys when they decided to figure out why the monkeys were so selective about the berries they ate. After gnawing off the surrounding fruit, the monkeys spit out the energizing bean. The farmers decided to collect the masticated beans and brew a cup. The result was the best cup of coffee the men had ever had.

In an uncanny instance of being in the right place at the right time, Mike, of Vancouver’s 49th Parallel Café, was in India visiting the plantation at the time of this amazing discovery. Out of the five bags of coffee selected from the monkey cast-offs Mike brought home three to sell out of the 49th Parallel. They will be selling the coffee brewed and in espresso form, both of which give the monkey bean a unique flavour. The brewed version has a floral and fruity flavour while the espresso carries heavier tones of dark chocolate. The bean’s outstanding flavour is due to the enzymes in the monkey spit that break down the sugars in the coffee fruit which then absorb into the bean. Yum.

A twelve ounce bag of the India Devon Estate 795 Arabica coffee goes for $25 at the 49th Parallel Café. Great coffee hasn’t had such an interesting origin since the aforementioned cat-dropping brew, but spit is a lot easier to swallow then poo. –J.T.

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