from Outside the Box

In the digital age, much of our information comes from inside the box of our computers. The view from the outside into this box is what fascinates me as I read the words of writers and see the world through the lens of a photographer's camera.
August 12
A civet is eating coffee during the production of Civet coffee, the world’s most expensive coffee in Bondowoso in East Java, Indonesia. The coffee, also known as Kopi Luwak, is produced by the civet (a small squirrel-like arboreal mammal) which eats the coffee berries or red coffee cherries, the beans inside which pass through its digestive tract, expelling them undigested as faeces. The faeces are then cleaned, dried and lightly roasted to make the coffee. via Day in Photos - washingtonpost.com OK.  So.  EW.  he looks not so happy to be there eating coffee.  And I’m not so sure I want THAT kind of coffee in my morning cup.

A civet is eating coffee during the production of Civet coffee, the world’s most expensive coffee in Bondowoso in East Java, Indonesia. The coffee, also known as Kopi Luwak, is produced by the civet (a small squirrel-like arboreal mammal) which eats the coffee berries or red coffee cherries, the beans inside which pass through its digestive tract, expelling them undigested as faeces. The faeces are then cleaned, dried and lightly roasted to make the coffee.

via Day in Photos - washingtonpost.com

OK.  So.  EW.  he looks not so happy to be there eating coffee.  And I’m not so sure I want THAT kind of coffee in my morning cup.