| Kopi luwak or civet coffee, is is widely noted as the most expensive coffee in the world with prices reaching $350 per kilogram. It is made when a civet eats the berries for their fleshy pulp. In the digestive tract, the civets' proteolytic enzymes seep into the beans, making shorter peptides and more free amino acids. Passing through a civet's intestines the beans are then defecated, keeping their shape. After gathering, thorough washing, sun drying, light roasting and brewing, these beans yield an aromatic coffee with much less bitterness. |
| The darker the color of one's alcoholic drink, the more likely it is to give you a hangover. |
| Jägermeister was originally intended to be a cough medicine. |
| Adding salt to pineapple will actually cause it to taste sweeter! |
| It's possible for potatoes to explode in the oven if you cook them without poking holes in them. |
| The mints given by a restaurant at the end of a meal are primarily NOT to freshen your breath, but to prevent nausea and upset stomach as Peppermint-an active ingredient in most breath mints-contains menthol, which calms the smooth muscle of the digestive tract. |
| Drinking orange juice can lower a risk of cancer! |
| In French, "cotton candy' is called "Barbe a papa", literally meaning "dad's beard". |
| A 20 ounce bottle of Mountain Dew contains the equivalent of about 22 packets of sugar. |
| Germany has a beer ice cream in Popsicle form. Its alcohol content is lower than that of a normal beer. |