Coffee is one of the most crucial and popular beverages that most people are addicted to.
While coffee lovers exist everywhere, every country has a distinct way of preparing and serving the drink.
From variations ranging from latte, espresso, cappuccino to German-special Eiskaffee or French styled cafe au lait, coffee in every country is prepared in its unique way.
However, note that the coffee styles mentioned above are commonly the popular mainstream choice known to people in different countries. There exist some extremely weird coffees around the world which are prepared differently than the mainstream ones.
In this article, we have discussed the procurement, preparation style, and serving manner of some of those weird coffees around the world that are exclusively liked by a few sections of the crowd.
And, you may try them too for a real change in taste as the coffee beans go through a whole long journey before they end up being served in your coffee cup.
1. Kopi Luwak
Kopi Luwak coffee contains partially digested coffee cherries that initially were guzzled and defecated by Asian civets. It is thus also known as civet coffee.
The cherries get nicely fermented as they go through the intestine of a civet, and then after getting defecated along with other fecal material, they are gathered. It is for sure one of the weird coffees you would have ever heard of.
Produced majorly in the Indonesian islands of Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, East Timor, and Bali, it is highly relished by people residing there. Also, Kopi Luwak is widely collected in farms of the Philippines owing to their huge production.
Generally, producers of this coffee argue that the procedure might ameliorate coffee via two mechanisms – firstly, the selection that civets make on consuming particular cherries.
Secondly is digestion – a chemical or biological mechanism in the civet’s digestive tract that alters the composition of coffee cherries.
While Kopi Luwak preparation is a type of processing rather than a variant of coffee, it is one of the costliest coffees available worldwide, with prices touching US $100/kilogram for farmed civet coffee and US $1,300/kilogram for wild civet coffee.
2. Kopi Gu Yu
Kopi Gu Yu is a form of coffee that is roasted, brewed, and finally consumed along with butter. Usually, in some Asian countries such as Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia, the peeps there solemnly believe butter helps create rich and dynamic coffee flavor.
This coffee is generally poured over highly condensed milk, present on the bottom of the cup, and relished along with a big slab of butter on it. Indulgence of butter to Kopi Gu Yu makes it one of the weird coffees.
3. Scandinavian Egg Coffee
Surprisingly one of the most common ways to prepare coffee by the Lutheran families in Scandinavia and Norway is to add in fresh egg and coffee grounds as it assists in creating a cup with zero acidity and bitterness.
Highly popular in the middle west of the US, the name Church basement coffee owing to their efficiency of being created for a large section of people.
4. Irish Coffee
Irish coffee is a cocktail kind, initially discovered in Ireland in the early 1940s to allow American travelers to warm themselves up in thoroughly cold Irish towns by sipping in this coffee.
Irish coffee contains whiskey, black coffee, brown sugar with a generous topping of cream.
5. Elephant Dung Coffee
Like Kopi Luwak coffee, however, produced on a larger scale, elephant dung coffee is created from elephants’ dung in Thailand, making it another weird coffee form prevailing in the current world.
As elephants are herbivores in nature, brands like black ivory coffee argue coffee created from elephant dung is less acidic in the course of the digestion procedure that results in excretion/coffee that is super flavourful immaculate.
6. Coffee with Moonshine and Pennies
It is a Nordic version of a cocktail popular since the 1800s by the rural population of Norway. The beverage also contains one portion of coffee and two plus a portion of moonshine called Russian coffee.
The original recipe of this coffee was that individuals had to place a penny at the bottom of the mug, pour around a third of coffee, and after this, add in vodka or moonshine till the penny is visible again.
7. Tim Tam Slam
Tim Tam’s are relishable Choco bars available in various countries, made from caramel and chocolate flavors. It is, for sure, a great snack to relish with a nicely prepared cup of coffee.
However, if you want to take your snack game with coffee to another level, try Tim Tam Slam. In place of guzzling, along with your cup of coffee, poke in a hole through the center of the Choco bar and then use it as a straw to slurp your delicious black brew.
8. Flaming Waterfall of Coffee
Renowned in Mexico, Puerto Penasco, the flaming waterfall of coffee is a visual form of coffee preparation, appealing to both taste buds and eyes. The inclusion of Kahlua and tequila, along with coffee, makes it a weird coffee.
However, the preparation of this coffee is pretty impressive. Tequila and Kahlua are mixed with coffee, and then a flame is added to it.
After this, the coffee maker gently sloshes the beverage from one mug to another, making a beautiful vision of a flaming waterfall. Once it is adequately mixed, the beverage is poured into the cup and finally finished with a huge dollop of cream and fresh cherries.
9. Coffee Enemas
Coffee enemas are also a weird coffee form, which is on a peculiar side. This coffee type contains a considerable amount of caffeine as its consumption is considered to clean your large intestines and rectum.
And yes, by the name you must have guessed, the coffee is consumed via your arse. A giant funnel is fitted into your arse on point, and lukewarm/hot coffee is flushed into your intestine and bowel system.
Researchers claim that it acts as a detoxifying component and assist in preventing cancer and ameliorating metabolism. However, note that there involves no such scientific proof or any medical support.
Moreover, another side of the argument suggests it negatively affects your body and causes infections, burning colons, salmonella, and even heart failure.
10. Cheese Flavoured Coffee
Kaffeost is a Swedish delicacy, which is coffee flavored with Leipajuusto cheese bread. It is a squeaky and thick cheese having a dense texture and is salty.
Most Finnish peeps prefer to serve the cheese with coffee. Some even drop a few chunks of it into the coffee mug, which allows it to release oils, fats, and salts into your coffee, which makes it salty.
11. Bulletproof Coffee
Bulletproof coffee is the next weird coffee form, which claims to be highly innovative and only an enhancement tool that aims to increase your intelligence, physical health, and physical performance.
Bulletproof coffee contains coffee, brain octane oil, and grass-fed cow butter. The coffee is a potent mix of nutrients and fats and is considerably thick. It is solely designed to endow you with good physical performance.
12. Durian Coffee
The coffee contains the inclusion of durian fruit, which makes it a weird coffee. Durian melon is a fruit of Indonesia that has an extremely foul smell.
While the fruit’s pulp is extremely sweet, the scent of the fruit is sordid, which resembles dirty socks and positively stale trash.
13. Espresso Tonic
Espresso, when mixed with a tonic, may make a good summer drink. Combing some floral and not very citrusy mixture, along with sparkling water and coffee, might taste tangy, sweet, a rich effervescent mocktail that certainly may be a unique experience for a few. But for many, it may be a weird coffee form.
14. Cafe Cubano
Being a popular daily morning beverage in Florida and Cuba, Cuban Coffee is one of the potent and concentrated forms of coffee beverage, which brings it to the weird coffee category.
Equal portions of espresso and sugar are mixed. Measuring no more than 20oz, the coffee has a highly dense and thick texture.
The coffee is generally served in a thimble and small-sized paper cups. In parts like Miami, you may find people anxiously waiting in long queues for this morning jolt.
15. Black Pepper Coffee
It is a local favourite drink in Senegal, Africa. Black pepper coffee is also known by Cafe Touba combined with black pepper and sugar with black coffee that creates a deep and earthy experience.
The original story of the drink dates years back when a religious head or a leader for the Mouride Brotherhood for helping the devotees remain awake via long prayer ceremonies discovered this drink. It is also used to calm your stomach.
16. Nitro Cold Brew
Being a relatively new coffee trend, the nitro cold had for sure gained relevant traction from coffee retailers. Like beers such as Guinness, Nitro cold brew combines carbon and nitrogen into the cold-brewed coffee through a keg system.
This procedure makes coffee appear cascading and foamy. It also allows to open up a few distinct flavor components endowing the coffee’s body with a thicker feel.
17. Kopi Joss
Charcoal is a special component of this coffee. Made in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Kopi Joss is a concoction that resembles the usual Javanese style of making coffee.
Bits of loose coffee components and sugar are poured into the cup along with hot water on the top. After this, flaming hot charcoal is introduced to brew in it that neutralizes the coffee’s acidity.
18. Monkey Spit Coffee
Similar to Civet coffee, the monkey spit coffee variant is highly popular in Taiwan. Beans of coffee are firstly fed to the Formosan macaque monkeys.
After this, the monkeys spit out the beans, which they are unable to digest. All the spitted beans are gathered and added to the coffee production, which ultimately endows the coffee with its unique vanilla taste. However, it is a weird coffee form, which a select group of individuals would just prefer.
19. Kopi Jahe
Kopi Jahe is a spicy and sweet coffee that includes ginger along with palm sugar and is highly enjoyed in Indonesia. One of the tricks of preparing the coffee is to bring water along to the coffee to boil with ginger added to it.
20. Jacu Bird Coffee
Like elephant dung coffee and Kopi Luwak, Jacu Bird coffee is prepared from the droppings of the Brazilian Jacu bird. The procedure for preparing this weird coffee form is similar to elephant dung coffee and civet coffee.
The bird consumes the berries; the food matter passes through the bird’s digestive tract, and then its defecated matter is collected. However, note that this weird coffee is comparatively less expensive than the other two animals defecated coffee.
21. Coconut Coffee
As compared to the above coffee types, this coffee might seem to be a less weird coffee form owing to its incredibility regarding the blend of coconut with coffee.
A hint of coconut is added to the coffee cup, which is considered the next good thing after Irish coffee by most folks. To prepare this coffee, you need to brew the coffee well and add a little bit of coconut oil.
It is interesting to know that your favorite beverage can be prepared in so many unique ways. However, this is just a list of 21 weird coffees around the world.
There are many more strange ways to brew this drink from roasted coffee beans and serve in the coffee mug to match people’s distinctive tastes from different parts of the world.
So, now that you know about all these strange coffee brews across the world, are you up for taking your tastebuds through a little adventurous journey?
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Last Updated on October 5, 2022 by Ashok Parmar
