Daily Dialogue — February 12, 2019

Carter hands Edward an article about Kopi Luwak, Edward’s favorite coffee.

Carter Chambers: Read it.
Edward Cole: [reading] Kopi Luwak is the world’s most expensive coffee. Though for some, it falls under the category of “too good to be true.” In the Sumatran village, where the beans are grown, lives a breed of wild tree cat. These cats eat the beans, digest them and then… defecate. [pauses] The villagers then collect and process the stools. It is the combination of the beans and the gastric juices of the tree cat that give Kopi Luwac…

Carter starts laughing.

Edward Cole: …its unique flavor… and aroma. You’re shitting me!
Carter Chambers: [laughing] Cats beat me to it!

Carter and Edward both laugh hysterically.

— The Bucket List (2007), written by Justin Zackham

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Coffee. Today’s suggestion: Andrew Lightfoot.

Trivia: The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2006 Black List.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is a comic payoff to a setup earlier about this special coffee. Here we learn why it’s so ‘special.’