7 Bizarre Things People Around The World Add To Their Coffee (Burning Charcoal, Anyone?)

Also, who knew monkey spit equates to vanilla-flavoured coffee?

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1. Dunking a red hot piece of charcoal in black coffee

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**What?** Kopi Joss
**Where?** Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2. Adding a pinch of salt

**What?** Buna
**Where?** Ethiopia

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3. Brewing a vanilla-flavoured cuppa from monkey-spit beans

**What?** Monkey Spit Coffee
**Where?** Taiwan

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4. Drowning cheese cubes in coffee

**What?** Kaffeost
**Where?** Finland

5. Turning coffee into a blazing waterfall

**What?** Fiery Waterfall Coffee
**Where?** Mexico

6. Having a cuppa brewed from bird poop beans

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**What?** Jacu Bird Coffee
**Where?** Brazil

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7. Mixing a raw egg (shell and all!) into the coffee grounds

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**What?** Scandinavian Egg Coffee
**Where?** Sweden & Norway

If you're all about fresh new ways to have coffee, why not make a brew from naturally-ripened beans planted in the serene mountains of Vietnam, in the comfort of your home?

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Enjoy the rich, dense flavour these coffee beans get from its high altitude location. Inspired by local farming traditions, the coffee beans are treated to a gentle approach in removing its caffeine content, by being soaked in pure water.

Having a cup of Nescafé Mountain Wash doesn't even require you to leave the comfort of your armchair! Get them online **[here](http://www.nescafemountainwash.com.my/index.html)**.

A ground-breaking cup of coffee in your hand is best enjoyed in ground-breaking ways. These fine gentlemen will gladly show you the ropes:

Inspired to globe-trot in search for your bizarre cups of coffee now? Have these coffee etiquettes handy!