Rare coffee for strong tastes

But that's not why locals and tourists are beating a path to the door of their historic split-log inn. The roaring trade - hundreds turn up at weekends - is largely down to one thing: cat-poo coffee. And cat-poo coffee, what's more, that will set you back $50 a cup.

Kopi luwak, favoured by Jack Nicholson's billionaire character in the recent movie The Bucket List, is - so he says - "the most expensive beverage in the world". I'm game to try it, albeit somewhat tentatively.