Beer lovers are expected to come out full force for next month's Oktoberfest celebrations. Bars worldwide have been stocking up to meet the expected high demand.

The Greek resort island of Corfu will try to capitalize on the festival to recover from losses caused by the recent wildfires that drove tourists away. It remains to be seen, however, if visitors will indulge in the brewski following recent "unintoxicating" reports on the quality of local beers.

Tax inspectors audited local bars and shut down 28 for violations. While they were trying to catch bars serving smuggled or tampered beer to avoid paying tax, they stumbled on beer kegs in some bars containing leftover beer sold to customers as new stocks. That the beer was second-hand was confirmed after testing.

Consumers may settle for an exotic Brazilian coffee if drinking leftover beer is tough.

"It is naturally expensive," warns coffee farmer Henrique Sloper, referring to the beans gathered in the Camocin hills of Espirito Santo state.

It's not the 1,118 reais per kilogram (or around $100 a pound) domestic price of Camocin coffee that may cause its shocked drinker to suddenly blow it off.

Sloper's coffee beans are not picked by his workers, but by jacus or wild pheasants with black feathers and red throats.

Jacus are considered some of the most astute pickers (or rather, eaters) of coffee cherries as they "the best fruits, the ripest," farmhand Agnael Costa, 23, explained as he delicately scooped up the birds' droppings.

Jacu droppings look a bit like a cereal bar, with beige grains protruding from a blackish, pasty mess.

As in civet coffee, Camocin coffee beans are collected from the pheasants' dung, dried, sorted, hulled, and stored before brewing and serving.

Jacu poop, or coffee beans, has a unique flavor, according to foreign tourists in Brazil who consume it. We'll drink to that.