Trung Nguyên then passed through its digestive tract. After gathering, thorough washing, sun drying, light roasting, and brewing, these beans yield an aromatic coffee with much less bitterness. Trung Nguyên's Legendee brand coffee is a simulated kopi luwak product, which uses synthetic enzymes to mimic the civet's gastric acid, producing effects on flavour similar to actual kopi luwak, and reducing the need to rely on the civet, which is now endangered in Vietnam due to excessive hunting. In August 2010, Trung Nguyên CEO Dang Le Nguyen Vu reported that the company had begun manually producing its own natural (non-simulated) kopi luwak under
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter as part of an unknown experiment.) The supporting cast included Rick Lenz as Beans's father, Benjamin Sr.; former 1950s' child star Elinor Donahue from "Father Knows Best" as his mother, Susan; Canadian teen actor Scott Bremner as Scott "Scooter" Baxter, Beans's younger brother; and occasional guest appearances by punk rock icon Wendy O. Williams (founder/lead singer of the Plasmatics) as Beans' part-time friend/enemy in the spy world. The series was filmed entirely in and around Vancouver, British Columbia; in the episode "Beans Gets His Driver's License (And It Isn't Pretty)", the world-famous CN Tower located in Toronto is featured in