World’s Most Expensive Coffee Is Made from Elephant Dung

Hey! Hey! You're looking good today? Been working out, have you? Me neither. It's the mental attitude that does it. So, can I entice you with a splendid mug of Black Ivory Coffee? How about an elephant sized doughnut - low fat of course?  Say...do you remember some time ago, I wrote about an expensive coffee from Indonesia that was made from coffee beans eaten, digested and excreted by Civits? Well, this one's even pricier!

Black Ivory coffee is made from beans eaten and digested by Thai elephants, and is priced at $1,100 per kilogram. Enjoy!

I knew elephants in Thailand were good at painting, but I didn’t know they also make great coffee. The rare Black Ivory blend is served at only four resorts around the world, three in the Maldives and one in Thailand. The people behind the exclusive Anantara Resorts came up with the unusual idea of making coffee from elephant-digested beans. As weird and disgusting as it sounds, their idea actually makes sense, in theory.

According to research, enzymes in the elephant’s stomach break down the proteins in the coffee beans, and since proteins is one of the main factors of its bitterness, less protein means less of a bitter taste. Science in action!

The drink resulted from the elephant-refined beans is said to be floral and chocolaty, with the taste containing notes of ‘milk chocolate, nutty, earthy with hints of spice and red berries.’



Golly gee...We're heading back to Canada on Friday so I'm not sure we'll have a chance to scoot down the coast to the Anantara Resort for a mug of their coffee. Shucks!


See ya, eh!


Bob