The World’s Most Expensive Coffee Goes Through An Elephant Before It Gets To The Cup

Consumerist ^ | August 21, 2014

[SMGFan]

We are all mature adults, so I’m sure you can handle the news that the No. 1 most expensive coffee in the world first passes through an elephant as a No. 2. That, and we’ve all heard of those civet cat coffee beans, so now we can just move on and talk about expensive caffeine. And poop. Poop.

The stuff’s called Black Ivory, and it’s made by a Canadian businessman in Thailand’s Golden Triangle region, reports Michael Sullivan on All Things Considered.

[blueunicorn6]

That’s OK. Just proves that great minds think alike.

[Celtic Conservative]

Didn’t see yours either. Geez, I really gotta read these things first. (double facepalm)

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[Celtic Conservative]

Thanks for the compliment. Maybe next time I’ll beat you to the post. you gotta be really fast on FR, there is a lot of lightning fast, razor sharp wit here.

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[dware]

there is a lot of lightning fast, razor sharp wit here.

Yep! And then there's the Mitt Romneybot 2016 supporters. =D Tee hee!

[Georgia Girl 2]

I thought it was monkeys or something. :-)

[Old Yeller]

What kind of shit are they trying to pull?

[Slyfox]

Must be turning the beans.

[GreenHornet]

The Arabica beans come from hill tribes in the north of Thailand, and involve a long drying process and “precise” roasting process. They’re then mashed up with some fruit and fed to elephants from the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (at no harm to the elephants). Then you’ve gotta wait a few days — Poor elephant! Days?!? — and play the “find the beans in this dung” game. The beans are then scrubbed and washed before they’re made into coffee.

This is the part I can't understand: How did it ever occur to someone to make coffee in this manner in the first place? - "Hey, I know what we'll do! Instead of just making these beans into coffee, let's feed the beans to the elephant. Then, we'll wait for him to poop, sort through the poop and find the beans, THEN we'll make it into coffee! Yeah, that's a great idea!"

[Kackikat]

The movie “The Help” goes one better....I think it was pecan pie.

[GladesGuru]

“Democrap Coffee” - passed through pure bred, third generation, Urban Ferals.

It gives “Democrap” a whole new meaning.

[Celtic Conservative]

Romney supporters display their wit- or half of it. =^)

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[dayglored]

> Must be turning the beans.

My God! Seriously, what the hell are they doing? That poor fellow is halfway up the elephant's rectum!!

[ViLaLuz]

Yuck...you couldn’t pay me to drink that.

[ViLaLuz]

Or in my words “Black Ivory Coffee- good to the last plop!”

Bra ha ha ha ha ha aaaaaaaa

[SamAdams76]

Well the unsophisticated among us may guffaw and chortle like a an unruly rabble of high school boys in study hall, but for those that have the maturity to appreciate it, those elephants turn out a damn fine cup of coffee.

[RichInOC]

“Our Friend The Coffee Bean”, or, “Why Can’t Jumbo Sleep?”

[MV=PY]

Hey... isn’t that John Kerry?

[Slyfox]

Elephant dung just might explain the new smooth face.