Golden triangle, Thailand (AP) - north of Thailand on the hillside, a group of twenty elephants were drained some of the world's most expensive coffee.
Advocate for simple taste, smooth taste, exotic new making by Thailand elephant bean eat, take off a day later, their feces. The inside of the elephants to create a instinct reaction, its founder said coffee's unique taste.
Stomach turn or strange attractive, this not only is the world's most unusual specialty coffee. Per kg $1100 (U.S. $500 per pound), it has become the world's most expensive.
Now, only the rich or have a good trip to visit a cup of tea, this is called ivory black coffee. It was launched last month in remote areas of the world some of the luxury hotel - the first time in northern Thailand, the maldives, now the ABU dhabi - each about fifty dollars price tag.
Ap coffee production base in the golden triangle, history is called than coffee more effective drugs, in the work see giant barista. And SIP finished product from a delicate demitasse.
In the misty mountains, Thailand and Laos and myanmar, coffee creator lists the biology and scientific research to answer a fundamental question: why did the elephant?
"When the elephant eat coffee, its stomach acid decomposition of protein found in coffee, black Dinkin, who spent $300000 development coffee, said:" this is a key factor in the bitter and astringent. "You cup with, this is very smooth, no often drink coffee bitterness."
The result is similar masked civet coffee, or: KOPI lu wow g, other varieties too expensive weasel like masked civet waste extract. However, the elephant's huge stomach provide bonus.
In the animal kingdom slow cooker is equivalent to an elephant. It takes 15-30 hours between digestive beans, stew with bananas, sugar cane and other ingredients in elephant vegetarian, injection unique simplicity and fruit flavour, 42 of Canada, who have background, masked civet coffee.
"My theory is a natural fermentation process occurs in the belly of the elephant, and said:" Dinkin. "That fermentation give you won't get from other coffee taste."
In the jungle to retreat, is their herds, environmentalists initially skeptical of the idea.
"My first idea is caffeine - don't get elephant cable it, or indulge in coffee?" Roberts (John Roberts) said, the elephant in the golden triangle Indian elephant foundation, saved the elephant sanctuary director. It is now getting 8% of the total sales of coffee to pig group of health care. "As far as we know must be harmless elephant."
Put forward his suggestion on the basis of Dinkin said, he was with a headquarters in Canadian veterinary ran blood test, zoo elephants, they do not absorb any eating raw coffee beans caffeine.
"I think this is a very worth a try, because we are looking for any can help the elephant to make a living," Roberts said, it is estimated that each elephant feeding cost is about 1000 yuan a month.
As for coffee virtual high, Dinkin half jokingly said, the elephant is very inefficient workers. It is 33 kg (72 pounds) raw material to produce 1 kg (2 pounds) black ivory coffee coffee cherries. Most of the beans reprimanded, damage or loss, in tall grass was eliminated from the body.
Moreover, his hand process is labor intensive. He pure arabica beans handpicked mountainous tribal women from a small mountain village farm. Once the elephant do their business, elephant mahout wife collecting dung, break it open, and pick out of coffee. Thoroughly clean, processing, extraction, and then bring in Bangkok delicious baked bean coffee cherries.
Inevitably, the elephant coffee has become the laughingstock of the people. Dinkin share his favorite: bullshit, accino. Good to the last drop. Coffee elephant stern.
Far Hollywood, even jie Renault's crack.
"This is my problem," leno recently chaff said. "Who is the first person, see the coffee beans and pile of elephant dung, said:" you know, if I and ground those who drank it, I bet it will be delicious. "
Get to the point, people drink it. Black ivory maiden a batch has sold 70 kg (150 pounds). Dinkin hope to create in 2013 6 times of quantity, cater to customers, he thought, as a relatively rich, enlightened and an appetite for adventure, tell a good story.
Now, only get it place several ana tara luxury resorts, including in the golden triangle side on the basis of the elephant.
An American couple in the sunset recently one night in the hotel bar, sampling of brewing. They say, it's beyond their expectations.
"I think it will be disgusting," nelson Ryan said, 31,, the United States Tampa, Florida,. "But I like it, this is something different, there must be some keen on it, I can't put a name."
His wife Asleigh, a biologist and coffee lovers, call it a "fantastic product, consumer awareness of environmental protection," because coffee help fund protect elephants.
But the taste of it?
"Very funny," she said, carefully select her words. "Very novel."
"I don't think I can afford it every day in my zoo keeper wages," she said. "But I'm sure I like to sit here overlooking elephants, on holiday."




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