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Like the civet coffee, commonly known as "Kopi Luwak", "elephant shit coffee" is actually coffee beans that are digested and excreted by elephants after they are swallowed. Studies have shown that enzymes in the elephant's digestive system can digest the protein of coffee beans, according to the Anattara Hotel in Thailand. Because protein makes coffee bitter, the less protein, the less bitter coffee and the smoother taste.

Blake Dinkin, 44, the founder of Black Ivory Black Ivory Coffee, originally made the world's most expensive coffee drink, Kopi Luwak, by carefully picking beans from civet droppings. But the quality of coffee products began to decline as demand for the Kopi Luwak Initiative increased in Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. In addition, in order to increase production, civets are forced to feed coffee beans in cages, which runs counter to Ding Jin's original intention of protecting the environment rather than causing harm to animals. So Ding Jin began to consider whether other animals were suitable for producing this kind of coffee. After he discovered that elephants sometimes choose to eat coffee during the dry season in Southeast Asia, he chose elephants as his production target and started the production of "elephant shit coffee" in cooperation with a local charity that helps elephants.

Why is ● like shit coffee the most expensive?

Producing Elephant shit Coffee is not as easy as Blake imagined. It took him nine years to succeed. "I thought just giving coffee beans to elephants would produce great coffee," Blake said. " Unexpectedly, the result of the first test was "terrible" and difficult to swallow.

Blake describes the elephant's esophagus as a saucepan, and it takes 17 hours for coffee beans to be removed. In the process, the elephant's stomach acid will break down the bitterness of the coffee beans.

Blake said that elephants need to eat 33 kilograms of coffee beans to produce one kilogram of coffee, and because elephants defecate from time to time when bathing in the river, many coffee beans are "lost."

Why is ● like shit coffee the most expensive?

But because of its rarity, elephant shit coffee costs $1880 per kilogram, or $13 per cup of espresso. 8% of the proceeds from its sales will be donated back to partner conservation organizations. Families of elephant trainers who pick coffee beans from elephant droppings and wash them and dry them will also be paid.

At present, this precious elephant shit coffee is only sold in upscale hotels in Asian markets such as Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong. But soon, the product will also reach high-end venues in Paris, Zurich, Copenhagen and Moscow.

However, whatever the publicity, Elephant shit Coffee has not been well received by all coffee lovers. Aleaume Paturle, the owner of the Paris Cafe, said that the fame of Elephant shit Coffee comes more from commercial promotion and brand effect than from its unique taste. "Coffee like shit is very creative, but it's not the best-selling coffee," he said. To make the best coffee, you have to control the fermentation process, but when the fermentation process takes place in the animal's digestive tract, it is even more difficult to control the fermentation intensity. Although customers have different opinions on the taste of "shit-like coffee", there is no denying that the idea has attracted many people, which will expand its popularity and increase sales. Perhaps it is this kind of curiosity that promotes the development of "shit coffee".

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