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Black Ivory Coffee, also known as "elephant dung coffee", is coffee ground from coffee beans digested and excreted by Thai elephants and produced at the Asian elephant base in the Golden Triangle. Enzymes in elephants break down the protein in the beans during digestion, making them almost as bitter as regular coffee. The coffee is produced and distributed by Black Ivory Coffee. Due to the extremely limited supply, it is only sold in a few five-star hotels in the world, and it is expensive. In August 2013, Black Ivory officially beat Indonesian civet coffee to become the most expensive coffee in the world.

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1 Introduction to Coffee

2 Production process

Digested by elephants

▪ Brewing

Coffee taste

3 Coffee Prices

● Low supply

▪ Place of sale and price

4 Buyer Reviews

5 Charity activities

6 Frequently Asked Questions

Coffee Edit

Black Ivory Coffee [1-2] is coffee ground from coffee beans digested and excreted by Thai elephants, the finest Thai arabica coffee beans harvested at 1500 meters above sea level, at the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Base in northern Thailand Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (GTAEF)-An Asian elephant conservation organization founded by Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas, a world-renowned tourism resort brand, and funded by governments, businesses and other social groups.

Officially known as Black Ivory Coffee, these specialty coffee beans are produced and distributed by a company of the same name, founded in March 2012 by Canadian Blake Dinkin. Before that, he had spent years researching and experimenting around the world to develop a coffee that could rival Kopi Luwak or even better, inviting Massimo Marcone, a food scientist at the University of Guelph in Canada who uncovered the secret of Kopi Luwak's unique flavor, to conduct research. After ten years of hard work, this kind of coffee like dung finally came out.

In October 2012, this coffee was first introduced and launched by some Anantara hotels in Thailand, Maldives and other countries, and immediately attracted the attention of the world with its peculiar preparation method, unique taste and high price. The coffee has almost no bitter taste of ordinary coffee due to the removal of coffee protein.

Production process Edit

Digested by elephants

The elephants were fed Arabica coffee beans grown at an altitude of about 1500 meters in northern Thailand. After the elephant eats the beans, the coffee beans undergo slow digestion, circulation and excretion in the elephant's body. The mahout and his wife then select the beans, dry them in the sun, and roast them.

brewing

Brewing, to demonstrate freshness and enhance the customer's sensory experience, coffee beans are hand-ground on site and brewed using the traditional siphon coffee balancing method (see entry: siphon pot).

coffee flavors

In the words of Blake Dinkin, the coffee's developer, the coffee "smells floral, chocolaty and earthy, tastes chocolaty, nutty and slightly spicy, has a rich, tea-like texture." "The aroma is floral, chocolate and earthy. The taste is chocolate, nutty with a hint of spice. It is full bodied and syrupy and it almost has a tea-like quality to it.”）

Coffee Price Editor

Low supply

According to Black Ivory Coffee, in 2012, the coffee supply was 50 kilograms. Supply is expected to increase in 2013, but it is also fraught with uncertainties, including the harvest of high-quality coffee cherries, elephant appetites, the amount of coffee beans spoiled by elephant chewing, and the ability of elephant watchers and their wives to work.

Place of sale and price

Because the coffee is available in extremely limited quantities, it is sold only in a handful of five-star hotels worldwide. As of November 2012, this coffee is available at Anantara Dhigu Resort and Spa (Maldives);Anantara Kihavah Villas (Maldives);Naladhu Maldives;Anantara Golden Triangle (Thailand);Anantara Phuket Villas (Thailand);Eastern Mangroves Hotel & Spa (UAE);Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort (UAE);Desert Islands Resort and Spa (UAE).

Retail at $1100 a kilo, or $25 a cup, it ranks among the most expensive coffees in the world.

Buyer Reviews Editor

There are two extreme evaluations of this coffee. One describes it as the best coffee in the world and tastes extraordinary, but the other evaluation is the opposite. It is hard to swallow, completely gimmick, and not worth spending money on stinky coffee.

Charity editor

Behind this is actually a charity campaign launched by organizations such as Black Ivory Coffee Charity Organization, which donated 8% of the sales amount to the Elephant Conservation Fund in Thailand's Golden Triangle to take care of elephant medical treatment and even improve the lives of elephant husbands.

Frequently Asked Questions Edit

Are elephants affected by caffeine?

No, for the following reasons:

1. The coffee uses 100% Thai Arabica beans and has a caffeine content of about 1%, half of that of Robusta beans.

2, natural coffee beans have a shell, can block the coffee oil inside;

Caffeine extraction must be heated, which is why coffee needs to be roasted and brewed at high temperatures.

The peel and pulp of coffee beans also provide extra protection for elephants. In addition, veterinarians monitor the health of elephants throughout the process to ensure that the entire process is safe.

Do elephants spontaneously eat coffee beans?

During dry times, Asian elephants enter coffee plantations to eat coffee beans and other fruits.

Where does the production process take place?

Elephant dung coffee is produced at the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (GTAEF). Blake Dinkin chose this site to produce coffee after visiting some 35 elephant sanctuaries in Indonesia, Laos and Thailand. GTAEF was chosen because of the way elephants are treated there, the availability of veterinarians for on-site care, and their success in local elephant conservation.

Why does coffee taste unique?

Studies have shown that enzymes in elephants 'digestive systems digest protein from coffee beans. Because protein makes coffee bitter, the less protein, the less bitter coffee will taste and the smoother it will taste.

Why is coffee so expensive?

In fact, elephants usually do not like to eat coffee, except in the dry season to find coffee to eat, so elephant farmers can only feed coffee as an elephant snack, and can not be a staple food, and in order to avoid excessive caffeine intake of elephants, choose to feed coffee beans is a lower caffeine Arabica beans, plus a pod coating, even if the elephant ate into the stomach, will not release caffeine. Elephants can only produce 1 kilogram of black ivory coffee for every 33 kilograms of coffee cherries they eat. Elephants can drain coffee far less quickly than people think, so they are very precious.

Where can I taste coffee?

This coffee is only available in the five-star hotels mentioned above and will be added to the list if new hotels are authorized. Because Black Ivory Coffee wants to build a strong partnership with its customers, the number of partner hotels will grow slowly. Blake Dinkin personally flies to each of the partner hotels to demonstrate and guide the brewing process, giving waiters first-hand experience.

Is there any other coffee produced in a similar way in the world?

One type of coffee is called cat poop coffee, which uses coffee beans digested by civets. But there are at least three factors that negatively affect the reputation and sales of that coffee:

Civets are often kept in cages in order to produce that "cat poop coffee," and this treatment of animals is considered immoral.

It is believed that civet cats transmitted SARS virus to humans. In 2004, the Chinese government ordered the eradication of all civets in Guangdong. Along with this is public concern about the safety of this coffee, although research has shown that even with SARS virus, these viruses will be killed during the high temperature processing of coffee, but this does not completely dispel some people's concerns.

Relevant statistics show that about 50% of the "cat shit coffee" on the market is counterfeit. In addition, even if it is a real "cat shit coffee", although the quality is very good, ordinary people can hardly taste the difference between it and ordinary coffee.

According to Blake Dinkin, the inventor of coffee like dung, coffee like dung does not have these problems.

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The coffee sounds revolting, but it also creates an urge to taste it. Not only is it one of the most unusual specialty coffees in the world, but it is also one of the most expensive in the world at $1100 per kilogram.

Only the rich or those who travel a lot can drink this "black ivory coffee". Luxury hotels in remote corners of the world such as northern Thailand, the Maldives and Abu Dhabi last month began serving "black ivory coffee" for about $50 a cup.

In an interview with reporters in the misty mountains bordering Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, Blake Tinkin, the inventor of the coffee, answers a basic question from a biological and scientific point of view: Why elephants?

Ding Jin said: "When the elephant eats coffee beans, the stomach acid in the elephant can break down the protein in the coffee, and protein is one of the main factors causing the bitter taste of coffee." The coffee made with this coffee bean tastes very smooth and does not have the bitterness of regular coffee." The 42-year-old Canadian has spent $300,000 developing the coffee.

Black Ivory Coffee is similar to Civet Coffee. Civet coffee is extracted from the droppings of weasel-like civet cats and is extremely expensive. But the elephant's enormous stomach provides a convenient condition.

Elephants are like the slow cooker of the animal kingdom. Ding Jin said that it takes 15 to 30 hours for elephants to digest coffee beans, and coffee beans are "stewed" with vegetarian foods such as bananas and sugar cane, which can finally give coffee a unique earthy and fruity taste. Ding Jin also has a background in making civet coffee.

"I think there's a natural fermentation process going on in the elephant's stomach that gives the coffee a flavor that other coffees don't have," Dinkin said.