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Black Ivory Coffee [1-2] is made from coffee beans digested and excreted by Thai elephants. These beans are the best Thai arabica beans collected at 1500 meters above sea level, while these elephants are located in the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Base (Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation,GTAEF) in northern Thailand, established by the world-famous tourist resort brand Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas. And Asian elephant protection agencies funded by the government, businesses and other members of the community.

Officially known as Black Ivory Coffee (Black Ivory Coffee), these special coffee beans are produced and wholesale by a company of the same name, which was founded in March 2012 by Canadian Blake Dinkin. Before that, in order to develop a coffee comparable to or better than Kopi Luwak, he spent years researching and experimenting around the world, and invited Massimo Marcone, a food scientist at the University of Guelph in Canada (who uncovered the secret of the unique flavor of Kopi Luwak coffee) to do research. After ten years of hard work, this kind of dung-like coffee finally came out.

In October 2012, this coffee was first introduced and launched by some Anatara hotels in Thailand, Maldives and other countries, and immediately attracted the world's attention for its strange way of making, unique taste and high price. Due to the removal of coffee protein, this coffee has almost no bitterness of ordinary coffee.

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Digested by the elephant

First feed the elephants Arabica coffee beans grown in northern Thailand about 1500 meters above sea level. After the elephant eats the beans, the coffee beans go through slow digestion, movement and excretion in the elephant body. Then, the elephant men and their wives pick out the beans carefully, dry them in the sun, and then bake them, so that the special coffee beans are ready.

Brewing

When brewing and brewing, in order to show the freshness of the coffee and enhance the customer's sensory experience, the staff will grind the coffee beans by hand on the spot, and then use the traditional siphon coffee balance method (see entry: siphon pot) to brew.

Coffee taste

In the words of Blake Dinkin, the coffee's developer, the coffee "smells floral, chocolate and earthy, with chocolate, nutty and slightly spicy, full-bodied and tea texture". (the original words are as follows: "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. ")

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The supply is small

According to Black Ivory Coffee, the supply of this kind of coffee was 50 kilograms in 2012. The 2013 supply is expected to increase, but it is also fraught with uncertainties, including the harvest of high-quality coffee cherries, the appetite of elephants, the number of coffee beans destroyed by elephant chewing, and the ability of elephant people and their wives to work.

Place of sale and price

Because the supply of the coffee is extremely limited, it is only sold in a few five-star hotels in the world. As of November 2012, the hotels serving the coffee are: 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).

It retails at $1100 a kilogram, or $25 a cup, making it one of the most expensive coffee in the world.

Buyer evaluation editor

There are two extremes in the evaluation of this kind of coffee, one is to describe this coffee as the best in the world, the taste is extraordinary, but the other is the opposite, saying that it is hard to swallow, it is a complete gimmick, and it is not worth paying for stinky coffee.

Charity editor

Behind this is a charity campaign launched by organizations such as the Black Ivory Coffee Charity, who donate 8% of their sales to the Elephant Conservation Fund in Thailand's Golden Triangle to take care of elephant health care and even improve the lives of elephant husbands.

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Will elephants be affected by caffeine?

No, the reasons are as follows:

1. The coffee uses 100% Thai Arabica beans, and the caffeine content is about 1%, which is half that of Robota beans.

2. Natural coffee beans have a shell that can block the coffee oil inside

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

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

Do elephants eat coffee beans spontaneously?

Yes, the reasons are as follows: during the dry season, Asian elephants enter coffee plantations and eat coffee beans and other fruits there.

Where is the production process carried out?

"Elephant dung Coffee" is produced in the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Base (Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation,GTAEF). Blake Dinkin chose the site to produce coffee after visiting about 35 elephant sanctuaries in Indonesia, Laos and Thailand. The reasons for choosing GTAEF include the better treatment of elephants there, on-site care by veterinarians, and their good results in local elephant conservation.

Why does "Elephant dung Coffee" taste unique?

Studies have shown that enzymes in the elephant digestive system can digest the protein of coffee beans. Because protein makes coffee bitter, the less protein, the less bitter coffee and the smoother taste.

Why is the price of "elephant dung coffee" so high?

In fact, elephants usually do not like coffee, except in the dry season to find coffee to eat, so elephant farmers can only feed coffee as an elephant snack, but not as a staple food, at the same time, in order to avoid excessive caffeine intake of elephant caffeine, the variety of coffee beans chosen to feed is Arabica coffee beans with lower caffeine, and covered with pods, even if the elephant eats it, it will not release caffeine. For every 33 kilograms of coffee cherries, elephants can only produce 1 kilogram of black ivory coffee. Elephants defecate coffee far less quickly than people think, so it is very precious.