High-end Elephant dung Coffee launched in Thailand

Black Ivory Coffee (Black Ivory Coffee), also known as "Elephant dung Coffee", is made from coffee beans digested and excreted by Thai elephants and produced in the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Base. Enzymes in elephants break down proteins in beans during digestion, making them almost free of the bitterness of ordinary coffee. The coffee is produced and wholesale by Black Ivory Coffee. Due to the extremely limited supply, it is only sold in a small number of five-star hotels in the world, and the price is not cheap. In August 2013, black ivory coffee officially beat Indonesia's civet coffee to become the most expensive coffee in the world.

According to Xinhua News Agency, for non-fragrant coffee lovers, "black ivory" mixed coffee is just right. Luxury hotel group Anattara launched this high-end coffee in Thailand on the 25th at a price of $25 per cup.

The Anatara Group said the coffee is mainly composed of beans digested and excreted by Thai elephants, so it has a "particularly smooth taste".

Priced at $1100 a kilogram, the beans are said to be "naturally purified", making them among the most expensive coffee in the world. As a high-end coffee upstart, "black ivory" borrows secret recipes from other products. Coffee beans digested by Indonesian civets are also expensive in the market and are in short supply. Jamaica's famous "Blue Mountain" coffee is also made in the same way.