Coffee Made of Elephant Poop? Black Ivory Blend.

A Thai hotel is selling Black Ivory blend coffee brewed from coffee beans that have been digested and excreted in the dung of elephants.   The coffee beans are picked out of the poop by the elephant trainers and dried in the sun.

The price is not cheap, costing $50 for two cups.  Apparently this elephant poop coffee is so desirable because during the digestion process enzymes break down the protein in the coffee beans.  Protein is the cause of the bitterness in coffee, so this Black Ivory blend is less bitter, if at all.

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