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SOME OF THE most expensive coffee in the world is being produced by a herd of elephants.
In northern Thailand, the herd of 20 are eating beans and then the same beans are plucked a day later from their dung.
The coffee, which has been called “earthy” in flavour and “smooth” on the palate, is also among the world’s priciest , setting you back €850 per kilogram or €390 per pound.
For now, only the wealthy or well-travelled have access to the cuppa, which is called Black Ivory Coffee.
A coffee bean picked from elephant dung. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
“When an elephant eats coffee, its stomach acid breaks down the protein found in coffee, which is a key factor in bitterness,” said Blake Dinkin, who developed the coffee. “You end up with a cup that’s very smooth without the bitterness of regular coffee.”
Meena, a 12-year old elephant, eats coffee beans mixed with fruits. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Would you spend €40 on cup of ‘elephant coffee’?
Additional reporting - AP
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what about letting people live in them?
This idea is more anout commercial properties, surely. Fantadtic initiative.
I’m sure the homeless will really appreciate that.
As we stated, our artistic response is just one potential solution to the problem of empty spaces. Yes, they should be used to house homeless people. Yes, they should be to serve the community . Yes, they should be used as cheap office space for fledgling businesses. They are all valid solutions. The point is we need to start implementing these solutions now.
unspired initiative.
f%&# the begrudgers.
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