Most Expensive Black Ivory Coffee
this is the most expensive coffee in the world
Forget robusta and arabica - this is the most expensive coffee in the world, with a unique seasoning: elephant dung. Today, coffee is produced from the hills of northern Thailand, becoming the most expensive coffee in the world.Per kilogram of coffee known as ivory black is sold for US $ 1,100, or the equivalent of USD 10.6 million. Previously, the most expensive coffee is coffee civet price per kilogram on the international market between US $ 700 to US $ 1,000.
Why is this coffee prices rise? Besides it is said to favor, the long process through before served into a cup of coffee. Thailand rural women collect dung of elephants in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Once collected, they sort the beans from each gunduk elephant dung.
During digestion elephant coffee aroma is "enriched". It takes 15-30 hours to digest grains, which are in the belly of the elephant, along with foods such as bananas, sugar cane, and other materials.
The idea of coffee elephant emerged from a Canadian investor coffee, Blake Dinkin. He spent US $ 300 thousand to develop the processing of coffee with digestion media elephants. Dinkin said he worked with a veterinarian to ensure these elephants do not absorb caffeine from the coffee fruit is consumed.
Kopi Luwak coffee elephants different from that now exist everywhere. Only luxury hotels in Thailand are providing. Recently, demand is also coming from the network of five-star hotel in the Maldives and Abu Dhabi.
When asked why so expensive price of coffee made, Dinkin half-jokingly stated that the elephant is highly inefficient workers. It takes 33 kilograms of raw coffee beans to produce 1 kilogram of ivory black coffee. "The majority of the coffee that goes into his stomach has been damaged or lost after it is issued. Unlike the mongoose," he said.