Many have heard of paper frames made from elephant dung, but for coffee... Nevertheless, coffee that has passed through the intestines of an elephant exists! But are you willing to pay $50 for a cup of elephant dung coffee? Be free from prejudice! Coffee beans that have passed through the digestive tract of an elephant make coffee much tastier, people in the know say.
Coffee beans as food for elephants began to be consumed in the Golden Triangle area by the Asian Elephant Foundation, in the territory of the protected area of the Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai.
Have you heard about civet litter coffee? These are "obsolete" traditions! Now it is much more interesting to talk about coffee made from beans that have simplified the digestive tract of an elephant.
At least, this is what they say in the Anantara resort area in Thailand, where they specify that they receive their grains in an elephant camp on the territory of the Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai.
"Studies show that during digestion, elephant enzymes break down the coffee protein," one of the hotels said in a press release. "Because protein is one of the main factors responsible for the bitterness of coffee, less protein means almost no bitterness."
But bittersweet-free coffee comes at a price. And Black Cat (that's what elephant dung coffee is called) sells for $1,100 a kilo - or $50 a cup - making it one of the most expensive coffees in the world.
By comparison, civet coffee - which is made with the same concept: the animal eats coffee, digestion breaks down proteins - sells for around $500-600 per kilo, or $30 per cup.
At the moment, Black Ivory is only available at four Anantara resorts in the Maldives, in addition to the Golden Triangle resorts in northern Thailand.
Guests of Anantara who decide to order a cup of Black Ivory will see how the grains are poured by hand and boiled using a traditional siphon.
The very process of preparing the seeds begins with the selection of the top Thai Arabica, the beans that were collected at an altitude of 1500 meters. Elephants willingly eat them, and before they are digested, they are excreted from the body.
The beans are picked up by camp drivers and their wives, then dried in the sun.
To date, the sale of coffee made from elephant dung provides income for 30 elephants, along with mahouts and their families. The obvious question that follows from all this is: Is it dangerous to get a herd of elephants addicted to caffeine? Anantar's director, John Roberts, addressed this issue in a recent blog post, saying that it was originally related to the question "what are we going to do about the 26 very angry elephants who didn't have coffee for breakfast on the days when it No?
But in order to get caffeine from coffee beans, it must be heated to a temperature above 70 C. Therefore, coffee beans are not dangerous to elephants.
Would you pay $1,100 per kilo of coffee to get rid of the bitterness? Ever tried Kopi Luwak coffee that passed through the digestive tract of an animal called a civet? Share your coffee experiments in the comments.
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The most expensive coffee in the world, called Black Tusk, is made from coffee beans eaten and digested by Thai elephants and costs $1,100 per kg. The exotic drink has a rich, mild taste due to the process of digestion in the intestines of an elephant.
“When an elephant eats coffee beans, the acid in its stomach breaks down coffee proteins, which gives the drink a bitter taste,” the experts explained. “The result is a coffee with a very mild taste without the bitterness of a regular drink.”
The most expensive and delicious coffee in the world is very similar to another type of Kopi Luwak coffee, which is obtained from the excrement of musang animals. However, the stomach of an elephant in this sense has a slight advantage. On average, it takes an animal about 15–30 hours to digest coffee beans, which are “languished” along with bananas, sugarcane and other ingredients of a typical elephant’s vegetarian diet, to produce a uniquely rich and fruity taste.
A rare variety of coffee can be tasted only at four resorts in the world: three in the Maldives and one in Thailand, and a cup of such a drink is not cheap - $ 50.
Why is it so expensive? Firstly, keeping elephants in the reserve is a costly business. Secondly, elephants are fed only Thai Arabica coffee grown at an altitude of 1500 m. In addition, elephants need to eat about 32 kg of coffee fruits to produce 1 kg of coffee beans.
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I think you can guess that we are not talking about Napoleon, but still about the elephant. And what he does on the field, about the processes of his nutrition and digestion, as well as about the excretory system, everyone also guesses.
Thailand and elephants surprise and delight the world again.
It turns out that elephants can not only help people in hard work, entertain people with tracks through the jungle, play polo and football, even draw, compete in running and throwing darts, and act out scenes of ancient battles.
What else are elephants useful for? Many tourists know that you can buy paper, various albums and notebooks made from elephant dung as a souvenir.
It is difficult to say now who first came up with the idea of making paper from poop.
However, one story about India, I think, is worth telling.
An Indian businessman, while walking down the road to a temple near Amber Palace in Jaipur, tells The Los Angeles Times, looked at a pile of elephant dung he had just stepped into and noticed that the texture of herbivore droppings was very similar to wood.
Eureka! he thought. Elephant poop paper.
At that time, Wijender Shekhawat was 29 years old, he produced paper self made made of cotton and barely made ends meet.
His family thought something else: "Complete fool."
The Shekhawat dynasty came from the warrior caste. Yes, of course, the family has fallen a little into decline, but what will the neighbors think?
According to Shekhawat's mother, their ancestors once sat on the throne and the only thought
which came to their mind about the son's idea:
"How low we have fallen!"
The main buyer of Shekhawat was also skeptical.
"This is too weird," thought Mahima Mehra, director of paper production at Papeterie Co.
“It's just ridiculous.” But Shekhawat persisted in experimenting.
Paper made from 100% manure fell apart, 50% manure and 50% cotton was too brittle.
And finally, after many months, he found the right combination: 75% manure - 25% cotton.
Don't worry, the manure is washed first.
By that time, Mehra also supported the idea after doing market research.
It turned out that similar paper is already being made in Thailand, Sri Lanka, South Africa and other places.
To combat the cynics, they referred to Ganesha - the elephant-headed Hindu deity - saying that there could be no harm in the recycled waste of the divine.
"In our country, religion is everything. Suddenly, many people wanted to work with this paper," says Mehra.
At first, there were difficulties with the collection of raw materials, but Shekhawat solved this problem by taking on the feeding of numerous elephants, which are used by mahouts to walk tourists in Jaipur. The quality of raw materials improved and everyone, including the drivers, was satisfied.
Initial attempts to outsource marketing to a German company failed.
The Germans were too serious for such a product.
"You can't be boring, you have to be funny with stuff like that," Mehra said.
And they decided to sell it themselves.
"Made from India's finest elephant dung" says Haathi Chaap branded paper.
(elephant print).
According to Mehra, some customers say "Ow!" and refuse to touch it
but most are smiling and hardly think about the smell.
"Once we explain how it's done, they absolutely love the idea."
The smell is really indistinguishable, according to a journalist from The Los Angeles Times.
First, the manure is washed, then brought to a boil, adding salt and baking soda to moderate the smell.
This mass is beaten off, sifted, rolled into sheets. The final stage - drying, takes from one day to a week in the rainy season.
For a while, Shekhawat experimented: he tried to feed turmeric to elephants in the hope of creating yellow paper.
Did not work out.
Now he adds organic dyes at the end of the process, including beetroot juice for red paper, dried pomegranate skin for gray paper, and castor oil for green paper.
Shekhavat's enterprise has existed for 8 years. He now produces 2,000 2' x 3' sheets weekly, which he sells to the United States and Europe.
Shekhawat has always been inclined towards charity. “As a child, he gave his lunch to beggars,” says his mother, “
Now he dreams of relocating his workshop to the countryside to provide jobs for women who have little chance of leaving home, and to become an example for entrepreneurs."
"Call it God's providence or luck, but things have fallen into place and I feel blessed," says the successful businessman.
"They used to think I was stupid, now they think I'm a genius."
Canadian entrepreneur Michael Flankman was also thought crazy by his partners when he brought back from Thailand the idea of making paper products from elephant droppings in 2002.
Today, Michael and his wife Tang's company, The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company, produces albums, notebooks, notebooks, photo frames, wrapping paper, bags and postcards.
In addition to elephant poop, Elephant Poo uses horse and cow droppings, as well as panda excrement.
Products that do not harm health and the environment are an inspiration for a married couple.
They believe they have struck a balance between environmental responsibility and commercial value, an approach that our planet so badly needs today.
Michael and Tan Flankman also find it incredibly fun to sell poop for everyday life.
In their opinion, one should not take oneself too seriously.
Thais, as always, treat everything with humor.
And I'm with him, and with great love for big animals.
Technological process paper production in the same Thailand goes something like this.
The most unpleasant stage of the entire production can be identified as the very first. It lies in the fact that the entire mass must be thoroughly washed. By the way, at this stage, you can determine whether the animal is sick. Judged by the smell of the washed product. An unpleasant smell is the first sign of diseases of the gastric-intestinal system. If the animal is healthy, the smell will not irritate the specialist's sense of smell.
The second stage is a little more pleasant than the first, because the smell still remains in the resulting substance, especially since the boiling process takes place at a high temperature of the broth. It is at this stage that the bacteria die. The boiling time is calculated depending on what the elephant ate. If it was bananas and grass, 3 hours would be enough. After sugarcane and bamboo, you need at least 5 hours. The liquid obtained during the processing goes to the fields as fertilizer.
Further processing consists in adding hydrogen peroxide with soda silicate to the resulting mass. This is necessary in order to destroy the remaining bacteria, and give the mass a white color. After 30 minutes, the product acquires a straw color.
The next step in creating a unique paper is grinding and selecting fibers by size. The machine, for passing this mass, works on the principle of selecting the smallest fibers. To soften the resulting fibers, use soap solution. At the exit we get a liquid light mass.
After all necessary preparations solution, the scales come into play. We need koloboks of 300 grams each. This division is usually done by women. Further, these koloboks will be dissolved in water, and molds will be poured. The size of these forms in most cases is an A2 sheet. After leveling the resulting mass in the forms, the future paper is dried. Drying takes place in the sun. After complete drying, a strong paper is obtained.
The last stage of production ends, and the resulting odorless paper with an unusual texture passes into the hands of the artist or designer. Usually, various souvenirs are made from this paper, such as photo albums and photo frames. After all, it is not a shame to present such a paper, unique in many respects, as a gift.
It is said that in Australia similar paper is made from kangaroo dung.
Paper made from kangaroo dung will soon be available to visitors to the Australian island of Tasmania as souvenirs. According to the producers, this is an excellent inexpensive souvenir that can not only please the guests of the island, but suggest to the public a good solution to the environmental situation.
The Australians have already produced a trial batch of paper, but during the production process they suddenly encountered the problem of timely delivery of raw materials, that is, kangaroo waste.
In this regard, the managing director of the paper production company, Joanna Gair, turned to her compatriots through the Advocat newspaper with a request to help collect the required number of kangaroo cakes. According to her, producers will be happy with any excrement: both fresh and dry. Joanna asks to collect kangaroo waste in plastic bags and take it to the Creative Paper pulp and paper mill.
According to experts of the company that introduced the new paper production technology, about 400 sheets of A 4 format can be produced from 25 kilograms of kangaroo manure. Therefore, according to experts, the new technology has every chance of successful development not only in Australia, but throughout the world. There is a real saving of money and improvement of the ecological situation in a particular region.
In fact, enterprising Australians can not be called pioneers. It turns out that in some countries this method of production has already been successfully implemented. For example, in Scandinavia, paper made from moose feces is used with pleasure by many institutions.
But okay, you say, let the paper, let it not smell and beautiful and environmentally friendly, and cheap. And I have a frame with a photo of such paper hanging on my wall. Hangs and does not smell :).
And you and I are quite cheerful people and love elephants, but do any of you love elephants enough to drink ....
“A $1,100 coffee made from… elephant dung?
Previously, Kopi-luwak was considered the most expensive coffee variety, the raw material for which is obtained from the excrement of the Malay palm marten. The price of one kilogram of such coffee beans is about 600 dollars.
Now a new variety of Black Ivory coffee (Black Ivory) produced in Thailand has set a new record. Its price is 1100 dollars per kilogram! For one cup of drink, some coffee lovers are willing to pay up to $ 50.
But the most impressive thing is not the price, but the way the new coffee is produced - it is obtained from ... the excrement of Thai elephants. The principle is the same as with martens - getting into the digestive tract of an animal, coffee beans are exposed to the action of special enzymes that destroy protein. And since it is the proteins in coffee beans that are responsible for bitterness, the coffee "at the exit" is not bitter at all.
Elephants are thought to be more suitable for this specific handling than martens because, unlike the latter, they are herbivores.
To date, only 50 kg of grains of this exclusive drink are on sale. So we can say that this is not only the most expensive, but also the most scarce coffee in the world. "
We had some fun, but now seriously:
Depending on the degree of processing, both smooth and textured paper is obtained, which is used for design work. One of the major companies in this business area, ecoMAXIMUS, processes up to two tons of manure daily.
Such a business is allowed to save tens of square kilometers of forests from destruction, and also prevents air pollution by chemical emissions, which are inevitable during factory production.
In addition, the number of elephants, which used to be mercilessly exterminated both for the extraction of ivory and to save farmlands, suffers much less.
For many farmers, their crops were the only source of income that the elephants caused irreparable damage. Now elephants are making a significant contribution to the recovery of the economy of the settlements that suffered from them. Similar production has already been developed in India, Thailand, African countries and other natural habitats of elephants.
If you want to feed the animals, pay the mahout 20 baht for a small bag of elephant's favorite treat - pieces of the core of tender bamboo shoots and treat the giant.
But many people know that the drovers are not the kindest people, which can hardly be called Thai Buddhists. I doubt they believe in anything other than money, if that's what they do.
They offend these kind and noble animals, sometimes they torture them in order to train them.
The freedom that lives in the head of an elephant interferes with the plans of the mahouts.
Elephants often leave their routes, they, like all living beings, may suddenly want to go to the toilet, chew leaves on trees, just choose a different path, and then sharp objects come into play, traces of which can often be seen on the head, torn ears.
I met an elephant named Pum-Pui, and while communicating with him and walking through the forest, I had to repeatedly stop even the loud cries of such a mahout and his desire to hit the animal.
The driver, in general, was walking along the path. I understand that there is little I can change in this situation, but I urge you all to ensure that no one dares to offend these smart creatures even with you. It's not hard for us, is it?
The Thais have a belief that if you walk under the trunk or belly of an elephant, it will bring good luck.
Try it.
Coffee is the most traded product after oil. There are coffee lovers in every home. Russia is among the top ten biggest coffee lovers. Almost everyone loves coffee, but not everyone knows that the most expensive and most difficult elite and prestigious is coffee Kopi Luwak (coffee from excrement). This is a unique grade of coffee No. 1.
Gourmets catch in it an unusually soft taste of caramel with the most delicate aroma of dark chocolate and vanilla with a persistent pleasant aftertaste. One cup of coffee can cost up to $90 in Europe. Perhaps this adds a special charm to the excellent taste.
The technology of its preparation will shock anyone. Exclusive coffee for a narrow circle is obtained in the most extreme way - this coffee is not for the faint of heart. Preparation method fragrant coffee different from the traditional one. This unique, most expensive sort of coffee is chosen from animal droppings (excrement, in simple terms - ordinary poop).
Soft to the touch and fluffy wild animals, distant relatives of the mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi, resembling a cat with a big nose - the Asian palm civet (civet, luwak, musang or Chinese badger) are big lovers of coffee berries. Moving from one tree to another, animals absorb the most ripe and largest coffee berries in huge numbers.
Ripe coffee beans are red in color and resemble the fruit of a bay tree. During the day, one voracious animal can swallow up to 1 kg of coffee beans, from which only 50 g of undigested coffee beans can then be picked out.
Coffee beans treated with enzymes of gastric juice and civet: - dried, cleaned and peeled, thoroughly washed, dried again, then gently roasted at a certain temperature. The exact roasting recipe is kept secret.
Outlandish grains obtained in such an unusual way can only be obtained for 6 months of the year, and the rest of the time the animals do not produce the enzyme that gives coffee a unique flavor. The grains obtained from males have a greater and more pleasant fragrance. A high standard is set for defects appearance coffee beans, beans go through up to 15 degrees of sorting.
The most expensive Kopi Luwak coffee with a unique aroma is produced in Indonesia in a special microclimate on the island of Java and earn a lot of money on it.
Some researchers have tried to get the same coffee in Ethiopia, simulating a natural process, as coffee trees grow there and viverri are found. According to the opinion of tasters, Ethiopian coffee is inferior in taste to the original.
The most expensive coffee in Vietnam is called Chon, this is the most expensive and unusual coffee.
The cooking technology is as complex as in Indonesia, coffee beans are used, processed by the stomach of an amazing animal. But the locals in Vietnam make coffee not in a copper cezve or jazve, but in a drip filter right above the cup.
The taste, aroma and density of coffee is significantly different from the usual for a European. Vietnamese coffee is very thick, has a very rich aroma and a transparent dark color.
On the island of Bali organized artificial small farms for the production of delicacies for extreme sports. Luwaks are kept in captivity, fed with coffee berries and offer tourists to get acquainted in detail with the production process of the most expensive coffee in the world, and if they wish, even personally participate.
All work is not yet mechanized and is performed manually. Lovers of curiosities with a lot of cabbage love show-offs. Most of all lovers of special fragrant coffee with delicate caramel flavor luwak in Japan.
Huge profits from the sale of "luwak coffee" advised hardworking, enterprising Thais to organize the production of coffee using the stomach of elephants. Therefore, a zoo farm was created in the north of Thailand. The stomachs of a herd of 20 elephants are processing coffee beans for elite coffee Black Ivory Coffee (Black Tusk or Black Ivory).
The stomach of an elephant is many times larger than the stomach of a small predatory animal luwak (aka mussang). Coffee beans are in the stomach of an elephant for more than a day, next to a special diet of vegetables, bananas and sugar cane. During this time, coffee beans are saturated with fruit and vegetable smell, processed by gastric juice, change their chemical composition and are brought out naturally, i.e. in the form of poop)
Since elephants are vegetarians, extreme vegans should give a clear preference to Black Ivory over civet coffee. To get 1 kg of coffee, you need to feed the animal 33 kg of selected Thai Arabika beans, hand-picked on high-mountain coffee plantations.
Veterinarians periodically check the level of caffeine in an elephant's blood. Therefore, the cost of coffee for the elite rises to $ 1,100 per kg. Exclusive coffee is offered only in expensive Anantare hotels in the Maldives and in the Golden Triangle Nature Reserve between Burma, Laos and Thailand. The cost of one cup of coffee is only $50. The new variety of exclusive, original coffee is sold in very limited quantities - only 60kg was offered for sale last year. It took $300,000 to develop a new coffee variety.
Coffee lovers, having tried a new sort of coffee, Black Aivari note an unusual taste, which is difficult to find epithets - it is a kind of pleasant taste and incomparable aroma.
In Russia, the first coffee house was opened in 1740 by order of Empress Anna Ioannovna. She was a big coffee drinker. So Russian craftsmen should have developed and put on stream the production of coffee processed by cows. Its performance with a constant appetite can compete with elephants, and they would call the new coffee - Copi Burenka (or in ours: Coffee Burenka). And there, you see, the name of the pioneer would have been added to history, and even today the export of a new sort of elite coffee would be added to the export of oil and gas.
If you, gritting your heart, gave your entire monthly salary as a teacher in Moscow for a package of coffee, then hold your breath, prepare yourself a cup, carefully preserving the foam during brewing, which from the first sip will fully reveal everything taste qualities, divine aroma and will make you want to drink everything to the end. Such delicacies greatly arouse curiosity, but sometimes reduce appetite, causing certain associations. For reference: Coffee from litter happens different varieties. Definitely the most expensive original coffee from luwak litter, followed by coffee from elephant litter. The third place is proudly occupied by monkey coffee!
And now we are trying to guess who is in fourth place? Entrepreneurial farmers from the city of Minneapolis (Minnesota) have established the production of coffee from cat litter. And according to its producers, those who have not tried this coffee have not tried coffee at all!
Surprisingly, Vietnam is the second largest coffee producer in the world. The first, of course, is Brazil: the unchanging homeland of both coffee and TV shows. Now Vietnam produces about 18% of all coffee in the world. And it all started, of course, with the French, who in 1857 first brought coffee beans to the territory of their colony.
In addition to the fact that there is a lot of coffee here, it is roasted in unusual ways(for example, with sweet syrups), thanks to which it acquires a unique sweet-chocolate taste. And they serve coffee in any cafe: thick and fragrant, with ice and a glass of delicious green tea in addition. Coffee is the best.
Typical Vietnamese coffee shop: price for a cup of coffee is VND 12,000 ($0.5), green tea with ice — free of charge
Ice coffee with condensed milk: an unforgettable taste!
There are two types of grains in Vietnam: robusta and arabica. Robusta is much more popular, you can often find blends based on robusta with a little addition of arabica. In Nha Trang, you can find many shops on the street where your chosen coffee beans will be ground right in front of you and sealed in a bag - in my opinion, a great gift for family and friends!
There are a lot of such stores: choose grains (you can mix varieties in any proportions), and they are ground and sealed right in front of you
The most popular brand of coffee in Vietnam can be called Me Trang (read Mechang). Shops of this company are found in tourist Nha Trang on every corner. Mechang coffee is really tasty, but we didn’t notice much difference compared to little-known brands of coffee with.
The most famous brand coffee in Vietnam today – Me Trang
In addition to Robusta and Arabica coffee, such a variety of coffee as Luwak (or Luwak) is found everywhere in Vietnam. These are ordinary coffee beans that have passed through the gastrointestinal tract of one very cute furry animal.
What is this super trendy animal dung luwak coffee in Vietnam? How does it smell, and most importantly, how did people get to this point?
Who is a luwak animal
The official name of this cute babies is musangs or palm martens.
Curious
And infinitely cute
These animals simply adore ripe coffee berries. After they ingest the coffee cherries, the pulp surrounding the coffee beans themselves is digested in their stomach, and the beans are passed out unchanged during a bowel movement (sorry for such details). After that, people collect valuable cargo, wash it and dry it. We hasten to assure you that there is no expected unpleasant odor after these procedures.
Valuable musang excrement before washing
The animal is especially valued for the fact that while in its gastrointestinal tract, coffee beans are fermented in a special way, due to which they lose the inherent bitterness of coffee. And the taste of coffee becomes sour.
Luwak coffee beans after washing
Right on the farm they can fry it
Luwak coffee beans after roasting
There is a legend about how people first learned unique properties luwak coffee. A misfortune happened in one poor family: wild masangs (or tsivengs) ate the entire crop of ripe coffee beans for sale. The family was very sad, but then they noticed the excrement of animals, and in them - undigested grains. Out of desperation, these grains were washed, roasted and passed off as regular coffee. What was their surprise when the taste of it turned out to be simply delicious!
Today, the production of luwak coffee is a complex and expensive process. Wild animals are caught and settled on the farm. They produce a special enzyme only 6 months of the year, so the rest of the time they are fed ordinary food, usually vegetables and fruits. When the time comes, all other food from their diet is removed and fed exclusively with coffee fruits. Since it is quite expensive to feed the animals, often they are simply caught in the right season, and after the production of coffee they are released to be caught the next year. In addition, breeding them on a farm will not work: these animals do not breed in captivity.
We saw luwak coffee farms in Vietnam and Bali, and it was very pitiful for animals everywhere: such living machines operated by man.
Close animal mink on the farm
By the way, we heard that they began to produce coffee from the excrement of an elephant and even birds. The process is approximately the same as with musangs, but the volumes, of course, are many times greater. We have not seen such coffee in Vietnam, but they say that it is as tasty as luwak. If so, maybe soon furry animals will stop being tortured on farms? After all, one elephant can produce 100 times more delicious coffee than a small rodent.
How to brew luwak coffee
Like ordinary coffee, luwak in Europe or Asia is often brewed in Turks (this method is called "oriental").
In Vietnam, they prefer a different method: small metal cups with a sieve and a press, where coffee is poured hot water, and he insists, dripping drop by drop into a glass. We liked this method, we bought ourselves such devices and now we always carry them with us.
How much is vietnamese luwak coffee
Today in Asia, many packs are sold with the image of the musang animal (the one that produces expensive grains) on the package. The cost of such packs starts from $ 2 per 500 gr. But we hasten to assure you that real luwak grains in such packs are no more than 1-5%, and maybe not at all. Often, under the guise of luwak coffee, artificially fermented coffee is sold in packs, which has nothing to do with cute animals.
Usually, luwak coffee is mixed with robusta and sold. The more luwak grains in a pack, the more expensive it will be. The price of pure kopi-luwak coffee in beans in Vietnam is about $ 1000 . And the cost of 1 cup of luwak coffee in Europe can reach $ 90 !
The price of luwak coffee in Russia today reaches 3700 rubles per 100 gr. or 24 "800 per 1 kg. We quote these prices from a specialized site that sells this particular type of coffee in Russia luwak.rf.
Video about real Luwak coffee from Indonesia:
We bought such packs in Vietnam and for only $ 2, most likely they do not contain real luwak coffee beans, but the coffee is unrealistically delicious:
