What is the most expensive coffee in the world? Kopi Luwak? Think again…Would you pay $1,100 for a kilogram of specialty coffee beans? What if they were pooped out by an elephant?
It may sound like the stuff of satire, but that’s exactly what’s on the menu at four Maldives resorts and one in Thailand. Spas properties offer Black Ivory Coffee, a specialty brew made with beans digested and “naturally refined” by Thai elephants.
Only about 50 kilograms of the stuff are available for purchase, and each one will cost the adventurous drinker $1,100 per kilogram. About.com figures that amounts to about $50 a cup. For comparison sake, 16 oz. of Starbuck’s House Blend retails for only $11.95 on its web site.
Of course, the notion of roasting pooped-out beans isn’t a new one. In 2010, word spread about what was then thought to be the most expensive coffee in the world: Kopi Luwak, a Southeast Asian brew made from coffee berries passed through the digestive tract of an Asian palm civet. At the time, Kopi Luwak went for $100-600 a pound — cheap compared to Black Ivory Coffee.
My Mirepoix 
I’ve heard of Kopi Luwak, but this is insane.
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What people will pay for…and what people will do to create a new product…lol!
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Exactly. And, I always thought this is unique to the Civet. Perhaps I’ll be reading about $2000 a pound coffee defecated by monkeys next 😀
Honestly, as an avid coffee drinker, I am intrigued … (sippin’ on a cup o’ Jo from Ethiopia)
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I wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to have a cup of this!
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It does sound like satire!
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lol! It almost shocks me when I find things like this!!!
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