Tech Guy came across this article on USA Today, and I decided it’s just the kind of thing Brain Candy readers needed to know about. Here’s the headline: “Elephant-dung coffee lures intrepid foodies to Thailand.” Alluring and enticing, no?
So apparently, some guy spent over a quarter of a million dollars developing this coffee concept and has a herd of 20 pachyderms pooping out coffee beans in north Thailand. I have a lot of ideas, some of them crazy. Some of them unappealing. But who the hell wakes up at 2am with the brainstorm I bet coffee coming from an elephant’s posterior would be tasty?
I guess Blake Dinkin does.
In the article, the coffee is described as “smooth without the bitterness of regular coffee” and “earthy in flavor” (aka, tastes like something lying on the ground??).
And people, this coffee is pee-ricey! It’s about $500 a pound, and a pound would make 40 – six ounce cups or about 30 – eight ounce cups. Respectively, that’s $12.50 and $16.67 a cup. And you thought a Starbucks soy latte was over the top? Au contraire. If that’s not bad enough, the restaurants that can get their hands on the stuff are charging about $50 a serving.
For God’s sake, give me wine for that price. Heck, give me five bottles of wine!
When Tech Guy, Smarty Boy and I took our first trip to Sri Lanka about six years ago, I bought some paper made from elephant dung. I have no problem writing on poop, but drinking poop? And at this price? Um…I think I’ll pass :-).
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Oh, today is Bubble Bath Day, a perfect excuse to dump some in a tub and relax with a great book and a glass of wine (or cup of coffee-poo)!
