Black Ivory Coffee... 50 $ A Cup

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[b] One lump or poo: World's most expensive coffee at £30 a cup made using beans digested and, er, flavoured by elephants[/b]
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[*][size=1][b]Black Ivory is produced in northern Thailand costing $1,100 (£685) per kg[/b][/size]
[*][size=1][b]Elephants are fed the coffee and beans are taken from the dung[/b][/size]
[*][size=1][b]Unique coffee only sold in Thailand, the Maldives and Abu Dhabi[/b][/size]
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[size=1]The [/size][size=4]elephant[/size][size=1] dung coffee is created when the animals have eaten and digested the beans, with a gut reaction inside the animals said to be responsible for the unique flavouring.[/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]
[size=4]Attendants scurry to collect the huge animals' dung, before forensically sifting through it for the valued beans.[/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]
[size=4]The provenance of the beans may leave some connoisseurs feeling nauseous, but the coffee's price tag certainly places the bean at the highest end of the huge global market.[/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]
[size=4]The coffee is priced at $1,100 (£685) per kilogram.[/size][/size][/font][/color]

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[size=4]But for those brave enough to give the coffee a try, only the most well-travelled will be able to get their hands on a cup.[/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]
[size=4]It was launched last month at a few [url="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2244475/Black-Ivory-coffee-Thailand-using-beans-digested-elephants.html#"]luxury hotels[/url] in remote corners of the world - first in northern Thailand, then the Maldives and now Abu Dhabi - with a price tag of around $50 (£31) a cup.[/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]
[size=4]The coffee's creator, Blake Dinkin, said scientific research had made him pursue the idea of using elephants to produce the coffee.[/size][/size][/font][/color]


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to survive in this fking world we should come up with such innovative ideas... which make ppl fool and make them spend ha ha