THE next big thing in cruise?
Cruise lines are always looking for the
next unique feature to set their vessels
apart, and if the popularity of this new
coffee trend is anything to go by, well then
we may just see a Black Ivory Coffee house
onboard in the near future.
However, it must be noted that this coffee
may not be to everyone’s taste, as it
requires a certain stomach to get past its
origin, which is…..elephant dung.
Yes that’s right, the latest craze in
caffeinated beverages, Black Ivory Coffee,
comes by way of an elephant’s gut.
To create the “smooth” taste, a herd of 30
elephants enjoy a diet of coffee beans and
fresh fruit, which together with the
stomach acid helps to break down proteins
in the coffee beans which make them
bitter.
After they have passed out of the
elephant, the beans are cleaned and then
roasted, and according to coffee aficionados,
once ground and made into a cup of coffee
create a “milk chocolate, nutty, earthy
flavour, with hints of spice and red berries”.
“You end up with a cup that’s very
smooth without the bitterness of regular
coffee,” said one expert.
