(Sal - I know you don't drink the stuff. Just thought you'd enjoy the subject matter.)
I hear "The Bieb" is introducing his new line of Bieber Beans.....
(Pictured here while "processing" his new product.)
Posted on 12/07/2012 9:06:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Canadian entrepreneur said his $500-per-pound coffee is made by plucking the beans from the dung of a herd of elephants in Thailand.
Blake Dinkin, 42, proprietor of Black Ivory Coffee, said the beans are fed to elephants at the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation then later plucked from their dung, Sky News reported Friday.
"When an elephant eats coffee, its stomach acid breaks down the protein found in coffee, which is a key factor in bitterness," Dinkin said. "You end up with a cup that's very smooth without the bitterness of regular coffee."
John Roberts, director of elephants at the foundation, said the coffee does not harm the animals.
"As far as we can tell there is definitely no harm to the elephants," he said.
The foundation receives 8 percent of the profits from sales of the coffee, which goes toward healthcare for the elephants.
A fine illustration of “The Invisible Hand” of the free marketplace maximizing the total welfare of all concerned (as defined for himself by each participant, which is the essence of the principle and precisely how free markets also maximize liberty).
Thanks!
although I still can’t stop laughing at the customers, HA!
S**tbucks, now corn and peanut free!
Try our new ‘Bung-hole’ roast. Good to the last pinch!
/johnny
lol!
LOL!
I'm not seeing my catz for a week at this point. I think they are under the house.
Laughing that hard has to be some kind of aerobic workout.
Wipes eyes... peanuts, corn... LOL!
/johnny
I blame my blood sugar!
/johnny
Now we have a Canuck determined to prove they'll eat ....?
yes, but it is a whole lot larger market than that, just look at the last election!
(also, many of those folks will undoubtably purchase this fine new product using their Obama Foodstamps)
There is irony in this.
Could it be that Mr Dinkins was backed by a successful venture capitalist who belongs to a religion that abstains from coffee. Who is known for practical jokes And who’s political party uses the elephant as it’s symbol.
(Pictured here while "processing" his new product.)
Elephant pooped coffee beans.....ahhhh, no thanks. [Shudder]
Hey, especially if they are chocolate covered coffee beans...oh wait...pre or post roasted?
We’re this crazy already? Drinking elephant $#!+? We deserve NO blessings.
But I like bitter coffee. Tried some of that Hannity mild stuff and threw it away after the first pot.
Strong and bitter. Just like me.
You mean, there is a substance out there that has the power to make my coffee... worse?
You mean, besides Starbucks burn beans?
Yes.
Someone has discovered a way.
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