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A coffee brewer in Oregon is offering to pass coffee beans through his digestive system creating what could only be described as a truly dark blend.

Inspired by the animal-passed brew called kopi luwak, which can sell for as much as $600 a pound due to a boost in flavor, the seller in Portland is offering to copy the same process for only $30 a pound.

“I’m 47, healthy, and will guarantee you’ll like my kopi luwak style coffees,” the ad since removed on Craigslist reads.

Naturally passed through the digestive track of palm civets, a cousin of the mongoose, the coffee beans are retrieved from their waste are said to receive an extra flavor from its body’s enzymes.

Supplying a photo with the ad, pieces of digested coffee beans are seen, though presumably by a palm civet.

“I will be able to harvest only a couple of pounds of this special kind of coffee so act now before it’s too late,” the ad warns for interested buyers.

“Fecal specimens available for inspections upon request,” it added.

A coffee brewer in Oregon is offering to pass coffee beans through his digestive system creating what could only be described as a truly dark blend

A coffee brewer in Oregon is offering to pass coffee beans through his digestive system creating what could only be described as a truly dark blend

FULL CRAIGSLIST AD:

“I’m a home roaster and I’m noticing in the newspaper that animal poop coffee is really popular and expensive.

“I’ve been growing yellow bourbon arabica in my greenhouse for a couple years and it’s finally starting to produce quality cherry. I will personally ingest this cherry and mimic the <<kopi luwak>> progress. I will roast this coffee so that it’s ready to brew, in time for the holidays.

“I will be able to harvest only a couple of pounds of this special kind of coffee so act now before it’s too late.

“I’m 47, healthy, and will guarantee you’ll like my kopi hopi luwak style coffees.”

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The elephant dung coffee is made from beans eaten and digested by elephants living on a reserve in Thailand.

When animals pass the beans in their excrement, they are harvested, cleaned up and processed into coffee grinds.

The resulting brew is said to be floral and chocolaty, the taste containing notes of “milk chocolate, nutty, earthy with hints of spice and red berries”.

Regular coffee drinkers terrified of encountering the drink in their local coffee shop can rest easy: the coffee beans, named Black Ivory, are priced at $1,100 per kilogram, making them the most expensive coffee beans in the world.

The coffee is the brainchild of Thailand’s Anantara Resorts, who say that the beans are “naturally refined” by the Thai elephants at their Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, an elephant conservation program which will use 8% of sales to fund care for the animals, according to ABC news.

It is sold to visitors at their Golden Triangle property – but is currently in short supply, with only 50 kilograms (110 pounds) currently on sale.

OTHER FOODS MADE FROM ANIMAL DUNG

• Civet coffee is harvested from excrement of civet cats (a weasel-like creature) of Southeast Asia

• Coffee beans have been made from deer dung

• Certain bats harvest good coffee

• Japanese chefs have created meat made from excrement