Strange but true - Black Ivory coffee

It seems like the stuff of legends or tall tales, yet Black Ivory coffee is real and very good, we're told. Black Ivory Coffee is the world's rarest and most unique coffee, it is very special because the 100% Arabica beans, grown in Thailand, have been refined by an elephant. The Elephants eat and pass the beans, which are then collected, prepared and roasted. This natural process creates a very soft tea like quality without any bitterness.

It takes 33 kg to make 1 kg of Black Ivory Coffee and only 300 kg have been produced for 2013. Ten years in the making, Canadian founder and owner Blake Dinkin personally, and with enthusiastic passion trained the food and beverage staff at Paresa.

The machine used to make the coffee was invented in 1840 in Austria and was the traditional way to brew coffee until the end of the Second World War. It is recognized as the best way to brew coffee because it keeps the steam at 93C, which is the ideal temperature for coffee extraction.

Paresa Resort in Phuket is the first property in Phuket, and one of just a few places around the world offering Black Ivory Coffee to its guests. The unique coffee launched in both Diavolo and Talung Thai Restaurants at Paresa from 25th July 2013.

Paresa, has established a strong reputation in Thailand for its Corporate Social Responsibility, strongly supporting both The Good Shepherd Charity with its annual - Six of the Best - event and also more recently in collaboration with famed chef David Thompson of Nahm and The Soi Dog Foundation. This ethos continues as a portion of the proceeds of sales of Black Ivory Coffee help pay the salary of an elephant veterinarian at the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation as well as for medicine to treat sick elephants.

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