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Barrel Aged Coffee, where our Black Ivory Beans are placed inside an Award Winning Rum barrel for a period to absorb all the delicious notes of the Rum, but no alcohol as that has evaporated. The reason Black Ivory Coffee is the World's rarest and most expensive coffee is because there is a phenomenal amount of work that goes into producing every ounce of this exquisite coffee. From selecting the freshest and best coffee cherries to feeding the elephants and their healthy diets to their care and the meticulous roasting process to bring out the unique flavours of our coffee.Some say this coffee is similar to civet coffee and yes the beans are ingested, fermented and discharged by animals, in our case, Elephants and not civets. But that's where the similarities end because our elephants are well taken care of, they consume only the highest quality cherries and it can take over 33lbs of cherries to produce 1lb of coffee.Elephants are herbivores so, the stomach enzymes and fermentation process is slower to combine the delicate and sweet cherry skins and pulp with the coffee bean. This gives the coffee its smooth, chocolatey and less bitter taste. No burnt aftertaste associated with coffees like New England Coffee or Death Wish Coffee. There are complex tastes of tamarind, hints of spice and subtle earth tones that you will pick up with every sip. It has a rich aroma but tastes smoother, and more delicate, almost tea-like. Above all, we are a social enterprise and believe passionately in the welfare of elephants, the conservation of their habitats and only the natural production of our coffee.