Coffee beans that pass through the digestive system of Asian elephants produce an unusually smooth and low-bitterness brew.

The je ne sais quoi that gives Black Ivory coffee its smooth, chocolatey flavor may lurk deep in the bowels of Earth's ...

Scientists found elephant gut bacteria reduce coffee bitterness, explaining Black Ivory’s smooth taste. How digestion alters ...

A quirky scientific finding explains how gut bacteria in Asian elephants change coffee beans long before they are roasted.

GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Thailand (AP) — In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world’s most expensive coffee. Trumpeted as earthy in flavor and smooth on the ...

The study also found that these elephants had a more diverse mix of gut microbes, including bacteria linked to pectin ...

GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Thailand -- Miki Giles from Hong Kong tastes the Black Ivory Coffee at breakfast as Meena, a 6-year-old baby elephant, gets curious at the Anantara Golden Triangle resort. Black Ivory ...

Believe it or not the “poop coffee world” is, like, a real thing. Because now in addition to tree-dwelling cat poop coffee and elephant poop coffee (and human poop coffee, apparently) you can also buy ...

Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have no place in highly advanced scientific processes, right? Well, that’s where you’d be wrong. Researchers ...