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Is Black ivory expensive?

Availability. Black Ivory Coffee is among the world's most expensive coffees, at US$2,000 per kilogram. The producer sells the coffee to select luxury hotels, where it is sold at US$50 per cup. The coffee can also be purchased online.

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Black Ivory coffee beans.

Black Ivory coffee Glass.

Black Ivory Coffee is a brand of coffee produced by the Black Ivory Coffee Company Ltd in northern Thailand from Arabica coffee beans consumed by elephants and collected from their waste.[1][2] The taste of Black Ivory coffee is influenced by elephants' digestive enzymes, which breaks down the coffee's protein.[2] The company claims to rescue elephants from tourist trade abuse.[3]

Availability [ edit ]

Black Ivory Coffee is among the world's most expensive coffees, at US$2,000[4] per kilogram.[2] The producer sells the coffee to select luxury hotels,[5] where it is sold at US$50 per cup. The coffee can also be purchased online.[6] The coffee product in 2021 was 215kg.[5] The supply of Black Ivory coffee depends on the availability of coffee cherries, the appetite of the elephants, the number of beans destroyed through chewing of the beans and the ability of the mahouts and their wives to recover intact beans. The high price of the product is largely due to the large number of coffee cherries needed to produce the finished product:[6] 33 kilograms (72 pounds) of raw coffee cherries results in one kilogram (two pounds) of the finished product.[6] Most of the beans are not recoverable as they are chewed by the elephants, become fragmented, or are lost in the bush after being excreted.[6]

Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation [ edit ]

This coffee was first produced by Black Ivory Coffee Co. Ltd. at the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation in Chiang Saen, an elephant refuge that cares for rescued elephants.[6] Now, Black Ivory Coffee no longer produces in the Golden Triangle but in Surin province in north east Thailand.[7] Approximately 20 elephants at the foundation produce the coffee. Eight percent of Black Ivory Coffee Company sales are donated to the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, which is used to fund the elephants' health care.[6] The consumption of the coffee cherries does not adversely affect the elephants, and veterinary tests concluded that caffeine is not absorbed from the coffee cherries they consume.[6]

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What is the best glue for ivory piano keys?

Re: How do I reattach ivory onto a key? You can use cyanoacrylate glue if you have a good surface. Use just a little fresh glue. I use five dots : four corners and the middle, plus a little to glue the edge to the front of the tail.

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Re: How do I reattach ivory onto a key? MYMMYTH 2875359 03:30 PM Joined: Posts: 3,291 Olympia, WA rysowers 3000 Post Club Member rysowers 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Posts: 3,291 Olympia, WA I've used CA glue for years.I usually use the thin. It works really well if the keytop is freshly detached. I use a sharp razor blade and put several lines on the surface of the keytop and also on the ivory to give it some tooth to grab onto. I put the CA on the keystick, because the ivory causes it to cure very quickly. The trick is to line it up as perfectly as you can - a pair of reading glasses and a good head lamp really helps. Avoid getting any CA near the head/tail joint. Once I get it in place, I use my long hammer support block (voicing block) to press down on the freshly glued head piece, using my weight. I can really push the two pieces very firmly together, which helps in getting the two surfaces to be level with each other so you don't feel the joint. If a top is loose, but not detached, you can remove it, flip it over, and run a bead of thin CA under the lip. It will wick under the keytop and reinforce the joint, preventing the top from coming off. CA can also be horrible if you are not careful. Practice and technique are important to get good results. You really get one good shot at it, and if you do it right, you can't tell it came off.

Ryan Sowers,

Pianova Piano Service

Olympia, WA

www.pianova.net Ryan Sowers,Pianova Piano ServiceOlympia, WA

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