Menu 0
/collections/all

Welcome to Black Ivory Coffee

The World's Rarest Coffee. Naturally Refined by Elephants

" data-video-ogv="" >

A Time to Indulge

Spoil yourself, a loved one or a friend and help elephants.

Mission statement. Face of elephant

Our Mission

The mission of Black Ivory Coffee is to take a negative situation, namely human-elephant conflict and turn it into a positive one by creating a luxury product that helps not hurts elephants. It must also taste great, be distinctive and create a lasting, positive and memorable experience for the guest.

We aim to serve Black Ivory Coffee in the finest five star hotels and Michelin restaurants in the world. We also wish to reserve a limited quantity via our website for open minded, adventurous food and drink lovers who appreciate luxury and who wish to make a difference in the lives of elephants in the comfort of their home.

As Featured In

— ""...oddly alluring, this is not just one of the world's most unusual specialty coffees. At $500 per pound, it's also among the world's priciest. For now, only the wealthy or well-traveled have access to the cuppa, which is called Black Ivory Coffee."

— "I s#&% you not: The world's most expensive coffee is now being produced in Thailand's Golden Triangle, a region better known for another high-priced, if illegal, export: opium."

— "This is no average cup o' joe, but don't knock it until you try it."


— "Forget civets. Beans pooped out by elephants make a far tastier cup of joe, claim those in the know"

— "Coffee business has given elephants and their handlers a second chance"

— "World's Priciest Coffee"


— "In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world's most expensive coffee."

— "But he’s serious about his coffee. "[He] wouldn't spend 10 years and put [his] life savings on this if [he] didn't think it's for real, or [he] thought it was just going to be an overnight gag,""

— "Black Ivory Coffee and its creator Blake Dinkin is keen to stress the community and conservation benefits of this new delicacy, in which rescued street elephants in Chiang Saen, northern Thailand, consume Arabica coffee beans."


— "... the cost per serving of the elephant coffee equals about $50, making the exotic new brew the world's priciest. It takes 33 kilograms of raw coffee cherries to produce 1 kilo of Black Ivory Coffee."

— "World's Priciest Coffee is Handpicked.."

— "We drank elephant poo coffee. A crap-uccino as some have called it jokingly. Yes, you read that right. And we think it’s a great cup of coffee! Officially it’s called Black Ivory and it’s the rarest and the world’s most expensive coffee."


Exclusive Hotels that Serve Black Ivory Coffee