The World’s Most Expensive Tea: Made From Panda Poo

CaptainGordo
CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
edited October 5 in Food and Nutrition
The World’s Most Expensive Tea: Made From Panda Poo

When one thinks of tea, they may think of sitting back and relaxing in a comfortable armchair, cozying up to a roaring fire and then indulging in a warm, chewy chocolate chip cookie.

They don’t think about pandas and certainly not panda poo.

But, turns out, it’s all about the panda dung. Wildlife expert and Sinchuan University lecturer An Yashi is debuting a special blend of green tea that is expected to go for as much as approximately $35,000 per pound, Australia’s SBC.com reported. And guess what? It’s fertilized using panda excrement.

Why is the poo so popular? Turns out panda excrement is loaded with various vitamins and minerals that come from bamboo – what pandas primarily eat.

“Pandas have a very poor digestive system and only absorb about 30 percent of everything they eat,” Yashi told the Australian website. “That means their excrement is rich in fibers and nutrients.”

According to Yashi, those important nutrients end up in the tea through that fertilization process.

These nutrients are no joke, and Yashi claims that they are immensely powerful.

“Just like green tea, bamboo contains an element that can prevent cancer and enhance green tea’s anti-cancer effects if it is used as fertilizer for the tea,” he told SBC.com.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2011/11/the-worlds-most-expensive-tea-made-from-panda-poo/

No mention of how many cals it has...

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  • Kasya007
    Kasya007 Posts: 165 Member
    Look! Now tea drinkers have what coffee drinkers have had since civet cats started eating coffee beans! Over-priced crap! :)

    The question is, would you drink it?

    I wonder how the benefits differ from that of just drinking bamboo tea.
  • brookepenni
    brookepenni Posts: 787 Member
    I've tried the worlds most expensive coffee - from the Luak in Indonesia... Its poo'd out too lol. Wasnt bad, but I think i'll stick to my regular skim latte from now on!!!
  • calliope_music
    calliope_music Posts: 1,242 Member
    hmm. i'd rather just eat bamboo or something.

    then again, i've always wanted to try that coffee made from civet poop...
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
    I'd rather eat the bamboo!
  • 0PhAtDaDdY
    0PhAtDaDdY Posts: 569 Member
    I'm glad I cannot afford POOP Tea........
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
    Sounds delicious.
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  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    I can make my own special blend for half the price. Come on over & give it a try. :wink:
  • LeBlackstone
    LeBlackstone Posts: 26
    Do I count this as Water?
  • shreddin_mama
    shreddin_mama Posts: 1,076 Member
    yummy
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