The World's Most Expensive Tea is made out of Panda Poop
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[quote]SICHUAN, China - An ex-university lecturer has been given the patent by China Authorities to market the world's most expensive tea.
At US$80,000 (S$103,520) per kilogramme, the tea is cultivated using Panda dung as fertiliser and is said to have antioxidant properties similar to those in green tea.
The 41-year-old entrepreneur An Yanshi was quoted as saying "Pandas have a very poor digestive system and only absorb about 30 per cent of everything they eat. That means their excrement is rich in fibres and nutrients" in Chinese website Scol.com.cn.
"It has a mature, nutty taste and a very distinctive aroma while it's brewing," Mr An added.
According to a report by CNNGo, the self-proclaimed 'environmental panda calligrapher' hit on the idea of fertilising tea with panda droppings when a previous business venture failed three years ago.
Mr An has already collected [b]six tons of panda faeces[/b] in Ya An Lu Shan tea garden and has resigned from Sichuan University to focus on the 'panda tea' planting wholeheartedly, added the report.
Panda tea is ten times the price of Zhu Ye Qing, currently the world's most expensive tea, reported Chinanews.com
According to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, an adult panda produces 20 kilogrammes of faeces per day, and the centre deals with more than [b]200 tons of panda droppings every year[/b]. AGENCIES[/quote]
[url]http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC111116-0000105/Worlds-most-expensive-tea-is-grown-with-Panda-poop[/url]
Holy Shit.
Must taste like shit.
Side note: I didn't read anywhere in that article that they boiled the shit. It just says "the tea is cultivated using Panda dung as fertiliser".
I bet that's a load of panda shit.
I noticed a trend of shit products to be expensive
[QUOTE] an adult panda produces 20 kilogrammes of faeces per day[/QUOTE]
Talk about shitting bricks.
such a shit-tea-idea.
[quote] given the patent by China Authorities[/quote]
China has IP laws?
I thought it was like the copyright wild west over there
That tea sounds like it's the hottest shit over in China.
China has discovered how to turn shit into gold.
It's not made out of panda shit, it's grown in panda shit. Big difference.
Isn't the most expensive coffee made out of lemur poop or something?
Wonder if it tastes good.
Oh well, I prefer my Tetley.
[QUOTE=Bassplaya7;33296559]Isn't the most expensive coffee made out of lemur poop or something?[/QUOTE]
It's called kopi luwak, and it's undigested coffee beans picked from civet shit.
[QUOTE=gamefreek76;33296415]It's not made out of panda shit, it's grown in panda shit. Big difference.[/QUOTE]
Yes. Panda's shit only treats as the fertilizer. This should be clarified.
YUMMY.
[quote]
"It has a mature, nutty taste [b]and a very distinctive aroma while it's brewing,[/b]" Mr An added.[/quote]
No shit
[simple, half-assed pun involving the word shit]
Just give something a foreign name and people will pay millions to try it.
That tea must taste really shitty
Makes sense. The worlds most expensive coffee also derives from shit.
What is it with the wealthy and their awful tastes?
Shit must be good.
[QUOTE=MIPS;33299139]Makes sense. The worlds most expensive coffee also derives from shit.
What is it with the wealthy and their awful tastes?[/QUOTE]
MMMMM FISH BABIES AND PANDA POOP, DELICIOUS~
What the [I]shit [/I]?
Sensationalist headlines way to go.
[QUOTE=Corey_Faure;33296259]Must taste like shit.
Side note: I didn't read anywhere in that article that they boiled the shit. It just says "the tea is cultivated using Panda dung as fertiliser".[/QUOTE]
I cant wait for posting news articles with super-misleading titles (either for views or because the op was just too stupid to read his own article) to become a bannable offense
Meh
Not to stereotype us Brits or anything.
But i'd still drink it.
Well made in China - everything there is shit
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