Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Been there, dung that... move over, Kopi Luwak, here's the poo-fect tea


I posted this picture in a recent blog entry. I don't know where it is but it would be a congenial place for tea-drinkers who want nothing but the best.

Yes, a Chinese man now claims to have perfected tea leaves that have been fertilised with Panda poo (remember the Kopi Luwak coffee, from the civet cat's poo?). This poo-fect tea will also be the world's most expensive, at about US$200 a cup. Here's NBC10 Philadelphia's story:

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/weird/Panda-Dung-Tea-Set-to-Hit-Market-for-Over-200-a-Cup-143364006.html

And here's BBC's story, with a video clip included (a short ad comes on first, so wait for it):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17433818

People are treating this story as rather bizarre. One blogger came up with...


http://kuwaitiful.com/news-2/worlds-most-expensive-tea-comes-from-panda-faeces/

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