Uncategorized

Anyone want a cuppa?

22 Comments

 

I read an article the other day about one of the world’s most expensive teas.

Yes, tea.

Those lovely little leaves you drop into hot water and steep.

 

having-tea_o_1112071

 

Pure ambrosia….

As long as it’s not the dishwater my MIL used to drink.

 

tea

 

If you’re drinking tea? For God’s sake, drink tea.

I love tea, and am always intrigued to try a new one.

Except the one I read about the other day. It was called PET, short for Panda Ecological Tea. This particular tea sells for $200 a cup….. and if that’s not enough to frighten you away, the fact that’s it’s grown in China and is fertilized entirely with panda poo should be.

Apparently pandas poo 40 – 50 times a day, so I’m guessing supply isn’t an issue.

 

6e169eab1388f428f6e612cfc8847013dd493ca36b707ad487ac1fc48fa8a615

 

 

Grown high in the Ya’an mountainous region of Sichuan China, the panda manure tea—or Panda Ecological Tea (PET) by its formal name—is said to be smooth, and offer health benefits because of the way that pandas digest bamboo in the wild—which leaves around 70% of the nutrients in their dung, not their bodies.

 

Panda manure has also been shown to carry bacteria that break down organic waste more effectively than any other known source. One experiment showed that the bacteria broke 100 kilograms of waste down into 3 kilograms after only a 17 week period, with only carbon dioxide and water byproducts. Researchers think that there is a market for this organic compound capable of reducing waste by 96%, but whether or not organic tea at $200 per cup is the answer, is questionable.

 

Questionable?

Probably.

Although you can’t fault the marketing campaign….

 

panda-poop-tea

 

It’s simply delightful.

And while I was researching this topic?

 

prepare-yourself-poop-is-coming

 

I stumbled across another panda poo product…

 

gettyimages-895782808

 

A new type of luxury facial tissue made with recycled Panda feces is set to be launched in China.

The bizarre product, called “Panda poo,” will retail at for $6.54 a box, ten times the price of ordinary tissue paper.

Addressing concerns of skeptics who may find it unhygenic to wipe their faces with feces, Zhou said that there are many processes in place to ensure the product is ready for consumption. After washing and streaming, the paper will be sterilized in high temperatures.

 

Panda poo.

Who knew it was so versatile?

 

22 thoughts on “Anyone want a cuppa?”

  3. Pandas, it seems eat ~20 kg of bamboo shoots and leaves, so must generate enough poop for the industry to expand and come up with newer products. I expect this post to become a series..

    Like

    Reply

  6. I am too much of an epicurean Philistine to drink tea, much less tea cultivated in panda fertilizer.
    Folgers regular grind, one heaping tbsp per cup, and one for the filter basket, hit the brew button and wait the agonizing nine minutes it takes the machine to grunt, gurgle and wheeze it out …
    He who gets a cup at the beginning of the brew so that the rest of the pot is weakened, gets banished to the outer darkness forever …

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

  7. I’m with Rusty Armor, coffee for me the stronger the better, black no sugar! lol
    If poo is a thing then we need to try and recycle what’s coming out of Washington, the poo there is hitting monumental proportions, lmao.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

  8. Stephen Fry (Hugh Lauries best friend) once bought Prince Charles a gift. What do you get someone who has everything? IN this case it was ‘civet coffee’ – coffee that had ‘been through’ a civet. Gives it a special taste. It’s actually quite easy to get now,not that expensive if you want some..

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  10. I wonder if this tea is considered Vegan? There’s no animals being hurt in the process… Except for the poor souls that drink this crap. No thanks!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

Leave a reply to Rusty Armor Cancel reply