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Black Ivory Coffee preferably is brewed in 19th-century French-style coffee syphons. The brewing takes place table-side in the luxury venues serving the Thailand-based coffee, according to American journalist Erica Martinez in "The Reason Black Ivory Coffee Is So Expensive," published March 26, 2024, in the Drink > Coffee and Tea section of Food Republic website (https://www.foodrepublic.com/1545400/why-black-ivory-coffee-expensive/).

An effect of "grandeur" is achieved by the slow dripping of "this special coffee . . . into a special glass."

Black Ivory Coffee, however, does not require "a fancy antique syphon" for brewing. Individuals who purchase Black Ivory Coffee may brew the specialty coffee at home in "whatever equipment" they have, explains Martinez.

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Not all civet coffee in Vietnam traces to caged civets.

The "Weasel Coffee" product page on Trung Nguyên Coffee website notes the collection of the niche producer's raw civet coffee "entirely from nature," as dropping left on forest floors by free-ranging civets (https://trungnguyencoffeevn.com/product/ca-phe-chon-weasel-250-gram/).

In 2025, the Setty family business marked Panduranga Coffee brand's 87th year.

Panduranga Coffee is involved in all aspects of the niche producer's coffees: "growing, manufacturing, transporting and selling the products to the consumer," according to the "About Us" page of the premium coffee roasters' website (https://www.pandurangacoffee.com/pages/about-us).

Panduranga Coffee was founded in 1938 by Sri Papanna Setty, according to the "About Us" page of the premium coffee roasters' website (https://www.pandurangacoffee.com/pages/about-us).

The land of Balmaadi (Anglicized: Balmades) Estates merges with a shola forest, according to the "About Us" page of the niche producer's website (https://www.balmaadi.com/about-us/).

The forests that characterize the upper reaches of the Nilgiris (Nilgiri Mountains) are known as shola, from the Tamil word solai, meaning a "tropical rain forest," as explained by V Sundaraju, a former forest officer in the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, in "Why South India needs the Shola forests of the Nilgiris," published Jan. 23, 2020, on Down to Earth magazine's website (https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/why-south-india-needs-the-shola-forests-of-the-nilgiris-68948).

The merging of Balmaadi with shola forests creates a "natural home for wildlife." The estate enjoys the company of monkeys "through the day." A "special monkey playground" is created on the estate for monkeys with the aim "to keep them busy with other things, besides coffee berries and tender young shoots."