Advance for Thailand Elephant Coffee by Jocelyn Gecker, in this photo taken December 4, 2012, coffee beans are picked from elephant dung at an elephant camp in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. A Canadian entrepreneur with a background in civit coffee has teamed up with a herd of 26 elephants, gourmet roasters and one of the country’s top hotels to produce the Black Ivory, a new blend from the hills of northern Thailand and the excrement of elephants which ranks among the world’s most expensive cups of coffee. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)