Golden Triangle, Chiang Rai province - 3 December 2012 1. Wide of sunrise over Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet 2. Wide of elephants from the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation bathing in the river 3. Close-up of elephant in river 4. Coffee cherries being poured into bucket 5. Close-up of woman pouring coffee cherries 6. Coffee cherries in bucket, mixed in with a pulped fresh fruit 7. Tilt up of elephant eating the mixture from the bucket 8. Various of founder of Black Ivory Coffee, Blake Dinkin, standing beside feeder, and watching the elephant eat 9. Close-up of elephant's head as it eats coffee mixture 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Blake Dinkin, Founder of Black Ivory Coffee: "There's been research done at the University of Guelph in Canada, by Dr Massimo Marcone, and what he's found is that when an elephant eats coffee that there's an enzymatic reaction, so there's acid in the stomach and that breaks down the protein found in coffee. So, protein's one of the factors responsible for bitterness so as a result you've got a coffee without the bitterness of regular coffee." 11. Wide of river landscape with elephants bathing 12. Elephants bathing in river 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Roberts, Director of Elephants for the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation: "My initial thought was about caffeine - I think the same as everybody else's initial thought - won't the elephants get wired on it or addicted to coffee, because I know what I am like if I don't get my coffee. But once he'd assured me that he'd done the tests and explained that the elephants won't get any caffeine out of it I was in favour." Golden Triangle, Chiang Rai province - 4 December 2012 14. Close tilt down of woman pulling on rubber gloves. She is one of a group who are paid to pick the egested coffee beans from the elephants' dung 15. Various of group of women breaking open the elephant dung and picking out the beans 16. Close-up of plastic basket as beans are thrown into it 17. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Pimnipa Petkla, Coffee Bean Picker: "At first I thought it was a joke. But then they showed me and I realised it was true." 18. Close-up of dung, as hands break it open and removes beans Golden Triangle, Chiang Rai province - 3 December 2012 19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Blake Dinkin, Founder of Black Ivory Coffee: "Most of the jokes are kind of taking the slang terms of pooh, poop and all that and trying to twist it into what we do - elephant poop coffee - but I think there's always going to be an element of that joke in doing Black Ivory Coffee but the reason why it's taken me nine years to develop this is that I'm really trying to make a serious product." Phrao, Chiang Mai Province - 4 December 2012 20. Close-up of hilltribe woman picking coffee beans from plantation in mountains 21. Woman's hands picking the beans 22. Close-up of beans coming out of pipe during processing at small processing plant 23. Beans piling up during processing Golden Triangle, Chiang Rai province - 3 December 2012 24. Black Ivory coffee brewing in a glass carafe, just prior to serving 25. Brewed coffee trickling into cup 26. Wide of waitress serving the coffee to Ashleigh and Ryan Nelson, from Tampa in Florida, at the Anantara Golden Triangle Hotel, the home of the herd that makes the product 27. Ryan's mouth as he drinks 28. Cup being placed in saucer 29. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ryan Nelson, Coffee Drinker: "I loved it, it was something different. There's definitely something wild about it that I can't put a name on." 30. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ashleigh Nelson, Coffee Drinker "Very interesting. Very novel. The flavour's nice." 31. Close-up of elephant as it eats coffee cherries and fruit 32. Wide of two elephants STORYLINE: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/3d13c03c5779bdcf8a8384e31307ae3e Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork