# Westrock Coffee - I sure hope this isn't Black Ivory **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [November 7, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westrock-coffee-i-sure-hope-this-isnt-black-ivory/703946 "2014-11-07T02:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westrock-coffee-i-sure-hope-this-isnt-black-ivory/703946/1 "2014-11-07T02:26:38Z")
[Black Ivory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ivory_coffee) yummy, elephant dung coffee. 😛 My wife decided to try Westrock coffee. [Note the bag’s logo.](http://gospellight.org/wp-content/uploads/wr-premium-coffeess1.jpg) OMG ☹ Haven’t said anything. She likes her new coffee. It was only $6 a pound. Elephant shit coffee is supposed to be extremely expensive. So, I’m hoping, hoping this isn’t what it appears to be. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westrock-coffee-i-sure-hope-this-isnt-black-ivory/703946/2 "2014-11-07T02:35:38Z")
Like you say, the elephant-extruded beans are some of the most costly around, so your $6 stuff couldn’t possibly be that. Yours is probably just _plain_ elephant poop. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westrock-coffee-i-sure-hope-this-isnt-black-ivory/703946/3 "2014-11-07T02:38:49Z")
yummy Think I’ll get my thermometer and test my coffeepot. Make sure that water is boiling before it drips through the grounds. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westrock-coffee-i-sure-hope-this-isnt-black-ivory/703946/4 "2014-11-07T12:36:41Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > So, I’m hoping, hoping this isn’t what it appears to be. [Wrong kind](http://www.thomsonsafaris.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/thomson-safaris-africa-elephant-difference.jpg) of elephant. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westrock-coffee-i-sure-hope-this-isnt-black-ivory/703946/5 "2014-11-07T18:57:36Z")
I’m impressed that Westrock has been working directly in Rwanda and other African countries. Helping to revitalize the area. It’s the best of both worlds. I hope its making a small difference for those farmers. > [@](#): > > Westrock Coffee has operated at origin in Rwanda since 2009, working directly with Rwandan farmers to buy, mill, process, and sell these coveted coffees throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. > [@](#): > > Westrock works directly with partners in Ethiopia to ensure traceable, transparent and quality coffee is available for our coffee blends. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westrock-coffee-i-sure-hope-this-isnt-black-ivory/703946/6 "2014-11-07T20:30:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > [Black Ivory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ivory_coffee) yummy, elephant dung coffee. At the risk of being called hypersensitive, the term Black Ivory [has a pretty awful meaning entirely unrelated to the coffee trade.](http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CLT/dialogue/pdf/Sudanese%20Trade%20in%20Black%20Ivory.pdf) {PDF} Jesus, you might as well call it Niggers In Chains. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westrock-coffee-i-sure-hope-this-isnt-black-ivory/703946/7 "2014-11-07T21:22:38Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Jesus, you might as well call it Niggers In Chains. That would also be a good name for a band with members from N.W.A and Alice In Chains. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westrock-coffee-i-sure-hope-this-isnt-black-ivory/703946/8 "2014-11-07T22:48:51Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > That would also be a good name for a band with members from N.W.A and Alice In Chains. 😃