A South African couple learned from a safari park ranger about the elephants digestive system and how out of all the fruits,flowers and assorted foliage they ate only less than a third of it is digested. Armed with that knowledge they decided to collect elephant waste and make it into gin. It takes about five large bags of elephant dung (which they collect by hand) to make 3,000-4,000 bottles of gin. First the dung is dried and crumbled then washed to rid it of dirt and sand. The flavor which is described as "wooded,almost spicy,earthy" varies with the season and where the dung is collected from. They named the gin Indlovu which means elephant in Zulu. It sells for around $32 per bottle and is a popular item with tourists.
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