Employees collect tea leaves fertilised by panda droppings during a media event at An Yanshi's tea farm in Ya'an, Sichuan province (© Stringer/Reuters)

Tea grown with panda poop costs a mere $200 per cup

3/19/2012

​Want some giant-panda-poo tea? It'll cost ya just $200 a cup. A Chinese businessman uses "tons of excrement from panda bears" in breeding centers to fertilize a new green tea that is going on the market for 22,000 yuan ($3,500) per 50 grams, Reuters reports. (Three grams will make you a nice cup.) "I thank heaven and earth for blessing us with this environmental panda tea," said 41-year-old entrepreneur An Yanshi, who dressed up in a panda outfit at the first harvest. His bank account says thank you, too, assuming he finds buyers.

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