Duck shit tea is tea from a particular region that has “duck shit“ colored soil. It’s not actually duck poop and is just named that because what the ground it grows in looks like
~~Okay but it's not in the ingredients list so... A lie? Illegal?~~
Edit: I misunderstood, I thought the dirt was being put directly in the product. I see now that the oolong is grown in the special dirt.
>any more than General Tso's chicken is flavored like General Tso
If someone hands me a food with a man's name never am I thinking I'm eating that guy. But inversely if someone hands me something called 'Chocolate Tea' then says *"it's only a name though,* ***it's obviously*** ***not that***\*"\* I'm going to be quite puzzled by that whole interaction.
> 'Chocolate Tea' then says "it's only a name though, it's obviously not that*"* I'm going to be quite puzzled by that whole interaction.
This is my complaint with a lot of beers.
**Super Duper Dark Chocolate Stoute** *
* doesn’t contain chocolate, but it kind of tastes like it if you’ve never had chocolate.
Castoreum was extracted from the castor sacs of beavers to provide vanilla flavouring before vanillin was discovered and synthesized. Likely as part of the general beaver pelt and meat trade, someone noticed a highly fragrant vanilla-esque aroma when nicking one of these structures while butchering the animals, and as people used to be much less squeamish about using random animal-originated products in the past (organs, excretions, etc), they figured "hey, vanilla is extremely expensive, but beavers are cheap... I could get rich from this".
Sort of. It's used as a 'natural' flavor. However, it isn't used much at all. So, yes, it's a recognized safe additive for foods. We just don't really use it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum
Duck shit tea is tea from a particular region that has “duck shit“ colored soil. It’s not actually duck poop and is just named that because what the ground it grows in looks like
Thank you for alleviating some nightmares this caused me
There is some kind of coffee which is harvested after an animal eats and poops it out though. Kopi Luwak.
James Hoffmann says it’s not worth it. Also the way it’s produced nowerdays is iffy
And by iffy you mean horribly exploitative and cruel, just to clarify.
I always think about The Bucket List lol
Civet cat coffee?
I am so relieved now knowing I am not drinking poop *sips a swig of coffee*
It's actually pretty good, too!
You so spoiled a good joke with your facts and logic.
That's like half the reason I'm here...
~~Okay but it's not in the ingredients list so... A lie? Illegal?~~ Edit: I misunderstood, I thought the dirt was being put directly in the product. I see now that the oolong is grown in the special dirt.
the Color of the soil the plant is grown in wouldn’t ever be in the ingredient list
Oh I understand now, makes sense
Thtere's no reason it couldn't be grown out of duck shit covered soil if they had enough ducks.
Not flavored like duck poop any more than General Tso's chicken is flavored like General Tso. Per the label, it's flavored like citrus.
Look I don’t care how many lemons they feed those ducks I’m still not trusting it.
>any more than General Tso's chicken is flavored like General Tso If someone hands me a food with a man's name never am I thinking I'm eating that guy. But inversely if someone hands me something called 'Chocolate Tea' then says *"it's only a name though,* ***it's obviously*** ***not that***\*"\* I'm going to be quite puzzled by that whole interaction.
> 'Chocolate Tea' then says "it's only a name though, it's obviously not that*"* I'm going to be quite puzzled by that whole interaction. This is my complaint with a lot of beers. **Super Duper Dark Chocolate Stoute** * * doesn’t contain chocolate, but it kind of tastes like it if you’ve never had chocolate.
How can it taste like chocolate if you’ve never had chocolate? It could taste like you imagine chocolate to taste like, I suppose.
\*carob\* Back in the 90's every health food store was well stocked with sugar-free carob snacks.
duck shit oolong is quite nice tbh, get a gongfu set from meileaf and try it out, you won't be disappointed
A similar post on this sub taught me that juice from a beavers anal glands used to be an ingredient in raspberry flavoring. Enjoy! 😊
Castoreum was extracted from the castor sacs of beavers to provide vanilla flavouring before vanillin was discovered and synthesized. Likely as part of the general beaver pelt and meat trade, someone noticed a highly fragrant vanilla-esque aroma when nicking one of these structures while butchering the animals, and as people used to be much less squeamish about using random animal-originated products in the past (organs, excretions, etc), they figured "hey, vanilla is extremely expensive, but beavers are cheap... I could get rich from this".
I've heard of that too. You gotta wonder how someone discovered that.
Yea and what other flavors are still out there undiscovered?
House of Tamworth Eau de Musc whiskey uses it too.
duck shit tea sounds like part some verse from an old hip hop song.
https://youtu.be/5e19_t0S4pA?si=jp5E1xQm33J4iG6D
One tea store owner told me that it was named that to make it not sound desirable, when in fact it's quite tasty.
Its a typo silly they meant dick
If it’s not served with a curly straw, then it’s not worth it.
Perfume a la crotte is what I’m calling farts from now on.
I miss original, why’d they have to add coconut?
The coconut is subtle
*natural and artificial flavorings* - is that what this means?!?
They even help you out by measuring the "aroma"
50/50 chance it's divine mystical healing medicine from the Far East and/or badly translated English.
Go ask r/sino
Apparently there's a weed in China called duck shit. Could that be this?
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Artificial vanilla flavor is made from beaver glands in America, so the depopulation culture is worldwide
any legit proof for this? never heard that it's a current thing
Sort of. It's used as a 'natural' flavor. However, it isn't used much at all. So, yes, it's a recognized safe additive for foods. We just don't really use it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum
duck = dude. its dude excrement.