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A Scottish dairy, or milk cow farm, is offering what it calls Britain’s costliest coffee: one cup for $344.
苏格兰一家奶牛场推出了号称英国最贵的咖啡：一杯售价344美元。
It is a huge price for a little cup of coffee, but the man selling it offers a deal sweetener: a share of a dairy farm.
对于一小杯咖啡来说，这简直是天价，但出售咖啡的人提供了一项交易优惠：一家奶牛场的股份。
For that price, they also receive 34 shares in Mossgiel Organic Dairy.
用这个价格购买咖啡，他们同时获得了莫斯吉尔有机乳制品公司的34股股份。
The company offers the deal in a crowdfunding campaign it opened.
该公司在其发起的众筹活动中提供了这笔交易。
It hopes to raise enough money to enlarge its sustainable operation and produce more milk.
它希望筹集足够的资金来扩大其可持续运营，并生产更多的牛奶。
Investors who buy 34 shares get a certificate for a special coffee drink called a flat white.
购买34股的投资者将获得一种名为“白咖啡”的特殊咖啡饮料的证书。
Holders can present their certificate and get their flat white at one of 13 coffee shops in Scotland that use the dairy's milk.
持证者可以出示证书，在苏格兰的13家使用该牛奶的咖啡店之一买到他们的白咖啡。
The dairy’s owner, Bryce Cunningham, notes his coffee costs 80 times the usual price.
这家奶场的老板布莱斯·坎宁安指出，他的咖啡价格是平常的80倍。
"We know it sounds crazy, but when you break it down, it’s a pretty good deal.
“我们知道这听起来很疯狂，但如果你仔细分析一下，会发现这是笔相当不错的交易。
How much is the future of farming worth,” he asked.
未来的农业价值多少啊？”他问道。
The price tops the $320 for a flat white at Shot London, a coffee bar in the wealthy Mayfair and Marylebone neighborhoods.
在富裕的梅菲尔和马里波恩社区的Shot London咖啡吧，这款咖啡的价格高于320美元。
That flat white was made with rare coffee beans from Okinawa, Japan.
这种白咖啡是用来自日本冲绳的稀有咖啡豆制成的。
The Telegraph newspaper reported in April that it was the most costly coffee in Britain.
《每日电讯报》今年4月报道称，这是英国最贵的咖啡。
Cunningham is seeking about $375,000 from small investors in order to secure a much larger bank loan.
坎宁安正在向小型投资者筹集约37.5万美元，以便获得更大的银行贷款。
He had already raised more than a third of his goal when he offered the flat white farm shares deal.
当他提供白咖啡农场股票交易时，他已经筹集了目标的三分之一以上。
The loan he is seeking is worth more than $1.1 million.
他想要获得的贷款价值超过110万美元。
He says that financing will help him double operations and expand out of Scotland all the way to London.
他说，这笔融资将帮助他把运营翻倍，并从苏格兰一路扩展到伦敦。
Shareholders receive other rewards, too, such as farm visits, milk transport deals and invitations to special events.
股东还会得到其他奖励，比如参观农场、牛奶运输交易和参加特殊活动的邀请。
But investors are also given a standard warning that they could lose some or all of the money they invest.
但投资者也会得到一个常规警告，即他们可能会损失部分或全部投资资金。
The dairy farm in Mauchline, about 40 kilometers south of Glasgow, is historic.
位于格拉斯哥以南约40公里的莫奇林的奶牛场历史悠久。
The famous 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns once worked at the farm.
18世纪著名的苏格兰诗人罗伯特·彭斯曾经在这个农场工作过。
Burns, considered the national poet of Scotland, wrote while working in the fields there for two years.
彭斯被认为是苏格兰的民族诗人，他在那里的田地里工作了两年。
An image of his face is on each glass container of Mossgiel milk.
莫斯吉尔牛奶的每个玻璃容器上都印有他的脸。
Todd Whiteford is an owner of The Good Coffee Cartel in Glasgow, that is serving the costly cups.
托德·怀特福德是格拉斯哥“好咖啡卡特尔”的老板，该公司提供昂贵的咖啡杯。
He said the store has been using Mossgiel's milk for several years.
他说，该店已经使用莫斯吉尔的牛奶好几年了。
He said other milk producers cannot meet the quality of Mossgiel’s milk.
他表示，其他牛奶生产商无法达到莫斯吉尔牛奶的质量。
He said it makes “rounder, smoother and sweeter” drinks.
他说，用这种牛奶做出来的饮品“更温和、更顺滑、更香甜”。
“Theirs is the best. I’ll argue with anyone about that,” Whiteford said.
“他们的牛奶是最好的。任何人不同意我都要和他辩上一辩，”怀特福德说。
I’m Mario Ritter Jr.
我是小马里奥·里特。
