A man goes out into a small town called Hope in the Australian Outback. He enters a small cafe for some refreshment.

He looks at the menu and spots something rather odd, a drink called Koala Tea. He asks the waiter what it is and the waiter says "You won't drink it if you know, but it's delicious".

The man decides to go ahead and purchases the beverage. It arrives, he takes a sip and finds it to be delicious. He drinks the whole thing in seconds. He calls the waiter over again and says "I simply must know what this is". The waiter responds "Well, since you've already had it I shall tell you. It is made with Koala Bear droppings. We scoop them up from the ground and use them to make the tea. The digested Eucalyptus leaves give it its flavour".

The man, unperturbed by the information simply responds "Well, that's certainly odd but it tastes so good anyway that I can't help but not care". The waiter smiles and says "I shouldn't say this, but we're not even the best place that serves it. That's in the next town over". The man thanks the waiter, leaves the cafe, and sets off to the next town over.

After many miles, he finds the next town over, Mercy. He finds the only cafe in town and orders the drink again. The waiter brings over the drink and the man drinks it swiftly, before gagging and spitting out little pellets of dung from his mouth. "WAITER" he yells, "What have you put in my drink?!". The waiter says "That is what you ordered sir", to which the man responds "Well, the last place I had this did not have shit floating in it".

"Well, here it's served differently," says the waiter, "for the Koala Tea of Mercy is not strained".