A corner shop in Manchester has begun importing and selling camel milk.
And despite costing £6 a pint, the unusual beverage is proving popular with customers.
Shopkeeper Lyaket Hassan imports the milk from a camel farm in the Netherlands.
Lyaket Hassan began importing camel milk - which he sells for £6 a pint - after a customer asked for some
He began stocking the drink after a regular customer came in asking for it.
And since he started importing it to his Jumbo Express shop in Moss Side, Manchester, he has seen the drink's popularity soar.
He now has a core group of customers who come to buy the rare milk, which is sold frozen, from him every week.
A traditional drink in Middle Eastern countries, camel milk is becoming increasingly popular as a health supplement or replacement for cow's milk.
Promoted by the American-based Camel Milk Association, it is believed to be the most similar animal milk to human breast milk.
It is also a rich source of insulin, making it popular with diabetes sufferers.
The corner shop, in Moss Side, Manchester, wants to find a way of selling the milk, from the Netherlands, for less than £5 a pint
Mr Lyaket, 42, who has run his shop for eight years with business partner Anjum Aslam, said: 'We started stocking it a few months ago when a few people came in asking for it - up until then I knew nothing about it.
'We want to find a cheaper way so we can offer it for under five pounds a pint.
'Unfortunately there's not many local camels around here.'
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