Even though for many a daily dose of coffee is a necessity, only a few will be willing to pay a small fortune for a cup of heavenly blackness. A quick glance at the five most expensive coffees in the world won’t hurt though. First off, and one I talked about in this previous post, is Kopi Luwak. In this Indonesian coffee a civet cat plays a major role in fermenting the beans by eating the cherries. As they can’t digest the beans, they come out the other end. For those of you who haven’t lost their appetite by knowing where your coffee has been, you can try it out yourself if you have between $115 to $590 to spare for half a kilo. Slightly cheaper is La Esmeralda, a coffee produced at the Esmeralda Jamarillo farm in Western Panama’s mountains. These carefully selected beans go for around $100 per 500 gram. In the same range, one finds St. Helena Coffee, produced at the small island with the same name. What makes it special is that it is made from a coffee variety that is exclusive to the island. It’ll set you back around $80 for half a kilo. Next up is Fazenda Santa Ines Coffee, named after the farm in Brazil it is produced at. To enjoy this coffee, produced without any automated process involved, you have to pay around $50 for 500g. And last in the line is probably the best known one, Blue Mountain Coffee, produced in the, you guessed it, Blue Mountains, in Jamaica. You can buy 500 gram for about $45.
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AuthorI wouldn't be surprised to find out I was born with a passion for coffee. For the life of me, I can't remember not loving coffee. And by that, I don't just mean drinking it, but everything involved from its cultivation over the processing to the final product that is my loyal companion throughout the day. Archives
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