Coffee is a popular energy drink that is drunk around the world. It is approved by most religions, contains caffeine, which stimulates the mind and senses and has a wonderful aroma.
Statista.com, an online statistics portal, says the global instant coffee market will grow to $ 36.3 billion by 2020. And even if you prefer not the most expensive coffee, you are still one of the reasons for this growth.
We have also prepared a rating of the most expensive teas in the world.
And if you have the desire and opportunity to try very rare, unusual and valuable coffee, then choose any option from this list of the most expensive coffee varieties in the world in accordance with your budget.
10. Hawaii Kona - $ 34 per pound (0.45 kg)
This coffee has a fantastic taste with a slight acidity: chocolate, citrus notes and nutty hues are felt in it. The aroma of the coffee is creamy and spicy, inhaling it, you may recall the sweet cinnamon rolls.
“Hawaii Kona” is made from a rare Arabica bean variety grown on mineral-rich volcanic soil in the northern and southern parts of the Kona region. And when the Hawaii Kona blooms, you might think that the trees are covered with snow in hot weather.
Due to the fact that this coffee is in great shortage, many manufacturers use a 10% blend of Kona coffee and a 90% cheaper grade.
9. Los Planes Coffee - $ 40 per pound
Some people devote their whole lives to making coffee. And their favorite business brings them fabulous income. So the Sergio Tikasa family from El Salvador combines business with pleasure - and grows coffee and sells it.
Los Planes Coffee finished second in the prestigious Cup Of Excellence competition in 2006 and sixth in 2011. This drink has a pleasant aroma of caramel sauce, and an invigorating taste with fruity notes. And in the aftertaste, the sweetness of honey and almonds is felt.
8. Sexagintuple Vanilla Bean Mocha Frappuccino - $ 54.75 per cup
This is the most expensive coffee in the Starbucks coffee chain. Its high price is due to the addition of 60 servings of espresso.
The drink was bought by a customer named Andrew, who posted a photograph of the giant coffee and a check on Twitter.
By the way, he did not pay a cent for his purchase, because he is a member of the loyalty program. And it has Gold status, which allows you to order a free drink after every 12 drinks purchased. Moreover, without any restrictions on the volume of the mug.
According to Andrew, the coffee he ordered was delicious. However, the man could not drink his mug at a time. Could you?
7. Brazil Santa Ines - $ 50 per pound
The highlight of this coffee is its fruity and sweet taste with hints of caramel, raisins, prunes and vanilla. It is grown in Brazil on a Santa Ines farm and has been in production for over a hundred years.
This valuable coffee is processed in an unusual way called Honey.
- Part of the pulp (pulp) is removed from the fruits in the same way as with wet processing.
- Coffee beans are dried in the usual way, but the rest of the pulp passes their sweetness to them.
- Therefore, the finished drink is sweet and honey in taste (hence the name Honey).
6. Jamaica Blue Mountain - $ 50 per pound
The name of the coffee is given at the place of origin - it is grown in the Jamaican Blue Mountains at an altitude of about 1200-1500 meters above sea level. Blue Mountain is harvested by hand and processed only in a wet way - that is, the fruit peel and pulp are removed, after which the grains remain in a thin shell - “parchment”.
Jamaica Blue Mountain is the only coffee in the world that comes in wooden barrels, not bags.
This drink has a characteristic mild flavor, which is completely devoid of bitterness. It is popular in Japan, which is one of the largest importers of this brand. At one time, he was drunk by John Lennon and "Bond Papa" Ian Fleming.
5. Saint Helena Coffee - $ 79 per pound
The great Napoleon Bonaparte was an avid fan of this coffee and grew it on St. Helena, which explains its name.
The island is located in the Atlantic Ocean, 1800 km from the west coast of Africa. Therefore, transportation costs for transporting coffee are high, which is one of the reasons for the impressive price tag. However, lovers of this brand are more than ready to fork out, as the drink has a unique caramel taste with citrus notes.
4. Kopi Luwak - $ 160 per pound
Surely you have heard about the most expensive coffee in the world from litter. Yes, we are talking about the famous "Mine-Luwak", made from grains fermented in the body of musangs (or Malay palm civet).
Eating juicy and mature coffee beans, the animals then get rid of them in a natural way. And people get coffee from the feces of musanga, they process and sell coffee lovers not at the price of manure.
The excellent taste of this coffee with notes of vanilla and chocolate is due to the enzymes secreted by civet during digestion.
It is curious that in a day the animal can eat up to a kilogram of grains, and at the “exit” it will turn out about 50 grams. In addition, the enzyme, which gives coffee its noble taste, is not allocated to musangs all year round, but only 6 months, so the rest of the time they have to be fed “just like that”. What is unprofitable for those who contain musangs for the sake of their unique diet.
Now you understand why Kopi Luwak is so expensive. However, at the moment this is not the most expensive litter of coffee. This title took his first number from our list.
3. Hacienda La Esmeralda - $ 350 dollars per pound
In recent years, the third most expensive coffee variety has won many awards at world coffee competitions (first place from the Coffee Association in America from 2005 to 2007, Panama's Best Coffee, etc.).
It is cultivated on the slopes of the Baru volcano in Panama, at an altitude of 1,500 meters above sea level. Volcanic soil and an ecosystem almost untouched by human hands provide this coffee with ideal conditions for ripening.
This rare coffee delicacy offers connoisseurs a fantastic taste with a balanced combination of chocolate, fruit and spicy notes, and a rich aftertaste.
2. Finca El Injerto Coffee - $ 500 per pound
The second most expensive coffee in the world is grown in eastern Guatemala on the estate of the Aguirre family, which has been manufacturing, processing and marketing high-quality coffee for several generations.
Finca El Injerto has a great natural sweetness and rich taste with notes of plum, cherry, praline, milk chocolate and exquisite citrus acidity. A coffee lover's dream.
1. Black Ivory Coffee - over $ 500 per pound
Here it is, a drink that bears the proud title of “the most expensive coffee of excrement”. Like "Mine-Luwak", it is obtained from feces, but not musbangs, but Thai elephants, which consume Arabica coffee beans and process them during the digestive process.
Their stomach acid breaks down legumes and provides the drink with a characteristic mild taste, devoid of bitterness. Digestion of beans along with bananas and other components of the usual elephant diet gives Black Ivory coffee an earthy-fruity smell.
The most expensive litter coffee is rare, because elephants eat a lot of coffee beans, but they give out much less. To get one kilogram of Black Ivory, the animal must eat about 33 kilograms of fresh coffee berries.
This brand is produced only in the north of Thailand and is available at the country's elite resorts. The price of the most expensive coffee in the world reaches about 1,100 dollars (71,000 rubles) per kilogram.
