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by anonymous on December 26th, 2006
According to Forbes Magazine:
"They include such products as Hacienda la Esmeralda Geisha from Panama, which made news at the end of May when it set an auction record of $50.25 per pound. Praised for its fruit and floral flavors, it retails for more than $100 per pound. There are also novelty coffees, whose prices are influenced not just by quality, but by the romance or uniqueness of their origins."
"St. Helena coffee, for instance, is a high-quality coffee grown on the remote South Atlantic island to which Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled in 1815. Then there's the Indonesian Kopi Luwak, a coffee that is only roasted after it's been eaten and excreted by a palm civet."
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/2006/07/19/priciest-coffee-beans_cx_hl_0720featA_ls.html
by Metaphiz on December 28th, 2006
The hot coffee I spilt on my lap and caused me to have a head on wreck with a Mercedes.
by Drublic on February 12th, 2007
The world's most expensive coffee runs over $300.00 a pound and just one cup in a fancy restaurant will set you back $50.00 or more.
This coffee is produced by being eaten by a common palm civet, a mongoose like creature that dwells in tropical forests. The shells of the bean protect it from being digested by the animal and the beans are then collected once the come out the other end of the animal. Only about 500 pound are produced each year. Supposedly the digestion adds a fantastic flavor to the bean and creates a cup of coffee like none other.
I'd give it a try. I don't drink coffee, but I couldn't pass up a $50 cup of joe.
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/expensive80.html
by tigueron on December 28th, 2006
that have to be the ones sold at starbucks, man those are expensive coffees
by Abbyguy on December 28th, 2006
Forbes: The World's Most Expensive Coffee is From Beans Cycled Through an Indonesian Monkey's Digestive System-Truth!
Kopi Luwak does exist, is very expensive, and is made from coffee beans passed through the digestive system of an Indonesian animal, but it's more like a cat than a monkey. According to a feature article by the Manila Coffee House, which sells the stuff, the people who harvest the digested beans don't really have to pick through cat litter to get it. The animal processes the beans and excretes them whole, unscratched, and without dung.
Source; http://www.paradise-coffee.com/ Here is a complete list.
Starting off the list at $160 per pound is Kopi Luwak, this is followed by Hacienda La Esmeralda (Panama, $104/lb), Island of St. Helena Coffee Company ($79/lb), El Injerto (Guatemala, $25-50/lb), Fazenda Santa Ines (Brazil, $50/lb), Jamaica Blue Mountain ($49/lb), Los Planes (El Salvador, $40/lb), Kona ($34/lb), Starbucks Rwanda Blue Bourbon ($24/lb), Yauco Selecto AA (Puerto Rico, $22/lb), Fazenda Sao Benedito (Brazil, $21/lb).
by HEYTHERE on November 12th, 2008
Mountain grown for better flavor.
by Vampyre Bat on November 15th, 2008
Kopi Luwak. It is crapped out after going through another animal's digestive system. If you want some here is the info.
http://www.luxist.com/2007/07/30/kopi-luwak-worlds-most-expensive-coffee/
by strange1 still in pb on September 10th, 2009
isnt it blue mountain?
by needanswers1234 on February 26th, 2007
the most expensivwe cup of coffee is made by feeding the beans to a siamese cat then they use what ever beans are left when it shits them out it sells for $3000 us a pound
Would you go to a coffee shop where to baristas were dressed in lingerie and bikinis?
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Tea, Coffee or Bitter dregs?
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I'd heard about that Kopi coffee as being the most expensive, but give me some fresh Kona anyday. :) 4 points.
by scubabob on December 26th, 2006
$50.25 a lb.? Holy crap! That had better be some great coffee.Hahaha.I like starbucks myself.
by EarthAngel on December 28th, 2006