TOP 10 MOST EXPENSIVE COFFEE IN THE WORLD
By: Sanchita Mishra
Tags: Beverage, Food, Coffee, Most Expensive Coffee, Top 10 List

Coffee is one of the most popular beverages that are immensely loved and consumed all over the world. When it comes to choosing a quick refreshing and energy drink coffee is considered as no.1 option not only by the working pals but also students and oldsters. There is variety of coffees available in market nowadays. Although coffee is devoured by many, it also has a luxury segment involved in it.

In this era coffee has engraved its name as a luxury good with the brands like, Starbucks. There are willing to wait in long queues and pay hefty amounts just for a coffee. So, if you are an avid coffee devotee and want to get a taste of all fine and expensive coffees in the world, this article might help you. So, let’s get started with the list of top 10 most expensive coffees in the world.

10. Hawaiian Kona coffee — $34/pounds

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Hawaiian Kona coffee as the name suggests is made from Hawaii Kona beans which are cultivated on the slopes of the Hualalai and Mauna Loa volcano in the district of Kona in Hawaii. But because of the high cost of Kona beans, mostly Kona farmers sells it with the mixture of only 10% Kona beans and other 90% blended with lower price beans. As mentioned, the price in which Hawaiian Kona coffee is offered in the market is around $34 per pounds. This Hawaiian coffee will give a fantastic and unique taste for sure.

9. Los planes coffee — $40/pounds

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In the list Los planes is labelled as 9th most expensive coffee in the world. The multiple awards winning coffee is a native family-owned coffee plantation in EI Salvador. The coffee from Los planes has not only won hearts of coffee connoisseurs all over world because of its silky & pleasant taste, but also many awards like EI Salvador cup of excellence. The Los planes coffee have built a community of loyal customers all around the world due to its variety of flavours of apple, peach, butterscotch, and chocolate.

8. Fazenda Santa Ines — $50/pounds

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One of the most favourite coffees out there, Fazenda Santa Ines is grown in the mountains of Brazil using the natural mineral water based in nearby springs. The coffee has high demand in the coffee market today because of its uniform quality and consistent flavours. The coffee is ranked about $50 per pounds, a little pricey but still affordable. Coffee lovers will love the variety of flavour Los planes provide from silky caramel to rich fruity relish.

7. Jamaican blue mountain coffee — more than $50/pounds

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Jamaican blue mountain coffee has its origin from Jamaican blue mountain range located in Jamaica. This brand of coffee has made their place as most wanted in the coffee market from a very long time because of the healthy and steady production of beans which are grown in the high altitudes with necessary connection to rainfall. This coffee is available in three grades, level 1 being the most refined and less bitter.

6. Saint Helena coffee — $79/pounds

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Saint Helena coffee is cultivated on the humid volcanic island of St. Helena. Saint Helena coffee is world known because of its origin from Green Tipped Bourbon Arabic beans. The Arabic beans are of very extraordinary quality and are proven very rare to find. Aside from being distinctive and high quality the coffee is also known for its history. History says that the island of St. Helena was considered the place of exile for Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte till his death in 1821, because of its isolated status in the world. Since the coffee beans are rare to find the price might be a little high but for true coffee devotee it is worth it.

5. Ospina coffee — $120/pounds

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Coming under top 5 Ospina coffee with the high price of $120 per pounds is grown in an explicit farm in Columbia. This coffee has been produced for generations by Ospina family involving rich volcanic soil. The coffee serves the rich and secure flavours of caramel and gives nutty feel. Ospina coffee is devoured all over the world due to its beans having mixed taste of apricot and chocolate almond flavour.

4. Kopi luwak — $160/pounds

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Being produced in the southeast Asian region, Kopi Luwak is considered as most luxurious coffee by several coffee fanatics. The brand of coffee is known by other names also like civet coffee, luwak coffee and cat poop coffee. The main reason coffee is known from such names because of its production from dung of an animal called palm civet. The expensive coffee is made from digested, processed and cleaned dung of palm civet. Kopi luwak coffee has set its name globally because of its exotic and robust quality. Although the coffee is pricey it is equally loved by true coffee lovers.

3. Hacienda la Esmeralda — $350/pounds

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Perhaps the most awarded coffee in the world, Hacienda la Esmeralda is a family owned brand that cultivates coffee in the Boquete province in Panama. The beans of Hacienda are grown in the range of south western mountain specifically at 4,921 feet above the sea level. The coffee has won multiple awards for their flavour, quality of bean and tropical flair. The coffee is known and devoured globally for their tangy taste and higher acidity.

2. Finca el injerto coffee — $500/pounds

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Finca el Injerto is the second most expensive coffee in the world, brewing a cup at $500 per pounds. The coffee epicures all around the world loves the taste of coffee because of their small rich beans which is exceptionally scarce and are willing to pay such hefty amounts of 500 dollars for that reason. The brand has also named award “cup of excellence” as theirs at least seven times. The unique washing process of the coffee beans is also one of the reasons why the coffee is extremely high quality and savoury.

Black ivory coffee — more than $500/pounds

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Pricing between $500 per pounds to $1500/pounds, Black ivory coffee is considered as the king of coffee. Black ivory coffee is presently most expensive coffee in the world. Mainly produced in Thailand the coffee beans of Black ivory coffee are prepared from elephant dung. With their robust, savoury, and exotic taste the coffee is made from 100% Arabic beans and the natural, earthy flavour of elephant’s food.