Top Ten World’s Most Expensive Coffee Brands

Luwak Coffee

An average coffee drinker will call a cup of coffee from a coffee house like Starbucks expensive. A cup of homemade coffee, say, from Folgers Classic Medium Roast can only cost you about 5 cents per cup, so of course a $4 coffee may seem ridiculous. For average coffee drinkers, $4 for a cup is too much, and it will be considered the most expensive coffee.

But for passionate connoisseurs of coffee, the best cup of coffee is a world-class drink made only from the finest beans. Grown in a specific region, and cultivated carefully in small farms to gain their distinct characteristics. Farmers of these small farms go for quality rather than quantity and they put special care into each prized harvest. These brews are enjoyed purely free of milk or sugar. No flavorings will ever be mixed as these additives will ruin the taste and aroma of coffee of this quality.

To rank the most expensive coffee it is ideal to compare the prices of beans per pound. The prices of cups of coffee can vary by a couple of cents and the prices include other components of the drink like sugar, milk, and the labor that goes into brewing one.

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10. Number ten on the list is Coffee Yauco Selecto AA, from Puerto Rico at $24 per pound. Cultivated in the Yauco Area in the southwestern mountains of Puerto Rico, this coffee has a mild coffee flavor.

9. Starbucks Rwanda Blue Bourbon, Gatare/Karengera, Rwanda at $24 per pound. This coffee bean was founded by the world famous coffee chain Starbucks in Gatare and Karengera. It was founded on their way to a visit to the washing station in Rwanda.

8. Hawaiian Kona Coffee is priced at $34 per pound. This coffee is cultivated on the slopes area in the south and north Kona districts of the Big Island of Hawaii, Hualalai and Mauna Loa. Kona coffee is very popular among coffee lovers for its special taste. The distinct taste of this coffee comes from the unique climate and soil where it is grown.

7. Number seven on the list is Los Planes Coffee, Citala, El Salvador at $40 per pound. This brand is El Salvador’s coffee industry’s pride. Grown in the Citala area, it is the best commercially grown bean in El Salvador. It is ranked second in the 2006 cup of excellence, scoring 93.52 of 100.

6. Blue Mountain, Wallenford Estate, Jamaica priced at $49 per pound. Grown in the Blue Mountain in Jamaica, this coffee is famous for its mild flavor and lack of bitterness. The Japanese absolutely love it, in fact, more than 80% of Jamaican Blue Coffee is exported to Japan.

5. Fazenda Santa Ines, Minas Gerais, Brazil at $50 per pound comes in number five in rank. This coffee is grown in Minas Gerais in Brazil, it was made famous it was bought by a famous cafe in Canada and two cafes in Australia. It is one of the highest rated coffee in the cup of excellence in 2006.

4. El Injerto – Huehuetenango, Guatemala also at $50 per pound, it is must be really good at this price. Grown in the Huehuetenango region in Guatemala, it is one of the world’s favorite brands.

3. St. Helena Coffee From St. Helena Coffee Company, St. Helena: $79 per pound. Its price influenced not just by its flavored taste but also the story and uniqueness of where it is grown: St. Helena, the remote South Atlantic Island to which Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled till the end of his life in 1815.

2. Hacienda La Esmeralda, Boquete, Panama definitely very expensive at $104 per pound. Known for its fruity and floral flavors, the beans are commonly grown in the shade of old Guava tress in the Hacienda La Esmerald.

1. And lastly, the most expensive coffee in the world, Luwak Coffee, Indonesia at $160 per pound; roughly the price of an espresso machine. A very exotic coffee indeed for the beans have already been digested and passed through the bowels of the Palm Civet cat.

Expensive as they are, these coffees are a must taste for true lovers of coffee. And on the practical side, even with these price tags, a pot of the most expensive coffee will still cost less than a glass of relatively inexpensive wine. Given all the benefits of coffee on top of its taste, these are still absolute bargains.