These coffee’s are rare and unique and come from all over the world. There is an interesting variety of flavors to keep any coffee connoisseur interested. However not all of these are readily available, some are bought by auction, some are sold in small batches to select people, and some are only sold in far off places.
Starting with the least expensive here are
the top 10 most expensive coffees:
Black Blood of the Earth $40/750ml
or $95 for Blue Mountain!
Philip Broughton, the man who invented this coffee, says most of the coffee beans come from the rift valleys of Ethiopia and Africa where the beans are loaded with oil.
Flavor Notes: The acid is lost during intense processing, so what you get in your cup is a strong flavored brew that is rich in caffeine, but lacks acid.
Fun Fact: Black Blood of Earth is prepared using cold vacuum extraction. During the processing stage, most of the bean oil is extracted, and this makes the coffee abundantly rich in caffeine. The caffeine content is about 20 to 40 times more than that of regular coffee.
Los Planes Coffee (Citala, El Salvador) $40/lb
Flavor Notes: A delicate balance of sweet chocolate citrus and a fruity acidity, with a mild body and a clean and transparent cup
Fun Fact: This remarkable coffee, has helped catapult this “no name” region of El Salvador into a star in the coffee-growing world.
Hawaiian Kona Coffee $45-$65/lb
Flavor Notes: Smooth, delicate, and full-bodied, and with a bright, clear flavor and rich aroma. It is also described as robust, and usually with medium acidity.
Fun Fact: The sunny mornings, cloud or rain in the afternoon, little wind, and mild nights combined with porous, mineral-rich volcanic soil create favorable coffee growing conditions.
Fazenda Santa Ines (Minas Gerais, Brazil) aprx. $50/lbFlavor Notes: Toasted hazelnuts, berry, and cocoa with low acidity and medium body
Fun Fact: This family operated business uses traditional methods in all stages of coffee production
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee $50/lb
Flavor Notes: The coffee has blue green color, good acidity, intense aroma, fairly good body, clean.
Fun Fact: A balance of floral aroma, acidity and full body.
Guatemala Finca El Injerto Pacamara (Huehuetenango) $60/lb
Flavor Notes: Tangerine, Cranberry & Dark Chocolate
Fun Fact: In an online auction held in 2012, Finca El Injerto coffee beans were sold for a record-breaking price of $500.50 per pound. Since then, the coffee has gained a celebrity status worldwide. It is one of the rarest coffees from Yemen.
St. Helena Island Coffee Company $89/lb
Flavor Notes: Delicate Acidity, Great Balance, and Full Bodied.
Fun Fact: In 1815, the British government selected Saint Helena as the place of detention of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was taken to the island in October 1815. Napoleon stayed at the Briars pavilion on the grounds of the Balcombe family’s home until his permanent residence,Longwood House, was completed in December 1815. Napoleon died there on 5 May 1821.
Hacienda la Esmeralda Coffee aprx. $350/lb
Bought by auction only 2014 auction price was $350 a pound.
Flavor Notes: Extremely complex aromatics and flavors, including jasmine and stone fruit . Brilliant and clear acidity. Bergamot notes in the cup. Try it for $35/ cup.
Fun Fact: Geisha Esmeralda is grown on the fertile farmlands of Hacienda Esmeralda, which is nestled on Mount Baru in the Jamarillo region in western Panama.
Kopi Luwak Coffee (Indonesia) $100 to $600
Just saw on amazon for aprx. $374/lb
Trung Nguyen Legendee Gold Coffee Enxym simulated (no animals used) aprx. $50/lb
Flavor Notes: Diminished acidity and flavor and added smoothness to the body
Fun Fact: It is produced from the coffee cherries having been digested by a certain Indonesian cat-like animal called then palm civet or also civet cat. This is the reason kopi luwak is also called
civet coffee. The feces of the cat are collected, finished, and sold as kopi luwak. In the coffee industry, kopi luwak is widely regarded as a gimmick or novelty item.
Black Ivory Coffee (Thailand)
$66 +shipping for 35 grams! Transfer that into a pound and it’s $855/lb
Flavor Notes: Dark chocolate, a hint of grass, spice (particularly tobacco, leather and cinnamon depending on the water you use) and it will be very soft, almost tea-like without the burnt or bitter taste of espresso.
Fun Facts: Only 150 kg are produced a year. The limitations are due to the availability of high quality coffee cherries, the appetite of the elephants, the number of beans destroyed through chewing, and the ability of the mahouts and their wives to pick the beans by hand (8800 beans equal one kg of Black Ivory Coffee).
Have you tried any of these coffees? Which ones do you want to try?
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Wow, fascinating post. I was just in Jamaica and heard all about the Blue Mountain Coffee. I bought some for gifts but really thought it was just tourist hype. Duh me.
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That’s awesome, you’ll have to let me know how it is 🙂
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I feel like such a neophyte because while it was rich and complex with flavors (that I didn’t analyze, I would never have guessed it was on the top 10 most Amazing coffee list.
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I’m glad you got to try it!
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Wanna try’em ALL !!!!!! Ummmmm… can anybody lend me a few bucks? ….lol
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Right ?! 🙂
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The Jamaica Blue Mountain was worth every cent!
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I knew the cat poop coffee would be there! I’ve never had it so I can’t judge, but I gotta know – who thought of this first? Scooping those morsels from the catbox and “Hmm, this’ll be delicious!” 🙂
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I Know! When they break down why it tastes better it makes sense buuuut ya, who first decided, well now, waste not!
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I write about some of this coffees black ivory, st helena on my site coffeesupremacy.com you need to add on your list jacu bird coffee, that is bird poop coffee from brasil. I just waiting which poop coffee is next
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There is a cafe across town from me in South Melbourne, I think that takes 15 minutes to make your coffee and costs $15, I understand it’s not the 5 coffees a day cafe but it’s on my bucket list for one day. Just one latte. 😎
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Wow, that’s Interesting…
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Abbie I’m always sold on coffee 🙂
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Me too 🙂
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I love myself some coffee… and thought of writing a poem on it. And then I found this. Save up for some coffee extravaganza?
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I’m hoping to try the Black Blood of the Earth soon, it’s very interesting 🙂
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It sure is 🙂
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Abbie, the Poem is now online. https://becauseiwriteso.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/coffee-for-two/
Not sure how you deal with reblogging but it meets your Topic 😉
Best coffee greetings!
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Cool, I’ll check it out out now 🙂
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None of the above. As we travel to Colombia once or twice a year, we generally bring back enough supply for the year.
One does feel intrigued though: what about going to all those places to taste the coffee locally? 😉
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It would make for a fantastic trip! 🙂
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There is actually a special “tour” of the main coffee plantation areas, on a road called “la línea.”
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That’s fantastic!
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Damn…and I thought Starbucks Coffee was expensive!
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Interesting list of rare coffee’s. A little too rich for me though.
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Well I def learn alot from this post
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Coffee is such a fascinating plant!
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HI, Thank you for putting this list together! As a fellow NWer I love all things coffee (and the Seahawks!) Thanks for stopping by and connecting!
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There are so many great coffee spots in the NW, we are fortunate! Glad to meet you 🙂
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There are so many just in the Portland area- we love to go there and just coffee crawl!
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Oh wow can’t believe how expensive they are!
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Yeah it’s pretty crazy, and to think some people day I’m weird for spending $10-20 for great coffee 🙂
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Haha exactly!
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Once while in Jamaica, I bought two pounds of Blue Mountain coffee. I really enjoyed it.
My current coffee project is a bag of Turkish coffee I bought in Israel. I need the pot to cook it in, though!
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