Brew yourself a cuppa as we count down the most expensive types of coffee in the world!
Source: espresso-international.com
Price: about $170/kg
Named after the Jamaican Blue Mountains, these beans are grown 550-1,700 metres above sea level. The harsh terrain in which this coffee is produced makes it expensive.
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Price: about $220/kg
This coffee accounts for just 1% of global coffee production. The coffee plant ripens after 12-14 months, much longer than the 6-11 months taken by other coffee plants.
Price: $900-1,300/kg
Also called the “cat coffee”, Kopi Luwak coffee beans are collected from the dung of the Asian palm civet (or the so-called nocturnal creeping cat).
Price: about $1,500kg
Produced in Peruvian villages in the Andes, this coffee is made from coffee beans are picked out from the dung of coatis (raccoon-like mammals).
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Price: about $3,000/kg
Produced in Thailand and the Maldives, this coffee is made from beans handpicked from elephant dung. Only about 225 kg is made every year for a select clientele.
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