A California cafe is brewing up what it calls the world’s most expensive coffee — at US$75 a cup.
Klatch Coffee is serving the exclusive brew — the Elida Natural Geisha 803 — at its branches in southern California and San Francisco.
The 803 in the coffee’s name refers to the record-breaking US$803 per pound (0.45kg) the organic beans sold for at a recent auction after winning the Best of Panama coffee competition, said Bo Thiara, co-owner of the Klatch branch in San Francisco.
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He calls the annual competition the coffee world’s equivalent of the Oscars.
Only 45kg of the beans were available for purchase, and most went to Taiwan, Japan and China, Thiara said.
Klatch secured 4.5kg and is the only chain in North America to have it.
The coffee’s high quality and limited supply set off a bidding war that determined its astronomical price, topping last year’s winning beans that sold for US$601 per pound, Thiara said.
Klatch describes the coffee as a rare variety of Arabica from Panama that has a floral, tea-like flavor with hints of jasmine and berries.
The 4.5kg of beans would produce about 80 cups of coffee, Thiara said.
A few lucky coffee lovers on Wednesday got to try free samples at the San Francisco branch, where promotional signs are on display advertising the “World’s Most Expensive Coffee.”
One of them was San Francisco resident Lauren Svensson, who said it was “very different” from any coffee she had ever tasted.
“My mind was a little blown about the fact that a US$75 cup of coffee even exists, but it was shockingly good,” she said.
Her friend, Charlie Sinhaseni, also gave his free sample a positive review.
“When I first looked at it, I thought it would be hyperpretentious, and I would think of all the different notes for the coffee, but I was too busy enjoying it,” he said.
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