BENGALURU: Kopi Luwak, also known as civet coffee, that is processed out of the faeces of the Asian palm civet, is the world’s most expensive coffee, fetching a price as high as Rs 1.5 lakh per kg beyond Indian shores.
The average prices listed are for unroasted green coffee beans and, of course, sell for much higher retail prices when roasted. Indonesia Kopi Luwak ($160/lb) Kopi Luwak coffee beans are produced in Indonesia by feeding coffee cherries to civet cats, who are naturally inclined to eat the ripest, sweetest cherries.
But for all that grumbling, the price of your average coffee would pale in comparison to the price you'd pay for a single pound of Black Ivory Coffee — a cool $1,000. Black Ivory Coffee is considered to be the rarest and most expensive coffee in the world (via NPR ). It's said to have a sweet, chocolate-like taste compared to the usual bitter
Kopi Luwak can be quite pricey, with prices ranging from $10 to $100 per cup. Thailand is known around the world for its coffees, but Black Ivory is one of the most expensive. The price per kilogram of Arabica coffee is $2,500 because only the best Arabica cherries are used in the process. Despite the fact that it is a very expensive coffee, it
Kopi Luwak coffee Often referred to as 'poop coffee', this coffee is extracted from the faeces of the Asian palm civets, which is kept on a diet of ripe coffee cherries. The Kopi Luwak costs $150 to $600 for less than half a kg.
