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Haute Coffee |
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Summer 2007 |
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Connoisseurs of ultra-rare coffees
have to move quickly to secure their favorit brews. The
costliest of these beans are available only for a short time
each year, and, as with wine wintages, quality depends on
the strength of the harvest. Small crops and rarity also
drive prices up, causing brews like Panama's Hacienda La
Esmeralda, made from the Geisha verietal bean, to retail
over $100 per pound. To sample the next crops of upscale
beans, head to Monmouth Coffee Company in London or
Chicago's Intelligentsia coffee chain.
).Luxury
website BON-LUXE sells the ultra-rare Kopi Luwak coffee,
processed in the stomach of wild Indonesian Luwak cats, for
$298 per pound (www.Bon-Luxe.com).
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