Colombia Coffee Breaks Record at $15,600 per Kilo — And It’s Not Geisha!

 On October 22, Café Granja La Esperanza, one of Colombia’s most prestigious coffee estates, hosted the 2025 Cumbres de Colombia Specialty Coffee Global Auction on the V-Auction platform. During the event, a lot of “Mavicure Hills – Laurina Natural” coffee beans set a new national record, fetching the highest price ever recorded for Colombian coffee.

The winning bid came from Brew92, a well-known Saudi Arabian specialty coffee company, at an astonishing $995.25 per pound (that’s $2,194.1 per kilogram, or roughly ¥15,600 RMB per kilogram of green beans). Only 13.2 pounds of this batch were available, totaling $13,137.30. As the saying goes—when Middle Eastern coffee connoisseurs step in, prices soar!

The winning variety, Laurina (also known as Bourbon Pointu, nicknamed the “slender Bourbon” because of its long, pointed bean shape), is prized for its naturally low caffeine content and exceptional flavor profile. It’s also extremely rare. Interestingly, this same variety won the Best of Panama (BOP) 2024 in the “Varietal Category,” achieving an eye-popping auction price of $8,040 per kilogram of green beans (around ¥57,300 RMB per kilogram) — more than three times the Colombian record! Only true coffee elites are willing to pay such a price for a cup of perfection.

Following Panama’s lead, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Colombia have all joined the “10,000-Yuan Club” this year — referring to green beans priced above ¥10,000 per kilogram. With prices like these, a single cup could easily cost several hundred yuan. Perhaps in the near future, a $1,000 cup of coffee will become just another luxury item in the daily life of the ultra-wealthy.

So tell me — how much do you usually spend on your daily cup of coffee? ☕

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