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Top 10 Coffee in the World - Most Expensive
#3 Island Of St. Helena Coffee Company
Top 10 Most Expensive Coffee in the world St. Helena Coffee is known for its exclusive flavor. The island of St. Helena is where the coffee is grown. The island where Napoleon Bonaparte lived in exile for the rest of his life is located 1,200 miles off the coast of Africa. St. Helena Coffee saw the light of the day during the period of his exile. It owes much of its present popularity to the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte who had praised it in glowing terms. Exclusivity of the coffee is evident from its staggering price that is $79 per pound.
St. Helena Coffee is in high demand across the globe because of its exceptional quality. Napoleon Bonaparte’s eloquent praise of the coffee made it popular in Paris though for a brief period. After the death of the emperor, the coffee disappeared from the sight for over a century.
St. Helena Coffee had made its way from Yemen to the island in 1732 according to the records of the English East India Company. Houghton the East India Company’s ship carried the first seed of this coffee from the Red Sea port of Mocha to the island on its return to Europe.
Apart from the endorsement from Napoleon, St. Helena Coffee had received rave reviews from the world of coffee lovers. In 1839, the London coffee merchants Wm Burnie & Co declared the coffee to be of the most distinguished quality. The coffee began to enjoy eminence of the most exclusive and expensive coffee in the world when it became a rage with Londoners in 1885.
The production of the coffee in the St. Helena Coffee Company is minuscule in comparison to the worldwide demand. The company owns at present six estates. It started producing coffee in 1994. The production has increased four times since 1994.
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