A Dubai café is offering a rare coffee that may claim the title of the world’s priciest cup, selling for 3,600 dirhams (about $980). The ultra-exclusive brew is made from Nido 7 Geisha beans, a premium strain grown on the volcanic slopes of Mount Barú in western Panama.
Julith Coffee, the café serving the coffee, plans to pour only around 400 cups of the prized beverage. The beans were sourced from a record-breaking auction in Panama earlier this year, where 20kg sold for approximately 2.2 million dirhams ($600,000) after 549 bids—the highest price ever paid for a coffee batch.
Serkan Sagsoz, head coffee roaster at Julith, told The National that a cup was reserved for Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. “Nido 7 Geisha is a remarkable coffee that only a handful of people on the planet will ever taste,” he said, describing the brew as having white floral notes of jasmine, citrus flavours like orange and bergamot, and hints of apricot and peach.
Connoisseurs call Nido 7 the “crown jewel” of the Geisha family, known for its floral aroma and complex sweetness. It earned a score of 98 at the “Best of Panama” competition, one of the highest ever recorded, with at least six international judges giving it a perfect 100 points.
Dubai already holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s most expensive coffee, with a previous brew sold for 2,500 dirhams ($680). This new offering sets the bar even higher.
