And when it comes to coffee, they’d immediately assume that Indonesian kopi luwak – the world’s priciest coffee – must be the planet’s best.  But would they have the same view if they knew that this coffee is made from animal excrement?  Well, it’s made from coffee berries found exclusively in the faeces of Indonesian civet cats!.

But most coffee aficionados, like Freshboost in Perth, Western Australia, say that ‘cr…p’ coffees (there’s also a pricy coffee made from coffee cherries in elephant dung) are a load of …well, dung and the best coffee in the world can be made in your own coffee machine.

Espresso coffee machines make top class coffee – and although it is important to use good quality beans or grounds in order to get a premium brew, you don’t have pay through the nose for something that comes from the other end !.

But for those of you who still want to sample the world’s most expensive coffee beans – here’s what you should be buying (just perhaps not for your office espresso machines) !:

You’ll need at least one crisp $50 dollar bill for half a kg of Kona coffee beans from Hawaii to use in your automatic coffee machine – and the same forLa Esmerelda coffee from Panama, the famous Blue Mountain brew from Jamaica and Brazil’s Fazenda Santa Ines brew.

Rare, premium coffees come at a price (with Starbucks recently launching its newest Costa Rica Finca Palmilera coffee costing $6 for a 12-ounce “tall” cup), but when a local cafe using pretty standard beans in an automatic coffee maker in Perth, West Australia charges over $7 for a cuppa, now that’s just plain cr….p!

If you’d like more info on beans and supplies for your office coffee maker or coffee vending machine, get in touch with Freshboost on their website, www.freshboost.com.au.

So What Is The Best Coffee In The World? is a post from: WiredWriter