Why Single-Origin Coffee Is So Expensive

Single-origin specialty coffee can cost over $30 per pound, more than five times the average price of 1 pound of ground coffee in the US. “Specialty” is the term for the highest-quality coffee, and aficionados describe its taste with words more frequently used by sommeliers, like “floral” or “fruity.” Reaching this level of quality requires investment and labor at every step of production. But despite the prices a roasted bag of single-origin coffee can reach in the world’s wealthiest countries, the farmers who handpick each coffee cherry struggle to earn a profit.

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[GillianPopuna-wfjf]

This coffee price and quality needs transparency between the producers and the green bean buyers. This problem in Kenya is also faced in Papua New Guinea, one of the highest producing coffee country in South Pacific.

[boredymcboredface]

The mark up from roasting to cup is outrageous especially in the big chains

[krimke]

Now, even the cheapest brazillian coffee blend, costs over €35/kg. And whole bean cost even more. It's mental!

[wenyingzheng-hq]

I want to know what different there’s beans with china’s Yunnan coffee beans?

[niteshsuresh]

You should cover Madhur vada and it’s history ❤