Tastes: What Is Coffee Worth?

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Mark Pendergrast
Issue: November 15, 2006

I recently received a press release that sounded snobby and hucksterish: "Intelligentsia Roasting Works Offers Up the World's Most Expensive Coffee." It explained that for a limited time I could purchase a half-pound of roasted Panama Hacienda La Esmeralda Geisha beans for a mere $51.

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