Not just a cup of coffee! The Portland cafe is selling an 8-ounce cup of coffee for $150 after the owners bought a $2,000 bag of Black Jaguar geisha beans from Panama (but they’ll only sell 22 cups).
- Australia-based coffee house Proud Mary Coffee Roasters will offer one of the most expensive cups of coffee to 22 people in its US stores
- The company bought a $2,000 bag of Black Jaguar Geisha coffee from Finca Hartmann, which had just won the Best of Panama 2022 competition
- The coffee has notes of jasmine, strawberry, passion fruit, blackberry and sparkling wine and retails for $150 or $200 AUD
Australia-based coffee house Proud Mary Coffee Roasters will offer one of the most expensive cups of coffee to 22 people at its stores in Portland, Austin and Australia.
The company, started by a Melbourne couple, bought a $2,000 bag of Black Jaguar Geisha coffee from Finca Hartmann, which just won the Best of Panama 2022 competition with the blend.
According to Proud Mary, the coffee has notes of jasmine, strawberry, passion fruit and blackberry.
So how much does an 8 ounce mug cost? $150 USD or $200 AUD, with only ‘lucky one’ getting a mug at a discounted price.
Australia-based coffee house Proud Mary Coffee Roasters will offer one of the most expensive cups of coffee to 22 people in its US stores. The company bought a $2,000 bag of Black Jaguar Geisha coffee from Finca Hartmann, which had just won the Best of Panama 2022 competition
To spice up the event, the company is selling two Golden Ticket odds — one in the US and one in Australia — for $48 that come with 100 grams, or 3.5 ounces, of the coffee blend. Advance ticket sales end on January 26th. One lucky winner gets to taste the expensive trophy for free.
“Would you like to try it? So do we but there are only 22 serves… so we’re setting one aside in the store for a lucky m*** to enjoy on us,” it wrote on Instagram.
“This Golden Ticket gives you the chance to try the most expensive coffee we have ever bought in store! Estimated at $200 [AUD]’ it wrote on its website.
The company called the brew the “most life-changing coffee ever released in our cafes” and “challenged” others to find a “more delicious coffee out there.”
“With only a few servings, this coffee promises full out-of-body.” [experience]…” he wrote on Instagram.
Geisha coffee is native to South America and is a medium blend. According to Proud Mary, it was originally collected in Ethiopian forests near Mount Gesha in the 1930s. It was then expelled to Panama in the 1960s.
It only became popular in 2005 when the Peterson family submitted it for the Best of Panama competition. It broke the then record of $20 a pound.
The bean bag came with a certificate of authenticity and has notes of jasmine, strawberry, passion fruit and blackberry
An eight-ounce cup sells for $150 or $200 AUD
The Hartmann family, who created the blend this year, are considered “one of the pioneering families of specialty coffee production in Panama,” Proud Mary said on her website.
The family settled in Panama from Moravia – now Czechia – in 1912 and bought 100 hectares of pristine rainforest where they continue to grow coffee beans under the shade of the tree canopy.
Proud Mary has worked with the Hartmann family since 2011 to bring many blends to the US and Australia. They will offer five more blends from the Hartmann family in February, including three espressos and two geisha coffees.
Proud Mary opened its first US story in Portland in 2017.
has reached out to Proud Mary for comment.
To spice up the event, the company is selling two Golden Ticket odds — one in the US and one in Australia — for $48 that come with 100 grams, or 3.5 ounces, of the coffee blend. Advance ticket sales end on January 26th