Serious Eats
Taste Testing the 'World's Best Coffee'
Andrew Purvis of Guardian's Word of Mouth tries "the world's best coffee," the Esmeralda Special from Panama, which sold for $117.50 a pound in an online auction this past Tuesday. "It was sweet, fruity and floral, more like jasmine tea," Purvis said. But for something that cost 100 times more than Fairtrade coffee, was it that much better?