Posted on 02/11/2016 11:32:48 AM PST by nickcarraway
It took eight years to produce the first crop of Finca Sophia, grown in the mountains of Panama.
A San Francisco Bay Area coffee shop is charging $15 for a cup of joe — and apparently people can't get enough of it.
The not-your-average cup is called Finca Sophia and can be found at Equator Coffee, which has locations in San Francisco and Mill Valley.
The beans are from the Gesha variety, grown way up in the mountains of Panama. It took eight years to produce the first crop, which was not much and prompted a spike in price.
Equator Coffee educator Akaash Saini said various fertilizers are used to grow the coffee beans.
"Doing different things when it comes to farming and harvesting techniques," Saini said. "Whatever we can do to get the best cup of coffee."
Saini said when it comes to Finca Sophia, you get what you pay for.
"It's almost like a top-shelf whiskey, or a $40 bottle of wine compared to an $8 bottle of wine," Saini said.
The Equator Coffee location in San Francisco's Market Street has already sold out of Finca Sophia.
"Amazing, very amazing," San Francisco-resident Myron Tate said of experiencing the premium dark brew.
Steve Jordan drove to Mill Valley from San Francisco just to get his cup of Finca Sophia.
"It's amazing, I really like it," Jordan said. "It's more like a tea mix than a true coffee."
Not everyone, however, shared their opinions.
"I don't really like it," said Mill Valley resident Heidi Connelly, adding that the coffee was bitter.
Sorry, but this stuff is nowhere near the same plane of existence as top shelf whisky.
My wife brought back seven bags of varying Gisha coffee from a recent trip to Panama. They are quite good and have natural flavors you don’t taste from standard coffee. A pound goes for $16-$40.
It is not the normal coffee bean, so that adds to the taste difference.
I still prefer light-roasted Guatemalan coffee from the Huehuetenago area best, though.
I am a coffee fiend. It is the last remaining vice and I drink at least 6 cups a day. The consistently best coffee I have found is the Colombian Supremo at Costco. 3 pounds for a tad more than a cup of this swill.
“Coors=water”
you misspelled ‘horse piss’ there. :-)
” ‘It’s Like a Top-Shelf Whiskey’: Bay Area Buzzing Over $15 Coffee”
For $15/cup it had better have some ‘Top-Shelf Whiskey’ IN IT.
I’d give it a try. It’s not a mortgage payment. But I used to roast my own beans!!
Ah, but did you roast your own beans?
Bet they would pay twice as much for elephant poop coffee.
Equator Coffee educator Akaash Saini said various fertilizers are used to grow the coffee beans.
ping me when it’s available in a k-cup ;)
Heck, I looked it up on Amazon, and they're shilling robusta beans as Kopi Luwak. No thanks.
Best post of the day.
Next time I’m in the Bay Area, I’ve got to check this out. This must be good coffee indeed if they are charging $15 a cup for it.
We did not — for the coffee.
However, we did roast our own fresh cocoa beans from the pods, which, strangely, customs said was fine, as long as they came from Panama.
My wife has roasted coffee in her prior days, though.
I’m partial to Kona coffee, but at present, I’m going through a bag of Ka’u coffee, which is also from Hawaii.
I gave up coffee when I was pregnant, but after I gave birth, I drank so much coffee my children had latte for the next six months.
Opps sorry my spellchecker gets confused :)
Went through a stage Everything Coffee—ordered beans from all over, and I think my favorites worked out to be Nicaraguan and Guatemalan and Jamaican. Kona was too mild and expensive—went through two home roasters. Coffee is messy and greasy and smoky to roast!
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