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From: Denc 🗡
Form an orderly queue…. Revealed: Britain’s most expensive cup of coffee Brew is made with rare beans from Japan – but those who fork out for it should expect few frills As the price of coffee soars, those who wince at being charged £4 or more for their flat white might want to look away now. Britain’s most expensive cup of coffee, at Shot – a small, dimly-lit Mayfair coffee bar with marble walls and tables – costs £265. It is made using typica beans – a high-quality variety of arabica – from the Nakayama estate in Japan. Despite the high price, those who fork out should expect few frills, with the brew available as an espresso, macchiato, flat white, americano, cappuccino or latte – no different to a standard London coffee shop. Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood, a three-time UK barista champion and founder of Colonna Coffee, said it was very unusual for coffee to be grown in Japan, something he speculated had contributed to the extravagant price of this drink. “Hardly anyone grows coffee in Japan,” he said. “It typically grows in the tropics, either side of the equator. It’s very hard to grow in places like Japan and probably needs a lot of help.

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