Why is this very expensive coffee served by reservation only?

The Brew Lab Cafe in Penrith, western Sydney, serves a pour-over priced at 1,500 Australian dollars, close to 7,000 yuan, and requires booking about two weeks ahead. The cup uses Ninety Plus single-origin lot BATCH #22324, grown at roughly 1,700 meters near the Silla De Pando volcano in Panama, with a cupping score above 90 and notes of peach, strawberry, lemonade, rose, and juniper.

A one-kilogram bag of the same lot costs about 18,000 Australian dollars, more than 80,000 yuan. Owner Mitchell Johnson calls the cup an experience and pairs it with one-on-one barista service; two cups have sold so far, and he says some customers were moved to tears. The shop also lists single-origins between 100 and 200 Australian dollars, which counts among the rarest coffee beans on a typical menu.

How expensive can a cup of pour-over coffee get? The Brew Lab Cafe in Penrith, in Sydney's western suburbs, has given a jaw-dropping answer: 1,500 Australian dollars, equivalent to nearly 7,000 yuan, and it must be booked two weeks in advance. This coffee uses a single-origin lot, BATCH #22324, produced by Ninety Plus, grown at the foot of the Silla De Pando volcano at an altitude of about 1,700 meters in Panama, with a cupping score above 90 and flavor notes including peach, strawberry, lemonade, rose, and juniper. Owner Mitchell Johnson defines it as an experience, and revealed that some customers were moved to tears after tasting it. At the same time, the shop also offers specialty single-origins priced between 100 and 200 Australian dollars for enthusiasts on a limited budget.

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In Penrith, in Sydney's western suburbs of Australia, there is a cafe called The Brew Lab Cafe. If you want to drink their top-tier cup of coffee, you need to plan at least two weeks in advance and also spend a budget close to a month's salary.

On May 15, the Daily Telegraph reported that The Brew Lab Cafe recently launched a coffee that can only be enjoyed by reservation, priced at 1,500 Australian dollars per cup, equivalent to nearly 7,000 yuan.

It is understood that this coffee uses beans from Ninety Plus' single-origin pour-over series: BATCH #22324. If purchased in the standard specification of 1 kg per bag, a bag of BATCH #22324 coffee beans costs about 18,000 Australian dollars, equivalent to more than 80,000 yuan.

Looking at the relevant information on this bean, it is grown at the foot of the Silla De Pando volcano at an altitude of about 1,700 meters in Panama, with a cupping score above 90, and flavor layers including peach, strawberry, lemonade, rose, and juniper. According to tasters, rather than classifying it as coffee, it drinks more like a cup of tea. The cafe staff even gave it the title of "Australia's rarest coffee."

Speaking of the value of this cup of coffee, Brew Lab Cafe owner Mitchell Johnson believes that drinking it is essentially an experience, and promises that the barista will provide one-on-one interaction and service for customers. At present, this coffee has already sold 2 cups. Mitchell said, "Some customers directly shed tears of joy after tasting it." Could this be the legendary state of being "so good it makes you cry"?

"After customers make a reservation, we immediately place an order with the supplier," Mitchell Johnson added. "The local producer in Panama roasts this single-origin lot separately, then delivers it specially by private plane." The brewing process for this coffee is equally meticulous, including pre-wetting the filter paper, heating the water precisely to 94 degrees Celsius, and pouring in stages, with each stage accurate to the second. A problem in any step will affect the final taste and flavor.

After reading this, have you also become curious about this bean? Unfortunately, producer Ninety Plus (90+) and Brew Lab Cafe are both unwilling to disclose the name or lot of the coffee beans, in order to avoid the news spreading beyond the coffee circle.

Of course, if coffee lovers want to experience a similar feeling at a lower cost, Brew Lab Cafe also has some relatively "affordable" specialty varieties, priced between 100 and 200 Australian dollars (about 465 to 931 yuan).

Mitchell said that interested customers come every week to taste and experience this type of single-origin coffee.

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