They took the piss out of Alan Ducasse Coffee at Ā£15.00 a cup from Yemen
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I spoke to Olivier about those beans. Ā£15 is mad, but up.until 12 months ago I was managing to buy Yemeni green beans (my fav), but it is almost impossible to buy now. Ducasse has secured a supply of some of the rarest Yemeni beans, which given the state of the country is remarkable. I get the price, whether it offers good value is down to.the individual.
Oh, I havenāt tried a cup
Was listening on R4 on te way home. Thought of this thread and especially @Wayward They general consensus seemed to be that Ā£15 was ridiculous.
We should get Evan Davis to do a piece on faff. 
Yes, we need a Faff Tsar. 
We have one!
I can imagine the coffee would be delicious but 15 quid is madness and way beyond me! I reckon the Geisha I posted up thread might be more expensive if bought in a coffee shopā¦
I donāt understand how people who can happily spend Ā£ā000s on a watch that keeps worse time than a Ā£10 digital watch can complain about Ā£15 for a coffee. Sure, itās more expensive than most cups of coffee, but itās an occasional treat, not a daily one.
Iām pleased that such things exist, although Iām not going to go out of my way to find this place.
The watch will hold value if not appreciate. Its also not really about how well it keeps time, its jewellery.
The Ā£15 spent on the coffee is gonneeeeee. Also probably more debatable if its better, its just hard to get and rare. Which means its better 
What Edd said. The coffee will turn into piss in short order. Youāre paying Ā£15 for a luxury piss.
Occasionally youāll push the boat out & pay for a nice meal or some other temporary but enjoyable luxury. It leaves you with a nice memory. I wouldnāt pay Ā£15 for a coffee for various reasons (poverty, vertigo) but I certainly wouldnāt try to discourage anyone else from doing it.
I would pay Ā£15 for one, just to try it.
Plenty of you lot would pay Ā£100 for a meal out, which is Ā£94 more than a fish supper.
Is that one by Russian hookers? Seems cheap to me.
Exactly this. Because of my lack of a sense of smell, it would be a hugely compromised and therefore wasted experience for me. But Iām always keen to see people in any area really push the envelope of what can be done.
St Albans prices will always be higherā¦
Iād actually try if Iād i was in the neighbourhood. Ā£15 isnāt going to break the bank.
I bet Ritchieās coffee costs more in man hour terms.
Thatās probably what theyāre banking on. I doubt there will be many if any regulars for this, but theyāre after the ācurious to try something insanely expensiveā market and London is big enough that you only need one-time customers to make it work.
I suspect they also know that the name Alan Ducasse being attached to it will bring in a lot of people.
Do you add sugar and Coffeemate?
Itās 30 quid with those in.