CORRECTION. Weasel Coffee is Not Civet Cat Coffee. Last month I said that weasel coffee and civet cat coffee are the same thing, but I was wrong.

What is the most expensive coffee in the world (that didn’t come out of cat or weasel poop)? The idea of drinking coffee from beans that were picked out of animal poop does not appeal to me. I suspect that most people feel the same way I do about that. The most expensive coffee in the world produced the normal way (by picking the beans off coffee bushes by hand) comes from the small island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. After the Battle of Waterloo, the British exiled Napoleon Bonaparte to St. Helena, where he lived until his death. Napoleon didn’t live in a prison, but a mansion. He was allowed to have guests visit and stay with him, including old comrades. The British also allowed people in France to send Napoleon gifts, including furniture, furnishings, food, and wine. Napoleon wrote letters to his admirers in France who wanted to send him gifts with suggestions. Among the things Napoleon specifically told people not to send him was coffee. He told people that the coffee grown on St. Helena was exceptionally good. Napoleon said: “The only good thing about St. Helena is the coffee.” When people in France heard that, everybody wanted to get coffee from St. Helena. However, the island is very small, and only a small portion of the land is suitable for agriculture. St. Helena only exports a few hundred pounds of coffee beans a year. Their coffee has won a lot of awards. If you want to buy coffee from St. Helena, you can order it online from growers on the island. It costs between $150 to $300 a pound.