Coffee at the world’s priciest hotel
Coffee with a gold accent Cappuccino
When it comes to coffee, we typically read about where the most costly beans are grown and how they are harvested, but have you ever wondered how the world’s most expensive coffee is served?
Many of the oil-rich nations of the Middle East continue to be quiet havens whose major focus is determining how to spend the vast amounts of money they have amassed as a result of the rising value of oil in the international markets.
The Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi is an excellent example of this. It is the most costly hotel ever constructed, with a total cost of US$ 3 billion.
John Elliott, the hotel’s primary architect, who had previously completed a palace for the Sultan of Brunei, believes it is a misnomer to refer to the Emirates Palace as the world’s most costly hotel since it was originally intended as a conference center that was subsequently turned into a hotel. He adds that if it were stated that Buckingham Palace did not justify the money spent on it, people would be startled, he claims.
In spite of the fact that the hotel only has a total of less than 400 rooms, it is equipped with 120 kitchens as well as 20 restaurants and eating places, and the whole complex is spread over an area of around 25 hectares (60 acres).
Six Ruler’s Suites are located on the top level of the building, and they are exclusively for members of the royal families of the UAE. A triumphal arch has been created for their corteges, and the hotel’s automobile fleet comprises of a dozen and a half Maybachs, which are kept on the premises.
Golf carts are available for use by certain members of the staff while traveling around the hotel’s halls. As the hotel manager explains, “corridors might be a kilometer long.” It’s possible that a maid might never return from lunch.
For the Emirates Palace, Swarovski created a thousand chandeliers specifically for the project, and ten members of staff spend their whole working day cleaning and caring for them.
There are floors covered with marble and plush carpets that cost up to $12,000 a night for rooms.
It’s time to get to the point with the coffee, however.
Fans of coffee should take note of the following:
The coffee is served on a silver tray decorated with rose petals, a linen napkin, marzipan, and a bottle of foreign mineral water.” “A rose will be given to each lady as a thank you,” the hotel manager explains.
Do you need a photograph, or are you content with the image that has formed in your mind?
There’s more to it than that. Rather of chocolate or cinnamon, you may choose a cup of Cappuccino that has been dusted with 24-carat GOLD dust for $25!
Someone I know said that the gold dust made him cough, but he couldn’t resist sampling such a unique beverage since it was so tempting.
“This drink is the pinnacle of the Glamor Cappuccino,” he said as he emptied the cup.
On the other hand, I felt an unpleasant sensation, as if I had just swallowed my wife’s gold earrings by mistake.