Seoul tops world hotel coffee prices

Luwak Coffee, made from coffee beans eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet, featured at 42,000 won a cup at The Shilla Seoul in 2009. / Korea Times file

Seoul hotels have the highest coffee prices in the world, data shows.

Global hotel reservation site Hotels.com researched the price of burger sets, coffee, house wine and club sandwiches at 30 three-to-five star hotels in 28 countries. Seoul topped the coffee list, with a cup costing 17,770 won ($15.80).

It was the only city in which coffee prices exceeded 10,000 won.

The five priciest cities were all in northeast Asia. Tokyo was second with 9,420 won, followed by Beijing (8,510 won), Hong Kong (8,190 won) and Taipei (7,580 won).

Columbia's Bogota had the cheapest coffee at 1,740 won, followed by Rio de Janeiro (2,280 won), Mexico City (2,740 won) and Madrid (3,690 won).

House wine prices in Seoul were also high, but priciest in Singapore at 15,480 won, followed by Seoul (15,080 won).

Burger sets were most expensive in Geneva at 41,870 won. Next were Oslo (34,540 won), Hong Kong (33,870 won), Paris (32,820 won) and London (28,520 won).

Seoul ranked 14th at 24,250 won.

Geneva also topped the list for the most expensive club sandwiches at 33,890 won, followed by Paris (27,020 won), Stockholm (25,300 won), London (24,460 won), Hong Kong (23,370 won), Oslo (22,290 won) and Seoul (22,270 won).

For the total price of the four items, Geneva was highest at 96,050 won, followed by Paris (80,430 won), Hong Kong (79,020 won), Oslo (75,790 won), London (72,500 won) and Seoul (72,370 won).