Liquid Gold

offee connoisseurs know that there’s nothing better than waking up to the perfect cup of coffee. For the ultimate luxury, perk up with the Royal Coffee Maker by Royal Paris. Designed in collaboration with French artist Jean-luc Rieutort, the balancing syphon brewer is a tribute to those favoured by European royalty in the 1800s. Each coffee maker is handmade to shiny perfection in either silver, copper or 24K gold, and sports a Baccarat crystal carafe and burner vase, and a base that can come in one of these three semiprecious stones: azurite, malachite or black obsidian. Of course, if you had an ornate contraption like this in your hands, you’d also want to put your mark on it—initials, family crest or company logo are all possible engravings, no matter how complicated. But the true icing on the cake is being able to spike your coffee with liqueur before you brew it, to produce your very own luxurious cup of joe when evening hits!