There’s investment jewellery to be sure, but what about investment kitchenware? The Royal Coffee Maker has just landed – a lavish dream that seeks to prove diamonds aren’t just for wearing.

Royal Paris has just introduced the extravagant coffee-making machine – a 24-karat gold, semi-precious syphon brewer that is a recreation of the historic balancing syphon used by royalty in the 1800s.

Its makers have declared the Royal Coffee Maker to be the world’s first-ever bespoke coffee creator. The exclusive piece of kitchen equipment – with only eight of the tool crafted each month – can be yours for a mere £9,000 to £15,000 (or $24,000). While the price tag itself might stop you in your tracks, it is the result of 50 hours of workmanship from a team of skilled sculptors, metallurgists and engineers, led by French artist Jean-Luc Rieutort.

As for its inspiration? It’s a celebration of the coffee ceremony says the brand, a process that produces a brew like no other. “It’s taken us more than three years of research and development to produce this entirely unique coffee maker. This luxury coffee machine is an elegant echo of the opulent age of salon coffees when only the best coffee was reserved for the rich and famous. And unlike today’s modern coffee machines, a Royal leaves nothing to chance. Every minute process is an exact science and every coffee made is unlike anything you’ll ever taste,” says Maria Tindemans from Royal Paris.