Romano Dias, 55, had been given a bottle of what appeared to be a fruit-based drink by his daughter Katee, who had found it in a package delivered to her home.
After downing about half a glass of the liquid he immediately began to feel ill and died shortly afterwards.
Police say that finding the drug in the UK is very unusual, but crystal meth has been brought to the public's attention by the multi award-winning TV show Breaking Bad.
Mr Dias’s partner Debra Dulson said in a statement that he had opened the bottle and found a cork under the cap.
She said he took a mouthful of the drink and had said that it tasted 'awful' before complaining that his throat was burning.
He then said: 'I am in trouble here. I am dying, I am dead.'
Analysis of the bottle, which had been labelled as a health drink, showed it contained £34,000 of pure methamphetamine.
The drug, commonly known as crystal meth, is an extremely strong amphetemine that is normally smoked, snorted or injected.
An inquest heard that the package had been delivered to Katee Dias’s home in London. It showed the correct address but the wrong name.
She took the parcel in, thinking someone would collect it and kept it for six months before opening the package and finding the bottle.
Much later she passed it on to her father.
Detective Inspector Ian Simmons told Huntington Coroners Court: 'The £34,000 is a significant amount. 'I would say it is highly likely it was destined for a dealer.
'It is unique, this is not an event that happens in Cambridgeshire or elsewhere.'
He said that crystal meth was a drug police 'rarely encounter' in Cambridgeshire.
DI Simmons said Mr Dias of Impington, Cambridgeshire and his family had not been connected with the drug in any way, adding: 'This was a completely unaccountable and unforseen chain of events.'
He said it was his professional opinion that the bottle had been part of a plan to bring Class A drugs into the UK.
The package had been delivered up to three years ago and the wrappings had been destroyed, limiting the police investigation.
Coroner William Morris said: 'This is a dreadful case.'
He said he had been considering a verdict of unlawful killing, but there had been no evidence that whoever put the drug in the bottle intended any harm to Mr Dias or anyone else.
Mr Morris concluded that Mr Dias’ death had been accidental.
Man dies after accidentally drinking £34,000 of crystal meth thinking it was a HEALTH
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Romano Dias, 55, had been given a bottle of what appeared to be a fruit-based drink by his daughter Katee, who had found it in a package delivered to her home.
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