On the verge of madness or how to eat an untold wealth. The most expensive drinks


The most expensive coffee in the world - “Kopi Luwak” - is made not from unique coffee-beans, but, more likely, due to unique life way. This coffee is made from undigested beans eaten by small animal called luwak. One kg of this coffee-beans costs from 300 up to 400 dollars. The majority of consumers of this drink, as often happens with all expensive food stuffs, lives in Japan.

The most expensive tea in the world is Dakhunpao, that means “Big red dressing gown”. It belongs to the teas of strong fermentation with intensive taste and aroma. This tea is produced from leaves of only six bushes, growing near to the monastery Tansin. Age of these unique bushes - 350 years. Annually it is gathered no more than 500 g of the legendary tea, cost of a ready product achieved 685 thousand dollars for a kg.

The most expensive drinking water in the world is “Kona Nigari”. It is extracted not from artesian wells or glaciers, but in depth of the ocean near to Hawaii. Sea water is desalted, cleared and bottled in 0.06 or 5 l capacities. Large bottle will cost more than 2000 dollars, a small one - only 33,5 dollars. The most amusing thing - before drinking “Kona Nigari” should be diluted with usual water.

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