The most expensive delicacies in the world (12 photos)

Look how many there are of these delicacies is crazy, but people are still willing to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for something to enjoy these exclusive products.

Half a kilo of coffee Kopi Luwak, which is before zasushivaniem passes through the digestive tract of animals Asian Palm Civet, coming in the form of feces, is worth about $ 230.




Cheese from moose milk can cost up to $ 1,000 per kilogram, and can be found only in private elk farm in Sweden.



Marble Kobe beef, which is produced in the prefecture Kobe in Japan can cost from 770 to 1,000 dollars per kilogram. The world's best beef made from cows who receive daily massage and fed the best grass and beer. This provides a particular fondness marble meat, which certainly could hit your wallet.



One kilogram of potatoes «La Bonnotte» can cost up to 630 dollars per kilogram. This potato is cultivated only on the island of Noirmoutier in the western part of France. Its high cost is due to the fact that each year grow only a small amount of the potato, which has a unique and complex taste that combines the taste of sea salt, lemon and nuts.



Bluefin tuna can cost 1365 dollars per pound. So 269-year-pound tuna was sold at auction in Japan for 736,000 dollars.



Matsutake mushrooms - this is another Japanese delicacy that can cost up to $ 2,000 per pound. The fungus grows only on red pine in Japan, Korea and China, and never rises to the same place twice. It has a sharp, spicy flavor and meaty texture.



Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world, whose price can reach $ 2,700 per pound. Although saffron is quite easy to grow, it is produced by collecting up to 75,000 flowers by hand, and that is to get a pound of spices.



European white truffles can be sold for 3600 dollars per pound. These mushrooms grow only underground on the roots of certain trees in some areas of Italy and Croatia, and for their farmers use search dogs.



Black Densuke watermelon weighing 7, 7 kg was sold in 2009 at an auction in Japan in 6100 dollars. This kind of watermelon grown only on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, which produce about 10,000 fruits per year.



Tea Teguanin refers to refined oolong tea, and can cost up to 6600 dollars per kilogram. Fortunately, its leaves can be brewed up to 7 times before it starts to lose its flavor.



Caviar "Almas", which is obtained from the albino sturgeon inhabiting the Caspian Sea, is sold in a jar of pure gold, 25 000 dollars. The eggs have a pale amber color, and she caviar produced in Iran.



Royal Yubari melon - a rare variety of melon from Japan, which in 2008 was sold for 26,000 dollars per couple. Outwardly, this melon is similar to the most ordinary, except for the fact that it is perfectly round and has a smooth skin. Besides allegedly volcanic ash in the soil where it is grown, making it the most sweet and juicy melon in the world.



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