Luxury Food

Bird’s Nest Soup: Guide to the $3,000 Chinese Delicacy

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Translucent bird's nest soup in ceramic bowl with whole white swiftlet nest and goji berries traditional Chinese delicacy

Bird’s Nest Soup — a see-through, jelly-like delicacy made from swiftlet saliva nests, served with rock sugar and goji berries. In the world of luxury foods, few items have the mystery and high price of Bird’s Nest Soup (燕窝, yàn wō). This see-through, jelly-like delicacy comes from the hardened saliva nests of swiftlets (a type … Read more

Kopi Luwak: Civet Coffee Guide ($100-$600 per pound)

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Kopi Luwak — the world’s most expensive coffee, processed through the digestive tract of the Asian palm civet. In the lush tropical forests of Indonesia, a unique and expensive process happens in the dark. Kopi Luwak (civet coffee) is coffee that has gone through a strange journey. The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) eats the … Read more