1.Saffron

Price: $500 per pound

What is it?
Dried threads of the Saffron Flower. It is the most expensive spice in the world.

Why is it expensive?
There are only 3 threads per flower. These threads must be handpicked from each flower. Requires 75,000 flowers or 225,000 threads to produce 1 pound of spice. This means that an entire football field of these flowers is needed to produce 1 pound.

2.Almas Caviar

Price: $25.000 (Range of $2.500 per pound)

What is it?
Fully ripe internal ovaries or egg masses of the Beluga Sturgeon fish. Almas Caviar is white and can only be found in Iran.

Why is it expensive?
This caviar only comes from the albino sturgeon in the age 60 to 100 years old. The scarcity of Almas Caviar explains the high price. It also comes in a 24 karat gold tin, which can be kept as souvenir. In case you are saving money and do not want to pay the original price of $25.000 you can request a small tin for 1.287 dollars.

3.Wagyu beef

Price: $2.800

What is it?
Waygu refers to several breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to have various amounts of intramuscular fat and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.

Why is it expensive?
The Waygu cows are super healthy. The cows are fed the finest grass and are provided the best treatment. By finest treatment we mean that these cows drink beer and sake and are massaged by hand regularly to ensure quality, juiciness and tenderness like no other.

4.Densuke Watermelons

Price: $6.100

What is it?
Densuke are a type of black watermelons grown only on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. They are commonly given as gifts and it is said they have a different level of sweetness than regular watermelons and are harder and crisper.

Why is it expensive?
They are extraordinarily rare. It is only grown only in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. There were only 65 Dansuke among the first harvest this season.

5.Nino’s Bellissima Pizza

Price: $1000

What is it?
Pizza.

Why is it expensive?
It is topped with sliced lobster tail, crème fraiche and four kinds of caviar. According to the owner $750 dollars worth of caviar is spread on the pizza. That averages approximately $33 per bite. Within 24 hours of making this pizza available on the menu the restaurant had 2 orders placed for them.

6.Kopi Luwak

Price: $300 per pound

What is it?
Coffee beans defecated from the Asian Palm Civet

Why is it expensive?
The coffee beans are eaten and then pass through the civet’s digestive track. The civets don’t actually digest the beans, which passes through them in solid form. Why? A regular cup of coffee contains mix of ripe and unripe beans, the civet is a forager that eats the outer layers of only the ripest beans, meaning civets only defecate the most ripe and delicious coffee beans. Add also the fact that only 500 pounds are made worldwide. Drinkers claim that it has a thick syrupy taste and the aroma is very strong (no wonder).

7.Grand Opulence Sundae

Price: $1.000

What is it?
Ice Cream Sundae
Why is it expensive?
It is paired with the richest Tahitian and Madagascarian Vanilla beans. It is drizzled with the world’s most expensive chocolate and chunks of Chuao Chocolate. Chuao Chocolate is harvested in a remote Venezuelan region that can only be reached by boat. The sundae is suffused with exotic candied fruits from Paris, truffles and Marzipan Cherries. It is topped with a tiny glass bowl of Grand Passion Caviar, exclusive dessert caviar, made of salt-free American Golden caviar, known for its sparkling golden color. It’s sweetened and infused with fresh passion fruit, orange and Armagnac. Don’t forget the 23 carat edible gold leaf. The masterpiece is served in a baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet with an 18-carat gold spoon.