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Black Tot Rum
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Black Tot Rum

The rare remaining bottles of the British Navy's rum rations can be yours for $1,000 each.
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Banta
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Banta

This sweet and salty Indian drink keeps an endangered soda bottle in business.
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Seven-Color Tea
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Seven-Color Tea

Layers of flavored tea combine to create a drinkable rainbow.
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Madfouna
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Madfouna

This Saharan sand-baked fare is nicknamed “Berber pizza.”
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Čarodějnice
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Čarodějnice

Revelers roast wieners and “witches” at this annual Czech festival.
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Harenna Honey
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Harenna Honey

In an Ethiopian forest, a dying breed of beekeepers scales dangerously tall trees to harvest nectar from handmade hives.
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Lanzarote Wines
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Lanzarote Wines

On an island’s moon-like terrain, grapevines creep out of ashen volcanic soil and create extraordinary elixirs.
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Farim Salt
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Farim Salt

An industry run almost entirely by women is developing new sustainable methods to harvest this highly coveted riverbed salt.
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Jacu Bird Coffee
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Jacu Bird Coffee

In the mountains of southeast Brazil, the droppings of invasive yet protected birds are turned into expensive, delicious coffee.
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Death Noodles
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Death Noodles

A Jakarta hole-in-the-wall serves what may be the world's spiciest noodles.
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Amaro di Sant'Antimo
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Amaro di Sant'Antimo

At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.
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Nagashi Somen
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Nagashi Somen

Catch these floating noodles before they flow by.
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Purén White Strawberry
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Purén White Strawberry

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.
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Coffee Cabinet
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Coffee Cabinet

The uniquely Rhode Island treat is a relic from the era of soda fountain pharmacies.
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Ligurian Honey
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Ligurian Honey

This famous Italian honey is now produced only on an Australian island.
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Tupelo Honey
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Tupelo Honey

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.
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Termitomyces Titanicus
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Termitomyces Titanicus

The biggest edible mushroom in the world is also delicious.
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Boiled Cider
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Boiled Cider

Popular in colonial New England, this “apple molasses” is now made by only a handful of commercial producers.
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Cream Pull Candy
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Cream Pull Candy

Kentucky's melt-in-your-mouth treats date back to the 1800s.
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Chile Cobanero
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Chile Cobanero

This signature pepper has been a hot commodity since the Maya era.
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Pont
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Pont

A town in East France still makes a beloved green-anise liquor born after the ban of absinthe.
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Omajowa
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Omajowa

Massive mushrooms spring from tall termite mounds during rainy season in Namibia.
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White Kiawe Honey
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White Kiawe Honey

This pristine honey with a cool menthol aftertaste is produced by honeybees that feast on a Hawaiian mesquite forest.
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Pure Kona Coffee
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Pure Kona Coffee

Grown only on the volcanic soil of Hawaiʻi’s Big Island, this coffee is known for its subtle, rich flavor and hordes of unscrupulous imitators.
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