PANDA [POO] TEA
Panda Tea, a new tea brand is launching with its first batch to hit hit shelves Spring 2012, is made from panda poo and costs roughly $2,000/oz. An ounce of tea generally makes twelve cups of tea, averaging $167 per cup. Made in China by a 41-year old tea harvesting novice, entrepreneur An Yanshi believes he has found the secret to the world’s most expensive tea in the same vein as the Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee from Indonesian ($30-80 for a cup or $600/pound). Many of the world’s priciest teas in Asia are based on the ‘qi’, or energy, they impart on the drinker, explains the site Quora. A […]
STREET FOOD GOES LUXE
This month gold dipped dosas transform Indian’s street food to upmarket delights in Banglore while America’s fastfood chain Wendy’s is serving up foie gras burgers in Japan. An all new Wendy’s has re-emerged in Tokyo with a menu that boasts the regular buns found in the US but served with foie gras burgers (1280 yen/16 USD), avocado and wasabi burgers (820 yen/10.55 USD) as well as grilled chicken served with truffle and porcini mushroom sauce (920 yen/11.83 USD). One hundred new Wendy’s are planned to open across Japan by 2017. Meanwhile Wendy’s US menu still features the Baconator as a premium seletion.