Gennaro Pelliccia is the owner of the the world’s most valuable tongue, insured for £10million ($22 million).
He is a coffee taste-tester and an unnamed group of underwriters at Lloyd’s, the world’s oldest and biggest insurance market, will pay out if he, the chief taster at Costa Coffee in the UK, loses his mastery.
Mr Pelliccia, Costa’s Italian Master of Coffee, is responsible for ensuring the quality of the 108 million cups of Costa coffee that are drunk in Britain each year, and John Derkach, managing director of Costa Coffee, said that he was a “vital element” of the company’s business.
A sales clerk for Japan’s Takashimaya department store displays a ¥10 million (US$100,000) music CD called â”Woman, Sweet 10 Diamonds,” made with a platinum case and studded with 10 2-carat diamonds, in Tokyo yesterday.
Universal Music unveiled the “world’s most expensive CD,” produced by Universal Music and jeweler Nagahori, for a commemorative album showcasing 18 songs by female vocalists.
Via TaipeiTimes / AFP
Scotland-based fabric weaver and cloth merchant Holland & Sherry has woven the world’s first 100 per cent worsted spun Vicuna fabric, the most luxurious and expensive in the world at over $4,000 per yard.
It took H&S five years to gather enough of the special yarn, and another year and a half to develop the unique cloth.
The material comes from the wool of the Vicuna lama which inhabits the high alpine reaches of the Andes.
We have seen many unique items that fall in the world’s most expensive products category. Here is another item that has joined this list.
This limited edition 24 carat gold plated bike with Swarovski Crystals is the world’s most expensive.
Created by Aurumania, the 600 crystals are hand set on the completely hand built bicycle. Other details include leather wrapped handles and a Brooks leather saddle seat.
Look carefully, and you can see that there is a flat screen TV and also a DVD player : )
Via: Wickedreport
This astonishing kitchen fixture has a sculptural and artistic edge: the Kohler Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet.
The angular, linear aspect of the Karbon is sure to be as appreciated for its futuristic good looks as for its fantastic functionality.
Intelligently engineered to hold any pose for hands-free operation, the Karbon faucet extends fully to fill large pots, lowers into the sink for food preparation and cleanup, folds compactly out of the way when not in use and can be positioned anywhere in between.
