Do you know that? Most Expensive Everyday Enjoyments

This could sound threateningly but, however, it would be true.

Maybe, this could be dreadful introduction to this Sunday article, the target of which could be  of more pleasure as for serious information or to be frightened to you. However, just such thoughts would be necessary, in order to realize a power of money. So, the money is, for the first time, our central theme of our serial.

You are recommended to safe money, for sure, but some people are willing to pay more for comfort and luxury than the others, whereas the word „more“ means much bigger investments, as it could be taken for standard level. So, this time we have a look at some enjoyments of such type, being in connection with standard way of life, which could be obtained in really luxurious „packing“, and at prices, frequently reaching astronomical values!

Do you know that most expensive cigarettes of the world cost, in rate of exchange, CZK 80 for one piece of cigarette? You do not know, O.K. as the smoking is not IN, for the time being. Nevertheless, it is worth to mention that the cigarettes „Treasurer“ are, as a result of efforts from Chancellor, British Tobacco Company, are sold in ultra-luxurious model in aluminium box, containing 20 pieces of cigarettes, including silverplated filter, company watermark on paper, and allegedly unchangeable tast of chosen tobaccos of Virginia type. Anyway, this goods is available in specialized shops only, or at international airports, not mentioning VIP and Cigar clubs. The box costs, after rate of exchange, CZK 750 and it would be available even in Czech Republic in standard shopping nest, but you cannot find it in internet shops. Nevertheless, it is appearing in Slovak e-shops, but, attention, please! Even such luxurious smoking does not belong to „vitamin bomb“. Anyway, all could be expressed in company password (slogan), printed even on boxes, in wording, as follows: „Smoking could seriously threaten your wealthiness state!“ Further, you need to imagine also allegedly most expensive, individually packing of cigarettes, (in order to complete the enumeration of luxurious cigarette smoking), presented in 2006 by a company, producing very popular Lucky Strike cigarettes. The box, made from 18-carat white gold, added with diamond and great ruby, was valued to unreal price of USD 100.000!

When speaking about enjoyments, you would also mention some of gastronomic delicacies or drinks. Anyway, we do not mention luxury restaurants here, but we stress some „standard object“, as black tea could be. Maybe, somebody could be disappointed, who would expect million amounts for one kilo of dried mixture of Darjeeling, Indian leaves, picked from steep slopes of Himalaya Mountains. But, any tea could be of the same quality, and it is twice so valid for Indian production, as tea plantages in India could be minimally so much, how many Indians live in such sub-continent. Moreover, you have to take into consideration that any crop will be handled in another way. So, tea-plants are spoiled (or vexed, by whimsy of mountaneous climate) in most remote parts of the country, to demonstrate, in connection with the soil, their amazing tastes, as similarly to destroy irretrievably complete crops during one strong storm. The price of separate successfull annual sets reaches really „the tops of great mountains “So, one cup of tea, prepared at home from such good crop, could cost CZK 150 - 200 and the unit price in tea-rooms could be many times more. Nevertheless, Darjeeling makes a competition, as far as the title of most expensive tea is concerned, with Oolong-Tiedguanyin type of China, which could be coordinated to green sorts of tea, with unit price of USD 1500 per one pound. Nevertheless, the leaves could be cooked several times (six-times), and they do not loose anything from its outstanding taste. Taste of coffee could be more known liquid alternative of such taste enjoyment, and this costs at least CZK 1000 for a cup. And this would be unsufficient for you? So, let´s continue ahead!

The women, it is an inexhaustible theme - (not only this article could be dedicated to them, including a rest of ourweb-site information) and it is unsufficient. It is true that many books describe woman´s beauty as well as their vanities. The philosophers all over the world outrun in ideas of their quotations, regarding truthfulness of women characteristics, have common feature. It is an effort to have a better look, in comparison with another women. And just toe-nail laquer (one from luxurious devices) could help them. Brand „I Do“ created special mother - of -pearl lacquer, enriched of nano-molecules of platinum dust, which could create from women finger-nails something supernatural. Anyway, all this corresponds to the unite price of CZK 1,000.000! And just such woman has really high value!

So, this small enumeration of most expensive items of everyday life could be finished in a kitchen, because, it has no sense to surprise you with a description of most expensice motor vehicle of the world, even with its diamond roof, golden wheels or atom motion, enabling cosmos flights. This could be a picture only, and for 99,9 % of readers, this could be small information regarding something immaterial, which could be hardly compared with standard life level of each of us. The potatoes are the products, which can be met every day, no doubt. Even such plants could have their VIP relatives (these are not cultivated in Czech furrow) but they are practically undistinguished from another plants, familiarly known to us.

So, the most expensive potatoes are cultivated in Noirmoutier Island, situated close to Nantes, France. This locality is interesting especially for the fact that during low tide, the area does not remind the island at all, and the area is joined with headland with access-way. Anyway, this way is, during evenings, nights or within bad weather, completely inundated, and the island is unaccessible. So, here, the potatoes of La Bonnote are cultivated. The cost of these plants makes EUR 500 per one kilo (i.e. CZK 14.000). This is high price for your taste enjoyments, which could be held even several days after a moment when you buy it. Manual planting out as well as the crops are carefully stipulated, and the sale is being effected just within last day of crops, which is being done once a year only, i.e. during first week in May. Total year´s sale makes nearly 20 tonns.

It is a fact that you have to pay for luxurious products. So, everybody would value, if you would prefer a modesty, or you would make a pleasure, buying something extraordinary. Despite all arguments against luxurious objects, it is valid that many of us, and maybe, everybody, could pay for huge number of un-enjoyment matters, not substituting quantity with quality, and even in such case that the objects are not of any expensive value…

Text: Jan Chaloupka

Translation: ing. Jan Jonáš

Photo: wikipedia commons, cigarpedia.com, privilegedclub.com