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Honey Toast Box
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Honey Toast Box

Many spoons are needed to demolish one of these ice cream-stuffed bread loaves.
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Longevity Peach
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Longevity Peach

These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.
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Bao Bing
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Bao Bing

This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.
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Knickerbocker Glory
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Knickerbocker Glory

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.
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Kissel
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Kissel

The dessert that's also a meal.
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Pine Cone Preserves
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Pine Cone Preserves

Soft young cones make a sweet jam believed to have health benefits in Russia and Georgia.
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Bakeapple
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Bakeapple

Almost every Newfoundlander has a secret spot for foraging this honey-sweet berry.
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Canarian Palm “Honey”
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Canarian Palm “Honey”

On one small island, this golden liquid is both a local delicacy and traditional medicine.
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Yaupon Tea
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Yaupon Tea

The mellow-buzz brew that once fueled Native Americans is making a comeback.
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Feni
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Feni

This triple-distilled cashew fruit liquor is a source of Goan pride.
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Lindisfarne Mead
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Lindisfarne Mead

The best place to find the “nectar of the gods” is Holy Island.
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Araga
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Araga

Traditional Tuvan booze is made from milk and distilled in a hollowed-out tree trunk.
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Gruit Ale
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Gruit Ale

Brewers are replacing hops with sweet, aromatic herbs to resurrect this extinct beer.
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Turkish Coffee
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Turkish Coffee

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
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Bilberry Soup
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Bilberry Soup

Hot, fruity, and an integral part of the longest cross-country ski race in the world.
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T’ej
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T’ej

Ethiopian honey wine is sweet, funky, and perfect with injera.
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Chouchen
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Chouchen

Ancient Celtic settlers brought this honey-based drink to Brittany.
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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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Boilo
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Boilo

Christmas in Northeast Pennsylvania calls for “the Champagne of the Coal Region.”
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Glögg
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Glögg

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
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Juniper Beer
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Juniper Beer

This grain-free beer was all but forgotten until folk festivals sparked a revival in Kurpie, Poland.
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Midas Touch Ale
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Midas Touch Ale

A brewery consulted drinking vessels found in the ancient king’s tomb to recreate a 2,700-year-old elixir.
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Yuenyeung
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Yuenyeung

The perfect marriage of coffee and tea.
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Ranovola
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Ranovola

When life gives you burnt rice, make tea.
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