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Chilean Sea Urchin
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Chilean Sea Urchin

Flip over these prickly treasures and find creamy, orange meat.
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Chicha Morada
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Chicha Morada

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.
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Api Morado
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Api Morado

Cold mornings in the Andean Highlands are best met with a steaming cup of this sweet, purple drink.
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Canelazo
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Canelazo

A sweet, warm cocktail to chase away the chill of Andean nights.
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Inca Trail Snake Liquor
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Inca Trail Snake Liquor

In the Peruvian jungle, some families still make this homemade spirit.
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Gunpowder Rum
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Gunpowder Rum

A spirit that toasts a time when proofing your liquor meant setting it aflame.
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Ramos Gin Fizz
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Ramos Gin Fizz

Turning this cocktail into a fluffy cloud is easy—just hire someone to shake it for 12 minutes straight. 
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The Zombie
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The Zombie

Donn Beach only wrote the recipe for his famously potent cocktail in secret code.
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Superman Ice Cream
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Superman Ice Cream

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!
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Seaweed Gin
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Seaweed Gin

The essence of Canada's eastern coastline, distilled.
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Bakeapple Gin
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Bakeapple Gin

A Canadian spirit made with Newfoundland's beloved berry.
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Fugu
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Fugu

The toxic pufferfish steals hearts, despite its ability to stop them.
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Pegu Club Cocktail
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Pegu Club Cocktail

A cocktail that originated in a British officers’ club in erstwhile Burma now has fans across the world.
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Marula
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Marula

The intoxicating South African fruit is beloved by humans and elephants.
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Coco de Mer
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Coco de Mer

A delicious fruit with a suggestively-shaped seed.
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Fried Sea Anemone
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Fried Sea Anemone

On the Andalusian coast, once-deadly tentacles become crispy delicacies.
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The King's Ginger
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The King's Ginger

The liqueur was created “to stimulate and revivify His Majesty” while he was driving.
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Kopstootje
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Kopstootje

The Dutch drinking ritual begins with a glass of genever and ends with a “little head-butt.”
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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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Commandaria
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Commandaria

To taste the oldest wine still in production, head to Cyprus.
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Liquore all'Alloro
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Liquore all'Alloro

If there is anything that should rest on its laurels, it’s probably this laurel-infused digestif.
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Stroopwafel Liqueur
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Stroopwafel Liqueur

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.
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Scrumpy
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Scrumpy

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.
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