Comments on: From A 100-Year-Old-Fish to a 24K Gold Tin, Almas Caviar

By: Beluga cavair

Beluga cavair — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:49:05 +0000

After almas caviar, beluga caviar is the next most expensive caviar due to the fact the sturgeon fish has to be 70-80 years old before the caviar eggs are extracted.

By: Caviarist

Caviarist — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:32:58 +0000

Hi Tewfiq,
This is actually an interesting side note as one always stumbles over the ‘russian explanation’. Thx for sharing! ZwyerCaviar doesn’t have Almas (who does these days?). But it is the only top premium caviar brand there is to date!

By: Tewfiq

Tewfiq — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:03:24 +0000

Almas is not actually a Russian word, it is common to both Arabic and Russian by a common Greek root. As the Almas Caviar is actually Iranian, in this case the word ‘Almas’ has been borrowed by the Farsi language from Arabic by means of cultural and, mostly, religious influence. Therefore, in this context, it is best to describe it as a Farsi or Arabic word, but by no means Russian.

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Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:08:35 +0000

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By: bLavish » Caviar for the Vegans

bLavish » Caviar for the Vegans — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:55:49 +0000

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