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Caviar guides for South African buyers
Short, practical reading — how to serve it, what the grades actually mean, and what black caviar should cost in South Africa.
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How to Serve Caviar
Temperature, the spoon, what goes under it and what goes beside it. Everything that separates eating caviar from tasting it.
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Caviar Grades Explained
What grading actually means, and how the four sturgeons differ once they are in front of you.
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Caviar Prices in South Africa
What black caviar actually costs in South Africa, what drives the number, and where the money goes.
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The short version
If you only read one line
Buy the smallest tin of the best grade you can rather than a big tin of something tired. Keep it cold, open it late, use a non-metal spoon, and put almost nothing beside it. That is most of what there is to know.