1. Black caviar is appreciated more when it has a larger and lighter grains. Red caviar, on the other hand is appreciated more when it has smaller and more finely grains.

 Red caviar is at it best when it’s coloring is a light orange to orange tinge. If the coloring is pale or yellow, then it past it’s prime and should be discarded.

2. Although red caviar is far less expensive than the black variety, it is no less tastier nor nutritious as the black variety. The reason the red variety is less expensive than the black has to do with quantity not quality. Salmon are much more plentiful to catch than the Ossetra, Sevruga and Beluga sturgeons.

3. Typically, caviar is eaten with a small spoon . Gourmets say, that serving caviar as a sandwich brings nothing of valuable to the quality of the product.

4. To accompany such a delicacy it is recommended that only vodka or champagne should be used to quench your thirst.

5. The fact is that caviar is much tastier and has a more subtle flavor when served chilled rather than a room temperature.

6. Caviar is usually served in crystal or silver container surrounded by ice ..

7. Usually when caviar is being served, a small sliver of butter is served on the side.

8. A really true gourmet uses a special small silver ball on a very thin chain to measure the level of saltiness in caviar. They place this ball on surface of the caviar and if it stays on the surface then it is considered that the ratio of salt and fatness is ideal but if after a few moments on the surface the ball sinks into the caviar, then the caviar is not perfect.

9. The most expensive caviar in the world is the “Golden Caviar” which has an amazing gold amber color. This “extreme delicacy” comes from the rarest of sturgeon, the Beluga-Albino, which is almost never found in nature. There is less than 10 kilograms produced each year at a staggering retail cost of $25,000 a kilogram or roughly $710.00 an ounce.

10. The United States is the biggest importer of this product .

P.S. Red caviar is magnificent when served along side freshly baked Russian pancakes!