Black Pepper: Medicinal Use and Trade

By Admin, on January 16th, 2012

Dried herbs for sale in China. Photo by Juen. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinesedriedgoods.jpg

As medicine

‘There’s certainly too much pepper in that soup!’ Alice said to herself, as well as she could for sneezing. — Alice in Wonderland (1865). Chapter VI: Pig and Pepper. Note the cook’s pepper mill. Like many eastern spices, pepper was historically . . . → Read More: Black Pepper: Medicinal Use and Trade

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Black Pepper Origin and Plant Information

By Admin, on January 16th, 2012

Black Pepper plant. Photo by Antti Kivivalli

Region of origin

Peppercorns are often categorised under a label describing their region or port of origin. Two well-known types come from India’s Malabar Coast: Malabar pepper and Tellicherry pepper. Tellicherry is a higher-grade pepper, made from the largest, ripest 10% of fruits from Malabar plants . . . → Read More: Black Pepper Origin and Plant Information

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Black Pepper Introduction and Varieties

By Admin, on January 16th, 2012

Black Pepper Photo by Taguelmoust on Wikimedia Commons

Black pepper

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit, known as a peppercorn when dried, is approximately 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter, . . . → Read More: Black Pepper Introduction and Varieties

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