Terre Exotique Penja Pepper Blend, Three colours, Whole 80g

Mixed black, white and red peppercorns. Spicy black pepper, strong charactered white pepper and fresh green pepper. Great to top up your grinder.

The three peppers in this mix have different colours, which is simply linked to the stage at which each pepper is harvested. The youngest pepper is the green pepper which is picked when the drupes are still underripe. Green pepper is slightly spicy and fresh and moderately strong. The next in line is black pepper which is harvested just before it is fully ripe and is then left out to dry in the sun for several days. Black pepper keeps its pericarp. Last but not is white pepper which is picked when fully ripe. It is then dried and retted, which means it is left to soak and then rinsed several times so that the peppercorns lose their pericarp. Only the heart is kept which is where all the tasty aromas are stored.