Palme - Kampot IGP red & black pepper mix - Premium - in grains - 100g

Net weight: 100 g Origin: Cambodia Crushed in a mortar or ground in a pepper mill, the mixture of black and red peppers from Kampot KHLA brings the scents and tastes of both peppers, for a spicy and tasty cuisine. The delicacy and fruitiness of red pepper allows the use of this mixture from appetizer to dessert. The Kampot Pepper label Our Cambodian pepper producer is one of the first farmers among the 12 certified to have obtained the "Kampot pepper" designation in Cambodia. He actively participated in the creation of this label in 1992 and today it is one of the only farms owned by a Cambodian. The pepper is harvested when ripe around February before being dried in the sun and then sorted by hand. strawberry pepper dessert pepper sorting A pepper with different maturities The Piper-nigrum is a liana with oval leaves 4 to 5 meters high which flourishes around Kampot in the mountain of Phnom Voar, benefiting from a porous laterite soil, on the heights of the small mountains swept by the winds sailors from the nearby Gulf of Siam. The fruit of this tree is harvested in bunches at different degrees of ripeness. The black pepper was harvested green, then dried and oxidized naturally and finally sorted by hand, the red is harvested ripe. Pepper cultivation is very old in Cambodia. Kampot pepper is cited in the writings of Zhou Daguan, a Chinese diplomat received in the 13th century by the Khmer Empire. Culture favored in the 19th century by the French protectorate, it almost disappeared completely during the Khmer Rouge between 1974 and 1995. Fortunately saved, Kampot pepper is since 2010 the first Cambodian product to benefit from an IGP (Protected Geographical Indication). Kampot pepper, best pepper in the world Kampot pepper is considered by connoisseurs to be the best pepper in the world, due to its exceptional operating and harvesting conditions. The mixture of black and red KHLA peppers brings the scents and tastes of both peppers, both strength and delicacy. Kampot pepper is recognized in Cambodia for its anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. It also aids digestion and freshens breath. The KHLA black and red pepper mix is the ideal combined product for peppering all your foods, from appetizers to desserts!