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The Rare Pepper Collector
You want the world's forgotten peppers.
You want the world's forgotten peppers. You've already got eight mills. You want the ninth. You know the classics (Kampot, Tellicherry, Penja) but it's the outsiders that thrill you: long pepper, Tasmanian pepperberry, cubeb, Zanzibar. You read the history of…
Your main traits
- erudite
- curious
- rare
- complete
Your aromatic portrait
You've already got eight mills. You want the ninth. You know the classics (Kampot, Tellicherry, Penja) but it's the outsiders that thrill you: long pepper, Tasmanian pepperberry, cubeb, Zanzibar. You read the history of spice the way others read the history of wine. You know long pepper predates black pepper in Europe. You could talk for an hour about grains of paradise as the trade good of the old Grain Coast. You're not a snob, you're a fanatic. You give rare peppers to your curious friends. You cook to discover, not to impress. Every dinner is an experiment. You've got the citrus of Timut, the woods of Voatsiperifery, the buzz of Sichuan, and you move freely between them all.
Your 5 signature products
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« Long pepper, Europe's pepper before black pepper, warm and complex, is your scholar's treasure for slow meats and spiced desserts. »
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« Zanzibar black, intense and aromatic from the island spice trade, is your fragrant everyday outsider on seared meats and stews. »
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« Tasmanian pepperberry, fruity-hot with a long finish, is your absolute outsider on white meats and dessert. Stains a sauce deep purple. »
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« Cubeb, the tailed eucalyptus-spiced pepper out of Java, signs your experimental dishes with a freshness nothing else has. »
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« Grains of paradise, the West African cardamom-pepper seed, closes the collection with a warm, floral note. The Grain Coast in a mill. »
Your signature dishes
- long-pepper chicken
- Zanzibar-pepper steak
- Tasmanian-pepperberry tartare
Your go-to occasions
discovery dinners, blind tastings, gifts for epicures
Your opposite profile
At the other end of the spectrum:
The French ClassicistYou still believe a well-ground pepper is all a dish needs.