Black Pepper (Piper)

Description: Vines climbing by means of roots to the substrate, or strong erect species, some reaching twenty feet (6m+) in height. ... more

Black Pepper (Piper) ... Suitable for the home or a greenhouse.

Newest Review: ... to be gathered before they are fully ripe. Once gathered, the berries are then placed on mats or leaves to dry in the sun. ... more

... Here is becomes dry and shrivelled and loses any colouration. Hey presto - a peppercorn! White pepper actually comes from the same plant only the dried riper berries are macerated in water then the outer shells are rubbed away. This leaves the less pungent remains of the berry which is white in colour. If you look at black pepper you can see the flecks of white in it. Apparently the quality of a peppercorn is based on its weight - the hea...more

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Black Pepper (Piper): The King of Spices (1075 words)
by - written on 28/04/02 (Very useful, 575 readings)
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One day a few weeks ago, the silliest of realisations hit me. I’d been chatting with a friend as we ate lunch and casually asked if he had some pepper. It suddenly hit me that I had absolutely no idea where pepper comes from. This simplest of condiments ever present at every meal and I had no idea what it was. I mentioned it to said friend and found he didn’t know either. So I set out to discover the origin of pepper and enlighten you all with my findings. Now I had assumed that pepper corns were some kind of dried seed but this is not the case. Pepper is actually the fruit of a plant called Piper Nigrum (this is the Latin name meaning pepper black). ... Read the complete review