We source the country's highest quality Muntok White Pepper from the village of Muntok, in Bangka Island, Indonesia. Farmers growing these peppercorns have developed a unique process to produce high quality products.
Besides the famous Araku coffee we also nurture the black pepper. Pepper is the perfect companion to shade grown coffee and has the same dappled sunlight needs as Arabica coffee. It thrives using coffee shade trees as support and provides a welcome additional income
Araku pepper is certified organic along with its companion Arabica coffee. The bio-inoculants used to enhance the quality of soil create a premium high altitude, quality pepper.
Black pepper is native to south Asia & south east Asia, and has been known to Indian cooking since at least 2000BCE. While number of classical historical resources mention the important source was India, particularly the Malabar Coast, in what is now the state of Kerela, famous for exporting various spices.
The pepper plant is a perennial woody vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivate for its fruit known as Peppercorn which is usually dried and used as spice and for seasoning, growing up to 4 m (13 ft) in height supporting trees, poles or trellises. Pepper can be grown in soil that is neither too dry nor susceptible to flooding, moist, well drained and rich in organic matter. The roots are covered in leaf mulch and manure and the shoots are trimmed twice a year.
A single stem bears 20-30 fruiting spikes. The harvest begins as soon as one or two fruits at the base of the spikes begin to turn red and before the fruit is fully mature and is still hard, if allowed to ripen completely, the fruit lose pungency and ultimately fall off and are lost. The spikes are collected and spread out to dry in the sun, then the peppercorns are stripped off the spikes
Indonesia has historically played an important role as a supplier of black and white pepper to the international market. Since the late 16th century, when de Houtman and Van Nect started trading in pepper, and the early 17th century when the Dutch established pepper plantations in Java and Sumatra, Indonesia has been a major contributor to world trade in pepper. Today, Lampung Black and Muntok White pepper are respected names in the pepper trade.
Pepper in Indonesia is a smallholder crop, with average farm size of less than a hectare. An estimated 190,000 hectares of pepper are cultivated, mainly in Lampung and Bangka, with some areas in South Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi becoming important recently. In Lampung black pepper is produced, while in Bangka, because of suitable conditions, the entire production is of white pepper. In Kalimantan and Sulawesi almost 70% of production is black and the remaining white. Lampung and Bangka are main sources recording exports, while pepper from Kalimantan and Sulawesi are channeled to nearby local markets as well as to neighboring countries.
Indonesia has historically played an important role as a supplier of black and white pepper to the international market. Since the late 16th century, when de Houtman and Van Nect started trading in pepper, and the early 17th century when the Dutch established pepper plantations in Java and Sumatra, Indonesia has been a major contributor to world trade in pepper. Today, Lampung Black and Muntok White pepper are respected names in the pepper trade.
Pepper in Indonesia is a smallholder crop, with average farm size of less than a hectare. An estimated 190,000 hectares of pepper are cultivated, mainly in Lampung and Bangka, with some areas in South Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi becoming important recently. In Lampung black pepper is produced, while in Bangka, because of suitable conditions, the entire production is of white pepper. In Kalimantan and Sulawesi almost 70% of production is black and the remaining white. Lampung and Bangka are main sources recording exports, while pepper from Kalimantan and Sulawesi are channeled to nearby local markets as well as to neighboring countries.
Indonesia has historically played an important role as a supplier of black and white pepper to the international market. Since the late 16th century, when de Houtman and Van Nect started trading in pepper, and the early 17th century when the Dutch established pepper plantations in Java and Sumatra, Indonesia has been a major contributor to world trade in pepper. Today, Lampung Black and Muntok White pepper are respected names in the pepper trade.
Pepper in Indonesia is a smallholder crop, with average farm size of less than a hectare. An estimated 190,000 hectares of pepper are cultivated, mainly in Lampung and Bangka, with some areas in South Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi becoming important recently. In Lampung black pepper is produced, while in Bangka, because of suitable conditions, the entire production is of white pepper. In Kalimantan and Sulawesi almost 70% of production is black and the remaining white. Lampung and Bangka are main sources recording exports, while pepper from Kalimantan and Sulawesi are channeled to nearby local markets as well as to neighboring countries.
Javanese Comet's Tails or kemukas as they are known locally are a wonderful rarity among the world of Piper (true pepper) family. Known to the west since medieval times as Piper cubeba or Cubebs, this pepper has a wonderful fresh aroma of pepper, pine and lemons.This Peppercorn is harvested by hand and then sun dried before being sold. On the tongue, Comet's Tail peppercorns exhibit a distinctly cooling menthol feeling offset by the peppery heat & a bright citrus-like sweetness.
Cubeb fruit is generally harvested before ripe and then dried. Cubeb often sold in the form of dried fruit that still has the stem, so it is often referred to as pepper caudate (tailed pepper). Cubeb seeds are white, hard and greasy.
Balinese Long Pepper or Javanese Long Pepper 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 of Piper retrofractum is similar in appearance and taste to that of the Long Pepper (P. longum).
On the palate, this pepper is earthy and sweet but also has a definite heat. Once crushed, it releases a lovely floral fragrance. Bali Long Pepper can be used like any conventional pepper but it can also be used like a bay leaf in soups and/or braises.
Name: Black peper
Brand Name: The kisan fresh
Product Type: Single Herbs & Spices
Style; Dried
Processing Type: Raw
Certification ISO
Shape: Round
Color: Natural Black
Place of Origin: India
Weight (kg): 25
Shelf Life: 2 Years
Grade Food
Taste Spicy Naturally
Quality Excellent
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, known as a peppercorn, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter (fresh and fully mature), dark red, and contains a stone which encloses a single pepper seed. Peppercorns and the ground pepper derived from them may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green pepper (dried unripe fruit), or white pepper (ripe fruit seeds). Black pepper is native to the Malabar Coast of India, and the Malabar pepper is extensively cultivated there and in other tropical regions.
Ground, dried, and cooked peppercorns have been used since antiquity, both for flavour and as a traditional medicine. Black pepper is the world's most traded spice, and is one of the most common spices added to cuisines around the world. Its spiciness is due to the chemical compound piperine, which is a different kind of spicy from the capsaicin characteristic of chili peppers. It is ubiquitous in the Western world as a seasoning, and is often paired with salt and available on dining tables in shakers or mills.
