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White Peppercorns Single Estate Cameroon - Africa

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White Peppercorns From the Cameroon 69g Jar £5.75
White Peppercorns Single Estate Cameroon - Africa

Steenbergs Penja Pepper includes this single estate white peppercorn comes from the Penja Estate in Cameroon, Africa.


The Penja White Pepper is matured longer than the black and the oxidisation process is stopped by blanching the white berries in boiling hot water. The skin is then removed in water to reveal the bitingly hot core of the berry, which becomes quite hard and crunchy.  The berries are smaller than the green due to the processing, giving a creamy white ridge shape reminiscent of big coriander seeds.  The aroma is strong, fusty and peppery and the taste is of a truly hot pepper that makes you sweat, quickly getting to an intense, searing white hot heat that lingers around the whole mouth, numbing the tongue. 


The Penja Valley is a great place for horticulture, a remote valley with only 30,000 people living there.  The terroir is a fertile volcanic soil and the climate is ideal for tropical plants, like pepper vines – loads of humidity and rainfall and masses of hot sun.  It’s a steamy, sweaty place.  Like a niche estate wine, only 18 tonnes are grown on this 100 hectares plantation and no chemicals are used in the growing, processing or post-harvest processes, so while not organic they are free from nasties.


The rich volcanic soil creates flavours and aromas that are soft and refined with a delicate musky, mysterious perfume and lots of hot, African heat that lingers bitingly at the back of the throat. 


Axel's comment:


"It’s a really great white pepper and I like it better than many of the Indian ones I have tried, although there is perhaps less depth of character than a classic Wayanad white pepper. More mystery and a bit less refined than Indian peppers but full of great joyful heat."


Steenbergs Penja Pepper is another specialist spice that Axel Steenberg has had great fun tracking down and is only sold to our web customers, and we don't sell to trade.

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