Collection: chili pepper

We specialize in peppercorns, but do not despise the chili pepper. For example, you will find pure chili pepper from the French Basque Country with us. Since 2016 we have been selling Piment d'Espelette from Aïnhoa, a town on the Spanish-French border. This Espelette is a coarsely ground 'powder' harvested manually, processed into the powder (Piment d'Espelette), into puree and a tasty jelly, completely in line with the culinary traditions of the French Basque Country.

Chili pepper is also used in some of our blends: the Japanese togarashi chili in Shichimi, the Indian teja pepper in Punjabi masala, the kashmiri chili in Kashmiri masala, the smoked jalapeño chili in our Adobo chipotl and Aleppo chili (pul biber) in Baharat.

The newest chili addition to our range is themerkén or merquén, the diplomatic, read strategic response of the Chilean Mapuche to the violent conquest of their country by the conquistadors, the combination of their goat's horn chili and the coriander and cumin brought from Europe. One of the classic examples of the 'Columbian exchange' of products and customs from the Old and New world.