Classics

For thousands of years, people have used pepper, both as a medicine and as a seasoning. The oldest pepper-producing region is undoubtedly Malabar, on the west coast of India.

Ramses II, one of the greatest pharaohs of ancient Egypt, died in 1212 BC and was mummified. In In his nostrils black pepper was found, which came from Malabar. Whether the pepper was used only in embalming or also as a seasoning is not known to this day.

In Europe people made in the ancient knowledge of pepper, with African pepper and pepper from India came to Africa and from there ended up in Europe. These peppers included African cubeb pepper, long pepper from Ethiopia and India, and grains of paradise from the French Riviera. We offer these peppers, along with those we encountered in the East Indies, under the heading "classics":