Tasmanian pepper (bushpepper)

Tasmanian mountainpepper is an exclusive, very rare pepper which is considered 'bush food', products native to the Australian bush. Experience how these exotic pepper 'explodes' in your mouth.

By the enormous wildfires in Gell River in 2019, ignited by hundreds of lightning strikes, went 28,000 hectares of vulnerable alpine wilderness lost, the habitat in which the Tasmanian mountainpepper occurs naturally. Since then, the whole world is - the pepper after all, it only grows there - having been dependent on small-scale cultivated Tasmanian pepper. Such low supply and high demand initially resulted in an export ban, followed by a period of extremely high prices. It is therefore good news that the wild mountainpepper can now be harvested again, and the price drops as a result. We were therefore able to significantly lower the price in October (2025).

The Tasmanian Mountainpepper is a plant from a genus that occurs only in Australasia and grows in the wild in many places there. The two-lobed 'berry' contains polygodal, That provides a unique sharpness experience, but also eugenol, vitamins A and C, and various minerals. And, it contains more antioxidants than most real berries.

Besides the dried berry, the dried leaf of the plant is also eaten. Aboriginal people have used the plant for centuries for medicinal purposes, against skin ailments and stomach pain, the leaf as an herb and the dried berry as a spice. European, mostly British, settlers also discovered the latter at the end of the 18th century.

The alpine pepper, related to the Tasmanian pepper, grows in the highlands of Tasmania, and is therefore sometimes called a mountainpepper named. The British introduced the plant and have been cultivating it in Cornwall since the beginning of the last century. They name the plant after the leaf, Cornish pepper leaf. The leaves have a sharp cinnamon flavor, while the berries are spicy and fruity. The taste is reminiscent of myrtle. The berry initially provides a mildly sweet taste sensation, which gradually transitions into a sharpness reminiscent of Zanthoxylum.peppers like Szechuan.

Tip: we also have the botanically related Pepe Canelo from Chile, you would call it a Tasmanian pepper can be called with a touch of cinnamon.

Usage

A versatile pepper for fish and seafood, in meat marinades, with or without soy sauce. The cinnamon accent gives the berry a typical bushfood flavor, which combines well with cumin, coriander, lemon, and red fruit. It also comes into its own in stone fruit jams such as apricot jams. Try adding a few grains to your gin or gin cocktail; preferably soak them in some gin beforehand.

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Scent and taste

In Tasmanian pepper you taste cinnamon, myrtle, and nutmeg, but also juniper, with which it combines well.

• 1,8-cineole, eucalyptol, the refreshing taste of mint and myrtle (and eucalyptus oil)
• linalol, responsible for the fresh floral scent
• α- and β-pinene, woody pine scent, as in cumin, pine (pine cone), juniper, black pepper and hemp
• safrole, sweet and spicy with anise notes, like cinnamon
• myristicin, warm spicy, like balsamic vinegar, in cinnamon, nutmeg and black pepper

Features:

• 100% dried berries of the Tasmannia lanceolata
• origin: Tasmania - Australia
• foraging

• sharply increased market price in 2024 as a result of habitat damage from fires

Assortment

• available in glass (30 and 45 grams), stand-up pouch and test tube (10 ml)
• Larger quantities on request

Gift packaging

• The jar is available in tasteful gift packaging, consisting of a cube box filled with black tissue paper.
• For an overview of our gift packaging, please refer to the section. gift packaging

Save:

• keep your Tasmanian pepper in sealed packaging
• preferably store in a dark, dry and cool place
• batch no. **401 - best before September 2028 (09-2028)
• This expiration date is an indication.

Do you want to know how this Tasmanian pepper tastes good?

You can also try a test tube. The tube contains sufficient pepper to fathom the essence of the taste.

Batch number

The batch number helps us trace which supply an item originated from. It is listed on the packing slip and the invoice.