Cubebs
Natural Ingredients for NATURAL GOURMET
The odour of Regency Cubebs is described as agreeable and aromatic. Cubeb or tailed pepper, is a plant in genus Piper, cultivated for its fruit and essential oil. It is mostly grown in Java and Sumatra, hence sometimes called Java pepper. The fruits are gathered before they are ripe, and carefully dried. Commercial cubebs consist of the dried berries, similar in appearance to black pepper, but with stalks attached ¡X the "tails" in "tailed pepper". The dried pericarp is wrinkled, its color ranges from grayish-brown to black. The seed is hard, white and oily. The taste, pungent, acrid, slightly bitter and persistent. It has been described as tasting like allspice, or like a cross between allspice and black pepper.
Regency Cubeb continues to be used as a flavoring agent for gins and cigarettes in the West, and as a seasoning for food in Indonesia.
Regency Cubeb is supplied as whole. Packing is in cartons or bags as per customer needs. Specifications : Current crop, admixture max. 0.5, aroma and flavor as characteristic to specific variety being supplied, free from extraneous odours and flavors, mold, alive insects, practically free from dead insects.
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