Cubeb Pepper

Cubeb Pepper – Altes Gewürzamt

Ingo Holland's Cubeb Pepper is a less well-known variety of classic black pepper, native to Indonesian islands such as Sri Lanka. This black pepper with a small stem has a pleasant, fruity aroma that is somewhat peppery but also reminiscent of allspice. Cubeb pepper is slightly bitter with hints of eucalyptus and camphor. This pepper variety is best suited for meat and vegetable dishes. Excellent with steaks. Ideally, cubeb pepper should be crushed in a mortar, although it is also suitable for a grinder.

Cubeb or Stem Pepper – Ingo Holland Recommends

Black cubeb pepper, which comes from Indonesia or Sri Lanka, is indeed harvested from unripe, green fruits, which often turn black due to fermentation in the sunlight, becoming firmer and wrinkled, but also more intense in pungency. It has a large, dark grain with a stem and a tart-spicy pungency. Therefore, cubeb pepper is also known as stem pepper or tailed pepper.

Altes Gewürzamt – Spices Without Compromise

Ingo Holland aims to inspire culinary enthusiasts and encourage creative ideas with his particularly intense spices from "Altes Gewürzamt". He makes no compromises on the quality of his ingredients, spices, peppers, herbs, and salts. His exclusive pepper varieties, such as Cubeb Pepper, are meant to be used in many different ways, "which is why I'm reluctant to give specific application instructions," Ingo Holland said in an interview with us. If you enjoy cooking and smelling the blends, you'll probably feel the same way we do, and ideas will come to mind about which dishes or ingredients this blend would particularly complement. Cubeb pepper best preserves its pungency and aromatic flavors in the tightly sealed, green Altes Gewürzamt spice tin.

Be brave and try it out, but be careful: like all spices from Ingo Holland Altes Gewürzamt, Cubeb Pepper is intense because it is of particularly good quality.