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Pipers: Lada, Sirih, Kaduk Sat, 07 Dec 2013 08:26:26 +0000 Black
pepper is the quintessential spice of the Spice Route, the
ancient trade routes across the Indian Ocean that have brought
merchants and travelers to the Nusantara since antiquity. Pepper
was once as valuable as gold, and even now, it is the world’s
most traded spice. Piper nigrum is well suited to cultivation in
Sarawak: pepper represents roughly 5% of total agricultural
exports, and virtually all of it comes from Sarawak. Sarawak
produces more than 90% of the world’s supply of white pepper.
White pepper, like red and green peppercorns, comes from the
same plant as the common black corns. The difference is in the
processing: with white pepper the peppercorns are submerged in
running water for a period of time. That bleaches the color and
gives white pepper it’s milder flavor.   Young peppercorns
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