Le Comptoir des Poivres

Vanilla pompona is a rare vanilla. It is native to the tropical regions of Central America (Mexico...). The vine needs a support to grow (trees, other vines) and can measure up to 20 meters.

These are vanilla pods that have been dried and reduced to a powder. This powder is very aromatic, easy to use and excellent value for money.

Powerful, even violent, very impressive nose and completely natural! This powder doesn't look like some of the powders made with poor quality citrus fruits, often not washed and badly dried and which have an unpleasant soapy odour. Ours is an exceptional powder, made of specially selected fruits, picked when fully ripe, washed, finely peeled and whose the zests have been extensively and gently dried in the sun before being made into powder. The dominant odour is of course lemon and lime, but with sweet notes evoking candied citron zest. It has a beautiful camphor and menthol odour, evoking eucalyptus, with a spicy touch reminiscent of ginger. This product is a fresh-tasting delicacy.

This Indonesian vanilla, growing on volcanic soils, is undoubtedly the closest to the Bourbon vanilla of Madagascar. Our craftsman works it according to the same Malagasy techniques. Slightly less loaded in vanillin, it is nevertheless powerful, strongly aromatic, on notes of very ripe red fruits, touches of cocoa, very ripe banana, candied fig, caramel, bread with grapes, milk jam, old rum.

The nose of Vanilla White Pepper is subtle, expressing the warm and sweet notes of vanilla. After milling, the notes are fresh, vegetal and floral, with a dominant mint, touches of citrus and eucalyptus.

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Its smell is subtly perfumed and sweet with a peppery edge. It immediately evokes pastries.

The leaves, like the fruits, exhale taste and olfactory notes of verbena, cinnamon, lime, coriander, ginger… Many fragrances also recall the sansho grape from Japan.

The cane sugar used is organic panela, pure organic raw black cane sugar from Colombia, with characteristic notes of biscuit, speculos, caramel, liquorice and honey.

Criollo cocoa is reputed to be the best in the world, the noblest, the most refined. The ground beans have a powerful taste, elegant, fine, delicate, aromatic notes.

Its smell is powerful, slightly hot, spicy, minty, fruity and floral, sharp, with a slight pleasant bitterness.

Unsplit tahitensis Black Gourmet Vanilla

This vanilla is distinguished by a rich aroma, more subtle than vanilla planifolia.
The aromatic is a powerful concentrate: caramel, honey, milk, spices (nutmeg, nutmeg, cinnamon, Jamaica Bay), floral (tropical flowers), and wild berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries), even fruity (orange), dried fruits and small touches of liquorice.
We also like the accents of rum grape, very ripe plums, tobacco leaves.

The spices mix is at the same time fresh, floral, spicy. All the ingredients that compose it have been sorted for their taste and smell: nothing but the best.

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Our ginger is picked at perfect maturity then washed and dried by controlled mechanical processes, to preserve its sweet, peppery and lemony flavors particular to this bulb.

On the palate, our sumac reveals a powerful acidity, a slight astringency and natural saline notes.

Reducing caloupilé flavors description to notes of curry is a mistake. Notes are much more complex, with accents of parsley, cumin, dill, bay leaf, dried lemon peel with small smoky herbal hints and lots of freshness.

This lime exudes spicy, acidic and lemony notes. It has a sharp acidity and an elegant bitterness with notes of candied citron and almost liquorice touches.

Extremely enjoyable, addictive nose with delicious, hot, sweet notes. Pineapple and candied citron are dominant, always with a tart citrus touch, of quince, angelica, verbena and herbaceous notes evoking dried hay and tobacco.

This mixture will surprise you with its sweet, floral, fruity aromas. Star anise brings freshness and Madagascar cinnamon a lot of softness and sweetness.

Spices mix created, assembled and packaged in France by Le Comptoir des poivres.

Sensual, warm, sweet, greedy, powerful floral aromas of prune, dried fig and date. This vanilla will be perfect in the sweet register (creams, ice creams, fruit salads, pastries or even biscuits).

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Fruity, intense citrus taste, with ripe lemon, candied lemon, dried lemon peel with peaks of menthol. Despite its acidity a hot, sweet note emerges.

The limou exudes almost smoky, spicy, acidic, lemony notes. On the palate, the acidity is incisive, the bitterness elegant, with notes of candied citron, candied mandarin and almost liquorice touches.

A subtle odour with touches of sweetened citrus fruits, vegetal, evoking a warm straw scent. To taste, an amusing texture, the powder melts on the tongue, leaving traces of sugar and finally a pleasant bitterness of mandarin bark.

We offer you exceptional zests, made of specially selected fruits, picked when fully ripe, washed, finely peeled and extensively and gently dried in the sun. The dominant odour is of course lemon and lime, but with sweet notes evoking candied citron zest. It has a beautiful camphor and menthol odour, evoking eucalyptus, with a spicy touch reminiscent of ginger. This product is a fresh-tasting delicacy.

The same notes as the liquorice sticks, but with a roasted, woody side with hints of cocoa and coffee, reminiscent of chicory and Ovaltine.

It has a characteristic smell of aniseed, sweet, woody, with a lovely vegetal freshness.

Monkey bread is the fruit of the African baobab tree. Nose: Over-ripe pear, under-ripe plum, persimmon, cucumber and the pleasant acidity of the green melon.