Whole spices
Comptoir des Poivres offers a wide selection of whole or shaved spices. Turmeric, nutmeg, cloves, pistachios, aniseed and cocoa beans will delight cooks, pastry chefs and gourmets.
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Saffron pearl Neguine
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From €17.70Saffron is used in cooking both for its aroma and for the golden-yellow colour it gives to dishes.
These characteristics make it a very popular condiment all over the world.The Comptoir des Poivres gives you the “saffron pearl" - "Neguine" in Persian and made only from the upper part of the crocus stigma.
It is an exceptional product !
Note : the packaging of this article is not suitable for gift boxes
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Green cardamom seeds from Guatemala
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From €13.80Smell is powerful, in a very fresh register: eucalyptus and camphor are dominant, a strong presence of lemon and menthol evoking black seed, beautiful floral touches and aromatic herbs, mainly sage and bay leaf.
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Whole nutmeg
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From €14.25Its smell is powerful, penetrating, hot, sweet and peppery with spikes of musk. When cooking, the peppery side develops.
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Cinnamon sticks (1,77 inches)
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From €7.30Its smell is subtle and sweet with a peppery edge. It immediately evokes pastries.
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Dehusked Columbian cocoa beans
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From €8.25You can immediately taste the typical chocolate flavour of these cocoa beans, but it is very delicate. There are no burnt notes as the roasting preserves the natural cocoa notes.
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Roasted cocoa beans
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From €10.60The beans have very little odour. In the mouth the chocolate taste appears immediately, with a burnt sideand a pleasant bitterness, without any sweetness.
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Whole clove
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From €9.20The clove has a hot, sweet and spicy, woody and spicy flavor. It is used by the pharmaceutical industry for its disinfectant, healing and anaesthetic properties. Its smell inevitably is reminiscent of the dentists'!
It is also used by perfumers. You can create a wonderful home fragrance by studding an orange with cloves. This is called a "pomander". -
Star anise
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From €6.45Star anise has a characteristic smell of anise with a sweet aromatic flavor and a slightly peppery aftertaste. Aroma is even more intense if the seeds are crushed or ground.
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Turmeric shavings
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From €6.85Its smell is powerful, slightly hot, spicy, minty, fruity and floral, sharp, with a slight pleasant bitterness.
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Jumbo green cardamom from Guatemala
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From €8.50Smell is powerful, in a very fresh register: eucalyptus and camphor are dominant, a strong presence of lemon and menthol evoking black seed, beautiful floral touches and aromatic herbs, mainly sage and bay leaf.
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Black Cardamom seeds
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From €8.00The fruits are harvested by pickers and immediately smoked on site over a wood fire. They thus develop its earthy, woody, camphoric and smoky black tea notes. The scent is fresh, extremely powerful.
The fruits are harvested by pickers and immediately smoked on site over a wood fire. They thus develop its earthy, woody, camphoric and smoky black tea notes. The scent is fresh, extremely powerful.
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Roasted Fenugreek
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From €9.90The seed has a very pleasant odour, evoking caramel with notes of liquorice. It has a note of celeriac, reminiscent of Madras curry. The flavour of the seeds is bitter and tastes of celeriac.
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Whole Colubian cocoa beans
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From €37.00You can immediately taste the typical chocolate flavour of these cocoa beans, but it is very delicate. There are no burnt notes as the roasting preserves the natural cocoa notes.
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Shelled pistachios from Aegina
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From €10.50Its odour is not very pronounced, slightly sweet, fruity and vegetal. Its flavor is sweet, very slightly resinous, with a light bitterness.
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Anise wood
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From €8.90This is the bark of a tree, like cinnamon. Strongly anise-flavoured, it is used in Madagascar as a substitute for star anise.
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Tonka beans
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From €8.50Tonka beans is very fragant, gives off warm and sweet notes reminiscent of the scents of sweet almond and cut hay. A closer look reveals creamy notes of leather, wax, almond and vanilla. Some will perceive a touch of caramel, tobacco or honey.
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Nutmeg mace
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From €15.20Its smell is powerful, penetrating, hot, sweet and peppery with spikes of musk. When cooking, the peppery side develops.
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