Whole spices

Saffron 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 !

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Smell 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.

You 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.

The 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".

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.

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

Star 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.

Its smell is powerful, penetrating, hot, sweet and peppery with spikes of musk. When cooking, the peppery side develops.

Smell 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.

The beans have very little odour. In the mouth the chocolate taste appears immediately, with a burnt sideand a pleasant bitterness, without any sweetness.