Great wines of pepper
The botanical family of Piper can be segmented as follows:
- Piper nigrum: it is the classic round pepper, the essential of our tables;
- the tailed peppers: such as the wild voatsiperifery pepper from Madagascar or the cubeb pepper from Indonesia;
- long pepper: like the Ethiopian timiz pepper, the long java pepper or the Indian assam pepper.
The degree of ripeness at harvest and the post-harvest process will give the pepper its final color and flavors.
4 colours of Piper nigrum:
Red pepper, Green pepper, Black pepper, White pepper.