Tellicherry Special Extra Bold Peppercorns

PURPOSE WHAT IS IT? An Indian peppercorn, there is a lot of misinformation about these peppers. All peppercorns are of the Piper nigrum family, the fruit of a flowering vine dried to enhance the chemical piperine, not to be confused with the capsaicin characteristic of chili peppers. In India, they’re the largest “grade” that come out of the sorters. Think of them like eggs: Grade AA, Grade A, etc.  These? They’re “AAAAAA.” They’re left to ripen longer, which makes them bigger and richer than Malabars, are a grade down from Tellicherry, and two grades down from the Special Extra Bolds. When the peppercorns grow larger, they will lose a bit of their heat, but, the trade-off is bigger aroma! Peppercorns’ heat are really the secondary experience. Their aroma, how they impact your nose, is what distinguishes them. Most Malabar is big on flavor, but v