There is no official Kampot pepper store .
Comptoir de Toamasina selects Kampot pepper of one color, black, red and white. We hope that Kampot pepper has a touch of mint that will revolutionize your cooking.
Cambodia is a land rich in history and pepper. Today it is said to be the best pepper in the world.
Kampot pepper is now a topic of conversation. At the same time it deserves it, this pepper is considered one of the greatest in the world. This is a pepper that comes from Piper Negrum, the famous tropical vine, which makes it a real pepper, unlike its cousins, cubeb and long fruit pepper.
In the south of Cambodia, local farmers produce it while respecting the environment.
It is named after the region in southern Cambodia where it is grown: Kampot. Additionally, it is found in the Kep province. In the Kampot region of Cambodia, another type of pepper is grown which is also considered one of the best in the world: Kampot long pepper.
The fact that it is the first Cambodian agricultural product to obtain a PGI (Protected Geographical Indication), a designation that has protected this pepper since April 2, 2010, makes it a unique spice in Cambodia. The protected geographical indication (PGI) is an identifier for products whose quality or reputation is linked to the place of their production, transformation or development.
This is not without reason, because its unique taste comes, like that of our wines, from the extraordinary soil of Kampot and the way of agriculture of the province.
The origins of Kampot pepper cultivation date back to the 13th century. In the 19th century, a sultan of what is now Indonesia burned all of the country's pepper plants to prevent Dutch invaders from taking them. It will then be time to transplant the Indonesian plants, and Cambodia will then replace Indonesia as the world's pepper supplier.
According to the story, Kampot pepper is a survivor: from 1975 to 1979, when the Khmer Rouge, a radical communist political and military force in Cambodia, took control, Kampot cultivation was completely abandoned in favor of rice farming. . After 1979, as true resistance fighters, several local farmers revived its cultivation, which has since spread throughout Kampot and Kep.
Second small incident, in her work A dam against the Pacific, Marguerite Duras, who spent her childhood in the province of Kampot, mentions the famous pepper.
What does Kampot pepper taste like?
The smell of Kampot pepper is delicious, with notes of pear and apple, delicately minty, and exquisite notes of eucalyptus. It will quickly overshadow the rest of your peppers!
As with other peppers, there are red, green, white, and of course black peppers, each with subtle distinctions:
- Kampot green pepper: cannot be exported, it is only consumed locally. Picked before maturity, it is still delicate and less spicy than black, but its scent is remarkable. It is often eaten fresh before being preserved in brine.
- Kampot black pepper: is an almost ripe fruit, both powerful and delicate. Floral aromas with a hint of eucalyptus and fresh mint are detected by pepper experts.
- Red pepper: from Kampot is the ripe fruit whose peel is red. It is quite spicy and weakly aromatic. It has fruity and floral notes, with a pronounced lemon taste. It is a fantastic alternative to Pondicherry red pepper, equally famous for its remarkable quality among Indian peppers.
- White Kampot pepper: is actually a red pepper from which the pericarp has been removed. It looks similar to black pepper, but is milder and less abrasive. It has extremely subtle tastes of citrus, undergrowth and herbs.
You are wondering about Kampot pepper and we will answer them:
- Where to buy the most beautiful box of Kampot pepper? It is here, at Comptoir de Toamasina, that you will buy a box of Kampot pepper in a mill or simply in a bottle.
- What is the price of Kampot pepper? The price per kilo of real Kampot pepper varies depending on its packaging. A 50g bottle will be more expensive than a 200g sachet or even per kilo. The price of Kampot pepper will vary between 70 euros to 200 € per kg, depending on the sellers and the quality of the pepper. Concerning white and red, the prices are generally higher than black because they are the most difficult peppers to make.
- Where to buy Kampot pepper? You can buy your Kampot pepper at Comptoir de Toamasina. We favor value for money over the sole criterion of cheapness and we offer our first packaging in bottles and not in simple sachets.
- Where to buy ground Kampot? Buy ground Kampot pepper at Comptoir de Toamasina. It is yourself with our Kampot pepper mill that you will grind your Kampot pepper at home.
- How to store Kampot pepper? Like all well-prepared peppercorns and spices, you will store them away from light and any temperature shock.
