1001 Organic Black Pepper

Award-winning black pepper from the tropical forests of Zanzibar.

Tasting: cocoa, lemon, flowers, tropical heat.

From smallholder farmer to your kitchen. At 1001 Organic, smallholder farmers take centre stage. The social enterprise supports the farmers through training and access to the market so that they can achieve a better standard of living for themselves and their families. Particular attention is paid to sustainable cultivation methods and fair-trading conditions. 1001 Organic invests in training and infrastructure for the farmers and supports the cooperatives in professionalising and converting to certified organic cultivation. The spices from 1001 Organic come directly from smallholder farmer on Zanzibar and are delivered to you without any intermediaries. These spices are therefore not only produced fairly and sustainably, but are also super fresh, and you can smell the difference.

The pepper plant is a vine growing on forest trees or supporting trees. Its broad shiny green leaves are alternately arranged. The small flowers are in dense slender spikes of about 50 blossoms each.
The fresh green peppercorns are harvested by hand and blanched in hot water for 10 minutes until it becomes dark green and then sun dried. Red, white or black pepper origins from the same plant. The farmers of 1001 Organic are mainly based on the islands of Zanzibar and Tanga.