Steenbergs Madagascan Voatsiperifery Pepper

Steenbergs Madagascan Voatsiperifery Pepper is a type of pepper, Piper borbonense. It’s similar to cubeb pepper.

This Pepper is:

• wild harvested in a Madagascan natural forest on an organic cocoa estate.
• called Voatsiperifery deriving from Voa meaning the fruits and tsiperifery which is Malagasy for pepper.
• The wild pepper vines grow high in the trees.
• The fruits only grow on the young, new grown shoots.
• Hand-harvested by farmers who go into the forest to pick them once a year.
• The wild pepper berries look similar to cubeb pepper but are smaller.
• Voatsiperifery Pepper are 3 mm long ovals with a 5 – 6mm long tail.

Steenbergs Madagascan Voatsiperifery Pepper is brown-black like normal black pepper. Its flavours are long lasting.

Axel’s Tasting Notes: Madagascan Voatsiperifery – Aroma: Strongly peppery and fruity base, with notes of wood, floral with hint of lemon balm/ lemongrass. Flavour: Hot and spicy, followed by exotic woody, pepper spice.

Food pairing: Baked sea bass, grilled or roast chicken, fried mushrooms (oyster mushrooms), crunchy vegetables (carrots or courgettes), Hollandaise and mayonnaise, chocolate fudge cake and rich chocolate sauces.