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Category: Spices

  • Pistacchio

    Pistacchio

    Pistachio production follows a process that combines natural cycles, traditional methods and modern techniques. Harvesting takes place in late summer and early autumn, when the pistachios ripen and the shells open naturally. Farmers gently shake the trees, dropping the pistachios on nets to preserve them.

  • Zafferano (Saffron)

    Zafferano (Saffron)

    Zafferano (italian for Saffron) is a herbaceous plant with purple funnel-shaped flowers whose pistils, dried and reduced to a yellow powder, provide a drug used in medicine and especially in cooking.

  • Pepe (Pepper)

    Pepe (Pepper)

    Pepe (italian for pepper) is the name of some species of piperaceae of the genus Piper, which includes mostly tropical climbing shrubs, with broad leaves, tiny flowers in spikes and drupe fruits used as spices for their distinctive aroma and spicy taste.