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Aranya Black Pepper

Name: Aranya Black Pepper
Brand: Diaspora Co. Spices
SKU: ABP-53-B-W
Price: 12.00 USD
Availability: InStock

We'd describe our beloved black pepper like a beautiful red wine - it's complex, layered, and deserves to be savored. Sometimes it feels like we've created a swarm of Aranya hoarders and evangelists, which makes sense because it truly makes every meal feel like a special occasion.

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Cacio e Pepe

Steak au Poivre or "Pepper Steak"

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"This is what pepper is supposed to taste like."

"This is now THE benchmark for black pepper."

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Pesticide-free

Regeneratively grown

No irradiation

Cooking tips

Only grind what you need.

Keeping pepper whole helps to preserve its essential oils and flavor, so avoid pre-grinding your pepper in big batches.

Toast pepper to bring out its flavor.

Dry-toasting peppercorns before crushing will stimulate the piperine — that’s what makes pepper taste pungent —giving the pepper a rounder, stronger taste.

The flavor mellows with time.

If you’re using ground black pepper in a long-cooked or braised dish, the flavor will mellow, so finish with some freshly ground pepper to reinforce the flavor.

Making your own rub?

Don’t toast the peppercorns before adding because they will get heat when roasted or grilled.

Ingredients

100% Aranya Black Pepper

Potential Allergens: Coconut, Areca Nut

Shipping & Returns

Domestic US: Free shipping for orders over $75, or a flat $9 fee for orders under $75. Orders ship within 24 to 48 hours. Economy shipping takes 4-8 days, while expedited shipping arrives in 1-2 days, post dispatch.
International: Shipping takes 8-21 days to arrive, depending on the destination.
For more information and our return policy, click here!

Aranya Black Pepper

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Single Origin

Fair Wages

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Freshest Harvest

Highest Quality

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Grown in
Thirunelly, Kerala

Most store-bought black pepper is picked when the berries are firm and green in color, for ease of harvest. But Aranya Black Pepper is given the time to slowly ripen on the vine, until it is deep red in color, and full of fruity complexity.

The Parameswaran family has been growing pepper for over 35 years, with the help of the indigenous Adiyar, Kurichiyan and Kurma communities. They grow wild varieties of pepper, transplanted from the surrounding forest.

Perched on the foothills of the Western Ghats—one of the oldest mountain ranges on Earth — the Parmeswaran family farm is home to elephants, tigers, countless birds, insects, and fungus. This biodiversity creates a rich and layered ecosystem, which is reflected in the pepper’s complex tasting notes.

Every year, after the monsoons have receded, the berries ripen, and harvest season begins. The pepper pods are harvested by hand, carefully graded, and dried in the shade to retain their essence. Like nice wine, with a fruity heat in the back.

"Most of their spices have a chance of changing your life"

"Diaspora Co.’s spices reward farmers directly for scrupulous farming, and rewards consumers with [spices] that redefine the categories themselves."

"It’s a small but true joy to change my relationship with a common spice I’d so taken for granted."

What Sets Us Apart

		Conventional Grocery Store	Other Spice Companies
Single Origin	Sourced directly from our partner farms	Never	Usually from bulk importers
Pay Farmers Living Wages	3x - 5x the commodity price	Never	Very little transparency
Guaranteed Freshest Harvest	Harvest dates on every tin	Often 5-7 years old!	No transparency
Highest Quality Standards	No pesticides, no fillers, always lab tested	Never	Cheap filler ingredients

Frequently Asked Questions

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What is the best way to grind my pepper?

We’ve spent a lot of time grinding pepper, and these are our top 4 recs:

Männkitchen: Expensive, but comes with 5 year guarantee and is super high quality
Unicorn Pepper Mill: Affordable, but hard to find anywhere except Amazon
Vipp: Smaller than the Unicorn, a little more expensive, a solid third
Everybody Grinder: super cute, funky wooden grinder at a fair price!

Are all your spices organic?

Our farm partners have been cultivating spices using practices that go "beyond organic" for well over five years. Although they haven't obtained USDA certification yet, this is primarily because the initial certification can be costly and may lead to cycles of debt. To meet USDA standards, four years of inspections and certificates are required after the first certification. However, we consider this process redundant and unnecessary since we conduct thorough testing on every batch we procure. It's a prerequisite for Diaspora Co. to select farm partners whose soil health and agricultural practices align with our internal standards of growing food regeneratively.

When do the spices expire? How long do they last?

Most of the spices are good 2 years from the mill date, which is listed on the harvest label sticker on the jar or bag. That being said, our spices are extremely potent and fresh as we take incredible care to source yearly and aim for quality, so 2 years is our most conservative guideline, compared to most spices in the grocery store which are often 5-10 years old upon purchase.

Do you sell wholesale?

We do! You can search for our wholesalers using our store locator here. And if you are a wholesaler and don’t see yourself on the locator, please email wholesale@diasporaco.com and we will add you to this ASAP! Thank you!

What is the best way to store the spices?

Store them in an airtight container in a dark, dry place. Do not store spices in direct sunlight, as this will shorten their shelf life.