Peppercorns, Five Blend, Herbs & Seasonings

Five Blend Peppercorns are a blend of black, white, green, pink peppercorns with whole allspice. Black peppercorns are spicy, white peppercorns are warm and hot, green peppercorns are mild and fruity, pink peppercorns are lemony and sweet, while allspice provide an earthy element.

All about Peppercorns, Five Blend — Peppercorns

What it’s like, and how to make it

HeatMild

CuisineAmerican & canadian, mediterranean

Best forFinishing, grill bbq, roasting, saute pan fry, marinades rubs

Goes inGrills roasts, salads dressings, pasta, roasted vegetables

WithBeef, chicken, pork, fish seafood, vegetarian, venison

What’s in itblack, white, pink, and green peppercorns, whole allspice

How to use it

The pepper grinder upgrade. Five layers of flavor: the sharp heat of black, the earthy bite of white, the bright freshness of green, the fruity sweetness of pink, and the warm clove depth of allspice. Load your mill and use on everything — it makes ordinary pepper feel one-dimensional. Especially great on grilled meats, roasted vegetables, and pasta where you want complexity without adding more spices.

Peppercorns, Five Blend spice, shown over a chalk-and-watercolour illustration

Illustration: Peppercorns, Five Blend with Venice in the 1400s

What’s in it

Every herb in the blend, and where to read about it on its own.

Spice · Caffeine-free

Allspice
Pimenta dioica
One berry that tastes like three spices — cinnamon, nutmeg and clove at once, with a peppery, woody edge. The English were calling it allspice by 1621 for exactly that reason, and it confuses people to this day: it is a single dried berry, not...
Warm clove, cinnamon and nutmeg at once, with a peppery, woody edge
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Spice · Caffeine-free

Black Pepper
Piper nigrum
The dried unripe berry of a climbing vine — the mill on every table, and the most travelled object in any kitchen. Black, white and green pepper are all the same berry, picked at different moments and treated differently: black is picked unripe and dried...
Warm, woody, resinous and sharp; the bite is piperine, roughly a hundredth as potent as capsaicin
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Spice · Caffeine-free

White Pepper
Piper nigrum
The same berry as black pepper, picked ripe and treated completely differently. White pepper is made by retting: the ripe berries are soaked in water for about a week until the flesh softens, then rubbed clean down to the pale inner seed. That soaking is...
Sharper and more direct than black pepper, less aromatic, with a faintly earthy fermented note
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Spice · Caffeine-free

Pink Peppercorns
Schinus terebinthifolia
Not pepper. Pink peppercorns are the dried drupes of a South American tree in the cashew family, and they only look the part — the flavour is fruity, resinous and faintly sweet with a mild pepper-like bite, nothing like the heat of Piper nigrum. Six...
Fruity, resinous and faintly sweet, with a mild pepper-like bite and none of black pepper's heat
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Spice · Caffeine-free

Green Peppercorns
Piper nigrum
The same berry as black pepper, picked unripe and preserved before it can oxidise and darken — which is why it stays green. Fresher and brighter than black pepper, with a herbal, almost grassy note and a milder heat. Two products carry them, both peppercorn...
Bright, fresh and herbal with a mild heat — the green, unoxidised version of black pepper
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What it goes with

This blend bridges to more teas than any other pepper. Start with our Iron Goddess of Mercy oolong for the woody-spicy notes, then try our Earl Grey — the allspice warmth and pink pepper's fruity lift play beautifully against bergamot.

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