Four Blend Peppercorns are a blend of black, white, green and pink peppercorns. Black peppercorns are spicy, white peppercorns are warm and hot, green peppercorns are mild and fruity, and pink peppercorns are lemony and sweet.

All about Peppercorns, Four 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, pan seared, pasta
WithBeef, chicken, pork, fish seafood, vegetarian, venison
What’s in itblack, white, green, and pink peppercorn

How to use it

Four colors, four flavors. Black brings the heat, white brings earthy bite, green brings herbal freshness, and pink brings fruity sweetness. A more focused pepper experience than the five blend — pure pepper without the allspice. Load your mill and use on anything from steak to salad. The visual pop of four colors looks great on a cheese board or as a table grinder for guests.

  • Peppercorns, Four Blend spice, shown over a chalk-and-watercolour illustration
  • Illustration: Peppercorns, Four Blend with Roman Egypt in the second century
  • Illustration: Cacio e Pepe, made with Peppercorns, Four Blend
  • Illustration of Peppercorns, Four Blend in The Tea & Spice Shoppe bag and jar, with Roman Egypt in the second century
  • Peppercorns, Four Blend - The Tea & Spice Shoppe

What’s in it

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

  • 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

A balanced blend calls for a balanced tea. Our Darjeeling has the muscatel complexity to match four layers of pepper, and enough tannin to cleanse between bites of pepper-crusted anything.

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Peach White, Organic

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A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very…

A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very tasty!

— Zoe R. Verified

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Maple Peach

The maple peach is delicious. What a beautiful combination. I will most definitely order it again, and a higher quantity of it.

— Gerda S. Verified

Dill Weed

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— Jennifer D. Verified

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This has helped my household a lot with circulation and alertness when we had it everyday. Will be ordering again soon. Thanks

— Dave G. Verified

Blueberry Bang Rooibos

Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product.…

Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product. 10/10!!

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I love this black tea, it has a really nice smooth flavour and love how it’s Swiss water method decaf. Will be buying again!

— Jessica A. Verified

Toffee Olé

Great flavorful tea

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Toffee Ole is one of our favorite teas to share with friends in the evening, when we want something non-caffeinated but quite flavorful.

— Joel R. Verified

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Another full bodied ‘real tea’ . ie It is not a flavoured tea. However, we do very much enjoy the Cafe Latte tea which is a flavoured tea!!!

— Ted H. Verified

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Ayurvedic Breathe Deep

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It worked beautifully; perhaps if I add a little more honey, it would make it better… It is a wellness tea, after all!

— Merrilee B. Verified

Bancha, Organic

Bancha with a splash of lemon

A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an…

A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an enjoyable second cup!

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