Fermented Green
Kadode Kampot Pepper - Fermented Green
The taste of fresh green Kampot pepper is unparalleled, but it’s difficult to preserve in its fresh state and almost impossible to export.
The team at Kadodé have recently mastered a natural traditional Japanese lacto-fermentation process to preserve the pepper. After a month of fermentation the peppercorns are packed in local Kampot Fleur de Sel (sea salt blossoms) as an additional preservative and flavouring. The fermentation maintains the distinctive texture and aroma of fresh pepper and the salt enhances the flavour and sweetness.
Aroma & Palate
Fermented Green Peppercorns are somewhat like caviar, they pop and bursts when you bite into them. The pepppercorns are juicy with a smooth heat and a lovely salty sweet balance. These are unlike any peppercorn you’ve tasted before.
Pepper partners
These highly addictive peppercorns pair well and enhance just about any cuisine, whether added to sauces and jus, sprinkled over pasta and salads or added to meat dishes. They are also enjoyable as a snack on their own paired with a beer.
All Kadode Kampot Pepper is 100% traceable to the farm and farmer who produced it by simply entering its alphanumeric code on our ‘Find Your Farmer’ page.
40g (Sample Pack): $8.00
100g (Bulk Pack): $14.50
200g (Bulk Pack): $23.00
500g (Bulk Pack): $50.00
BLACK
Kadode Kampot Pepper - Black
This headily perfumed black pepper is produced by hand-picking the pepper berry from the vine as it begins to mature, emerging from dark green to slightly yellow. The berries are then dried under the warm Kampot sun. During this drying process the outer husks become hard and black, transforming into black peppercorns.
Aroma + Palate
Kadode Kampot Black Pepper is very aromatic with a fruity nose. It has a heat that builds slowly and its lovely pepper flavour lingers with floral, clove and eucalyptus notes.
Pepper partners
Black pepper is sublime in braises and sauces, along with salads, pasta, and a wide variety of meats. It works fantastically well with traditional South East Asian dishes, in curries, marinades and crushed into dipping sauces You’ll be amazed at how little you need to add a whole new dimension to your cooking.
All Kadode Kampot Black Pepper is 100% traceable to the farm and farmer who produced it by simply entering its alphanumeric code on our ‘Find Your Farmer’ page.
40g (Gift Box): $10.99
100g (Bulk Pack): $23.00
200g (Bulk Pack): $37.00
500g (Bulk Pack): $79.00
RED
Kadode Kampot Pepper - Red
When the pepper berry is fully mature and turns bright red on the vine, each berry is hand-picked and individually selected before the sun-drying and grading process begins.
Aroma + Palate
Kadode Kampot Red Peppercorns are larger than the black and have a sweet aroma. Their taste combines the flavour and heat of the black with a bright fruity palate.
Pepper partners
Red pepper will delight your senses in a variety of culinary combinations, including sauces, salads, and as partner to a variety of seafoods and meats. It’s also a perfect match for cakes and desserts - our favourite combination is in a dark chocolate brownie sprinkled with Kampot Red Pepper and flakey black Cypriot salt..
All Kadode Kampot Red Pepper is 100% traceable to the farm and farmer who produced it by simply entering its alphanumeric code on our ‘Find Your Farmer’ page.
40g (Gift Pack): $12.99
100g (Bulk Pack): $28.00
200g (Bulk Pack): $45.00
500g (Bulk Pack): $99.00
WHITE
Kadode Kampot Pepper - White
When the pepper berry is fully mature it turns bright red on the vine. It’s then hand harvested to produce not only red but white pepper. The white core is then extracted and sun dried. Kadode white pepper is both unique and of the highest quality, not to be confused with the ordinary white pepper produced elsewhere in the world by the mechanical processing of black pepper. One of the rarer peppers.
Aroma + Palate
Kadode Kampot White Pepper has a clean, peppery aroma and a smooth flavour. Its lasting heat builds slowly, carrying notes of fresh cut grass and lime.
Pepper partners
A must with fish, particularly shellfish. Elevate your oysters, mussels and other fruits de mer with a grind of this unique accompaniment. Also superb in dipping sauces when accompanied by citrus juice, salt and palm sugar. And it’s a subtle accompaniment to salads and a multitude of vegetable dishes. A pepper like no other.
All Kadode Kampot White Pepper is 100% traceable to the farm and farmer who produced it by simply entering its alphanumeric code on our ‘Find Your Farmer’ page.
40g (Gift Box): $13.50
100g (Bulk Pack): $29.00
200g (Bulk Pack): $48.00
500g (Bulk Pack): $104.00
TRACE YOUR PEPPER
Because your pepper is cultivated by hand there, is a farmer responsible.
Find out who produced your wonderful pepper.
By partnering with FARMLINK we can trace each and every bag of pepper right back to the farm, farmer and batch produced.
To find out which farmer produced your product, refer to the code on the vacuum sealed bag (normally 6 or 7 digits).
Ethically sourced from a cooperative of over one hundred small scale pepper farms.
Cambodia's Kampot Pepper is regarded as the King of Peppers due to its complex flavours and pungent aroma. For this reason it is highly sought after by world class chefs and food connoisseurs. It was considered an essential spice in any respectable restaurant in France during the mid 20th century but faded from the world market due to the actions of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Between the sea and the mountains on Cambodia's south eastern coastline, Kampot’s pepper plantations thrive in ideal growing conditions. Rich minerals in the soil, abundant rainfall and sunshine, as well as the farmers’ traditional cultivation methods combine to produce the inimitable Kampot Pepper.
Family farms still cultivate utilizing manual and organic techniques, respecting the natural environment and the quality of their vines.
traditional, local small scale farming
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hand sorting and processing
Kadode Kampot pepper is proudly and sustainably grown and harvested in Kampot, Cambodia.
Our LINk with FARMLINK
Kadode Kampot Pepper helps Cambodian pepper farmers and their families to rise above Cambodia's endemic poverty.
Our pepper is fairly sourced through FARMLINK Cambodia. FARMLINK is a Cambodian-registered company dedicated to the development of regional agricultural business. Their mission is to build the link between Kampot's farmers and international buyers and purveyors.
Taking advantage of Kampot's reputation for exquisite pepper, major companies are investing widely in Cambodia trying to provoke a switch from local family farms to large scale pepper production and mechanical pepper processing. In this switch local farming expertise is being abandoned, significantly lowering potential earnings for local farm workers. Quality suffers when the bottom-line is the only measure of success.
By contrast, FARMLINK works hand in hand with Cambodian farmers to help them reach financial sustainability through increasing production while maintaining traditional farming methods.
It is essential for FARMLINK to guarantee farmers receive a fair and equitable income in order to preserve their amazing farming skills, and in doing so bringing out the best in their pepper vines.
FARMLINK enjoys a partnership with over 120 local farmers in Kampot. All those farmers have small plantations locally referred to as ‘pepper gardens’. They work as a community, all helping one another during the planting and harvesting seasons
PROCESS + QUALITY ASSURANCE
FARMLINK collect and process the raw product from farm to export, ensuring the highest standards of cleaning, sorting grading and packing.
These processing systems guarantee that KADODĒ products not only attain but surpass international food safety standards required for overseas markets.
To preserve the unique taste of Kampot pepper, the use of mechanical sterilisation has been rejected in favour of more natural refining methods. The pepper is traditionally sun-dryed on specially constructed nets, and all the sorting and grading is done by hand ensuring only the very best corns make it past quality control checks.