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Can someone tell how distinguish Kampot pepper from the fresh peppercorns for sale at the local produce market?

Can someone tell how to distinguish Kampot pepper from the fresh peppercorns for sale at the local produce market?

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Can someone tell how distinguish Kampot pepper from the fresh peppercorns for sale at the local produce market?

Can someone tell how to distinguish Kampot pepper from the fresh peppercorns for sale at the local produce market?

It has a mixture of colours depending on how and when harvested. It's also got a very distinctive smell, sort of Jasmine like scent. Best I can do to describe it.

Google Sothy's pepper farm Kampot.

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Genuine KamPot pepper is actually fairly scarce. The Khmer Rouge destroyed most of the vines because they considered them a colonial legacy.

There have been many attempts to re-establish the crop but it is difficult and takes a lot of time. The best pepper was produced my very mature plants and few of those survived. The best place to get it is in Kampot. Restaurants there make the most amazing pepper crab you'll ever eat.

Beware of vendors in Phnom Penh markets claiming to sell it...lots of phony and blended stuff.

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The market in Snookyville has it for sale. If you know the taste, it is quite distinctive.

There was a place on southern side of King Power on Suk, which had it for sale about a year ago. Called Taste of Italy or something like that. The price was expensive, over 100 USD per kg. In Snooky it was 20.

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