The Story of Black Gold Pepper

Pepper from Coorg. Often called “Scotland of India“, Coorg is a mountainous, misty district in Southern India. Coorg is known for its cool climate and coffee. Next to coffee and silver oak trees providing a perfect symbiosis of shade!

Nicknamed The King of Spices”, pepper is the largest traded spice in the world. Pepper is native of India. Pepper from India has always been very important in world history. Over 2000 years ago, in the time of Julius Caesar, the powerful Roman Empire bought pepper from Southern India. Romans loved pepper and paid for it in gold! That is why pepper was also called Black Gold.