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Pepper

In the Middle Ages, the precious spice was weighed in with gold, rent, taxes and even brides were paid with the grains. Merchants who owed their wealth to pepper were called "pepper sacks". Today...

Peppermint

The main components of peppermint are essential oils - such as menthol in particular, to which the green plant owes its characteristic taste. Menthol has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects....

Peach

The peach is a stone fruit from China that has been known for about 4000 years. It has a high content of fat-soluble vitamin E and partly also of folic acid. The fruit is now widespread in all...

Pimento

Allspice is also called clove pepper. Allspice is grown mainly in the West Indies and in Central and Northern South America: small, red-brown to black-brown berries that grow on the allspice tree...