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This year we celebrate 5 years since we founded the .pepper..field project. And even though some people may not like self-praise, today it made us happy. Our colleague Aleš wrote us a birthday email that warmed our hearts and at the same time somehow summarizes the last few years we have experienced together. Happy birthday, .pepper..field! 5 years. I have been with you for so long and I love everything you do. Well, now we do it together. :-) When you were looking back in 2018 for "Christmas cabinets for our sales booth in Smíchov," something told me to immediately write to Klára and David, you want this! And also, yes. Even though in the first years I only helped out occasionally at festivals, I never felt like it was a company or something cumbersome, but just friends and family collaboration. That has remained until today. Despite all the night shifts, demanding foreign trade fairs, or my first trip to Cambodia. But what would I... after all, you were there with me. Thank you very much and I wish you and our project not only great things but also the occasional stumble here and there, because they always just made us stronger. Although I am looking forward to January and a bit of peace when you are back at the farm... Happy birthday and just keep it coming! I appreciate you, your effort, weekend messages (less now, but still), actually everything you do. Both for us, your colleagues and friends, as well as business partners, customers, and of course those 2,000 amazing souls in Kampot.

Did you watch the next episode of the MasterChef Czech Republic show? On Wednesday, November 22, you could see it on Voyo, while on TV Nova only on November 29. The six amateur cooks faced another challenge and also eliminations. What was the theme of this episode? How did the contestants deal with the challenge? Which of  our peppers do the judges and contestants prefer the most? Did it help anyone win? Were their final plates beautiful? And who received an ugly verdict? But it wouldn't be the  MasterChef kitchen if the judges - Radek Kašpárek, Jan Punčochář, and Přemek Forejt - didn't arrange a nicely spicy twist… What do you think the contestants were prepared for? Watch it now on  Voyo , or look forward to it next week, on Wednesday, November 29, on TV Nova at 8:20 PM.  What do this year's contestants and chef and judge Jan Punčochář say about cooking with the world's best pepper? “We like your pepper and it works well for us, especially the lyophilized one!”Jan Punčochář, chef, MasterChef judge “I use your pepper in almost everything, for example, the fermented one is perfect!”Tereza Vyhlídalová, MasterChef 2023 finalist “I love pepper, who doesn't?! I use pepper in almost every dish, my favorite is definitely white pepper; I love it for its delicacy and intensity! I use it a lot in my favorite Asian soups.”Adam Rundus, MasterChef 2023 finalist “Because I care about quality ingredients, I know .pepper..field well and I don't cook at home with anything else, because it has absolutely no competition when it comes to taste and intensity.”Petra Kamencová, MasterChef 2023 finalist

For us, an ordinary bike is a small thing. For the families of our farmers, it is almost a luxury. Therefore, we thank everyone who visited the Prague restaurant SIA in the middle of summer or subsequently participated in the private collection. Thanks to this, we donated 20 .pepper..bikes bicycles to the children of our farmers. Take a look at the joy and smiles we brought to Kampot. From Wednesday, July 19 to Tuesday, July 25, you could try the special Rabata grill menu with Kampot m pepper thanks to chef Jiří Štift at the SIA restaurant. From each order, we donated 10 CZK to our project .pepper..bike - bikes for children from the farmer families we support. We were surprised by how many of our fans and customers reached out saying they also wanted to contribute but could not visit the restaurant that week. After all, there is only one SIA and it is only in Prague. So the idea of a private collection was born. Before summer ended, we raised more than we expected. Today, 20 children have a new .pepper..bike parked at home. And from kilometers that they had to walk long hours every day, their journey has been shortened to minutes. We thank not only the SIA restaurant but also all donors, customers, and fans. You help us keep our promise - to improve living conditions in one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia.

When your passion for culinary creation combines with a love for travel, it can bring incredible experiences and discoveries both in the kitchen and beyond its borders. Kristína Nemčková is exactly such a personality – the youngest winner of the MasterChef competition worldwide and a chef with an indomitable passion for culinary adventures. Her story intersected with ours, and Kristína discovered not only the magic of Kampot pepper but also many of its secrets. Take a look at Kampot pepper through her eyes. At the end of 2022, Kristína found herself in Southeast Asia. During a planned trip from Singapore to Vietnam, a spontaneous idea was born to visit Kampot. Kampot peppers and salt pyramids or flakes from this region are often used in cooking, so she was tempted to see how Kampot pepper is grown and subsequently processed. She consulted with our Klára, co-founder of the .pepper..field brand. She connected her with our local colleagues, Ajja and Nicky. The journey’s adventures and beautiful moments were written down for you in an article on her website. Are you curious...? What two types of pepper are grown in Kampot? And on what is the harvested pepper then dried? Have you ever wondered how many kilometers the children of farmers have to walk every day to school? Or how exactly the auctions and purchases of the pepper harvest take place? You will find out not only that in the article Kristína’s experiences from Kampot. On farms in the heart of Kampot, she experienced unique moments. She befriended our farmers and had the opportunity to observe what happens, when, and how with the berries of the world’s best pepper. She learned that creating this exceptional spice requires not only quality soil and climate but also the love and care of the farmers. A peppery finishing touch Kristína decided to share her culinary skills with them. She cooked a dish for our farmers using Kampot pepper so that her hosts could relax for a moment and enjoy the joy of the taste and aroma of this spice. For her, this was not only a cultural connection but also a way to thank these hardworking farmers for their work. Therefore, we also thank Kristína for the opportunity to collaborate with her.

Do you remember what you were doing on September 14, 2023? We won't just forget it easily. For our customers, we prepared Night Shopping on the e-shop – a night full of discounts and benefits that we launch twice a year. Additionally, we organized a .pepper..party in Prague's Holešovice for our business partners, friendly brands, journalists, chefs, and influencers, who could experience Cambodia with all their senses. Ball by ball, .pepper..coin to .pepper..coin All the invited guests could get to know Kampot peppercorns up close, experience a real pepper farm, try sorting peppercorns, smell them, guess their colors, search for them, and collect them. Just like our farmers in Kampot. They collected the balls in the form of .pepper..coins – pepper money, which they then used to shop at our .pepper..market for goods from Kampot pepper bags to a new bottle of Žufánek. But they could also bargain like at a real Cambodian market! Take a walk with us through the whole evening, which started early in the morning. 9:00The schedule is clear, we start clearing out and rearranging the Holešovice Chapter.We are looking for space for 3 .pepper..bars and 7 .pepper..points with pepper activities. 10:00Flowers arrive.Florists from Lupen & pupen received a "simple" task – to turn the mobile stairs into a pepper field."It almost looks like Kampot.""Exactly like Kampot!" 11:00We cut, glue, and decorate.Lighting technicians arrive. Beautiful light is the foundation of every evening; the space is colored with beautiful tones of fuchsia and bright green around the farms and Cambodian stations. 12:00Pepper gifts arrive for guests. We start preparing the .pepper..market. 13:00"No way," Klára exclaims. "Kambodžanka Nien can’t come!"Our Cambodian friend was supposed to be at the .pepper..farm, the heart of the whole evening. She didn’t come due to family matters, but that’s just how it is in Cambodia. Family comes first.Battle meeting. 14:00A friend and our moderator for today, Jirka Hilgart, arrived.The .pepper..beer point from Pivovar PROUD is setting up a beautiful blue tap on an area of 2 × 4 meters. 15:00"That bar for Žufánek looks really good." The .pepper..bar for presenting the new limited edition takes our breath away.Pepper catering arrives. 16:00"So here we are!"The whole .pepper..team is on site and co-founder Klára explains to everyone how the whole evening will proceed. Each station is managed by one of our colleagues and the goal is clear:"Everyone must enjoy it. Including us!" 18:00"Welcome!" Our office manager Eliška welcomed guests at the guest list all night with her beautiful smile. The musical accompaniment was provided by our colleague Lukáš, whom you know from the customer service line. In his free time, he is a DJ, so the choice for the best .pepper..DJ was obvious! The space was filled with exotic tones of Asian beats, which enhanced the great atmosphere all night long. The .pepper..whee! wheel of fortune kept spinning as long as it could. Our new internal processes manager Marťa took it under her wing – visitors could spin to win, for example, the item „for a shot with David“ – the co-founder who devoted the whole evening (not just) at the bar to guests and partners. The greatest excitement was at the .pepper..sorting station for pepper sorting – everyone handled it excellently with both hands and sticks. This station was managed by our financial director Teddy, who supervised the sorting with the same precision as farmers in Cambodia. The .pepper..test station for recognizing pepper by smell was overseen by our graphic designer Tom, who was last in Cambodia in January and entertained everyone with travel stories. The quiz station .pepper..quiz was run by Šárka, whom you know from festivals, and who takes care of restaurants and the store. The questions were not only educational but also entertaining. You could learn everything about farming and weddings in Cambodia in a playful way! Our Lucka, who has been with us since the founding of .pepper..field and has been involved in events for several years, was at the cocktail .pepper..bar where we served our ready-to-drink pepper cocktails by Marcel Jinoch and Landcraft as a welcome drink. And in the whirl of the evening, you could also meet Aleš at the .pepper..market. It’s no coincidence that he was given the role of the entertainment department in .pepper..field marketing, which was responsible for this beautiful event! The fun began, lines formed, the night woven with conversations with interesting guests, which we streamed live on our Facebook and Instagram, passed incredibly fast. Many more people arrived than we expected and the atmosphere was great. We screened a pepper film from our farms, chatted with the host, and introduced each of the stations. Even those who seemed like they would just say hello, have a glass, and leave, eagerly collected .pepper..coins. At one point, there was a crowd at all the stations. And even when the food ran out, everyone stayed because they were playing, enthusiastically chatting and shouting to each other about all they had just learned. Among them was our new helper from the packing team, Tobiáš, who lent a helping hand at the bar and catering. Probably no one left empty-handed. And if someone did leave without a pepper gift, then at least with a good mood or a nice photo from our photo booths. Ladies could also get a .pepper..woman t-shirt, which was waiting for them to change into in the restrooms for free. This was so that there would be even more of us – members of the pepper family –. Thank you! It was beautiful, unforgettable, and lovely until the very end! You can find the aftermovie from the whole event here.

Another year, another amazing .pepper..gin. Again in a limited edition and again in collaboration with Martin Žufánek. If you know us, you know that twice a year we organize Night Shopping – a night full of great prices and gifts with purchase. This year we spiced it up with the premiere of this bottle at our .pepper..party, where we also introduced our pepper cocktails. Try it, give it as a gift in a box made from rescued cardboard, or expand your collection of unique bottles. Martin delivered the first 100 pieces, which he personally signed and gave us for sale. “It’s a concert of flavors, and the first violin in it is played by white Kampot pepper! ” When one of the best Czech distillers and an expert in Italian cuisine come together, the result can only be absolutely perfect. Martin Žufánek and Matteo De Carli have created a perfect gin with a full range of flavors: salty, bitter, sweet, and sour. White Kampot pepper opens the taste buds, allowing you to enjoy: a blend of herbs selected by Italian chef Matteo de Carli. citrus with Fleur de Sel salt flower from Kampot salt pans. homemade honey supplied by Martin from his own garden. TIP from Martin on serving “I am an advocate of the classics. That is why I drink gin pure, unchilled, and in this case with 3 white peppercorns from pepper..field.” But I also like to enhance it with orange peel. If you prefer long drinks, we recommend adding Double Dutch dry tonic and a slice of lemon, and you can also garnish the cocktail with a sprig of rosemary. Why specifically white pepper from Kampot? White pepper has a somewhat tarnished reputation worldwide. Poor processing and peeling from unripe black pepper are unfortunately typical for pepper from large sellers who ship it to our continent improperly dried, which significantly affects its aroma and taste. And that is a great shame because white pepper is something absolutely unique, especially true for Kampot pepper. True white Kampot pepper is actually the heart of red pepper, which is hand-peeled after several days of water soaking. Once it dries in the sun, our farmers carefully sort it. Its characteristic aroma and taste are finally “locked in” in vacuum packaging and sent to us in Europe. You will enjoy notes of kaffir lime, nutmeg blossom, cedarwood, and grapefruit with every opening of the pouch or turning of the grinder. A Christmas gift like a drunk… embroidered. The previous edition of .pepper..gin by Žufánek immediately became a bestseller among last year’s Christmas gifts. Some even had to wait two months for it. But don’t wait until Christmas and order it in time. Newly, we give you the option to buy not only the bottle alone but also a complete gift set. It includes a luxury cardboard box, 20 g of white Kampot pepper, and 100 g of Fleur de Sel salt flower. Then it’s up to you whether you add engraving on the lid and make the gift recipient even happier.

A year has passed and the London jury once again awarded the so-called gastronomic Oscars for the best products in the world. This year again, peppers, cheeses, chocolates, and even truffles competed against each other. Out of 14,205 samples from across continents, we earned 23 stars and once again shone as the most successful Czech company, bringing home the most awards for the taste of our products from Great Taste! We received stars for 11 of our products – a total of 23 stars. We are most proud of the fresh pepper category, which received 3 stars in total, meaning that the jury favored the taste of green pepper in salt flower, fermented pepper, and freeze-dried pepper. Freeze-dried (lyophilized) Kampot pepper with salt continues the success after it received the highest rating two years ago, GREAT TASTE – GOLDEN FORK in the global superfinal. "Instant explosion of flavor, rich and spicy, salty and hot, fragrant and aromatic.The taste is exactly what we would wish for – long-lasting and piquant." Equally well rated by the judges was Green Kampot pepper in salt flower, about which the jury said: "Wow! It’s truly an explosion of flavors – fresh, celery-like, piquantly sour with a hint of fruity heat and spice.The berry literally crunches in the mouth, releasing a beautiful taste on the palate and tempting for more food." And three stars were also awarded to the presidential edition of our Fermented salted Kampot pepper. "How can such a small berry offer such an explosion of flavor, heat, fruit, and spice?It is warming, fiery, intense, and absolutely stunning." TIP: In the next article, we will advise you How to use our fresh peppers in the kitchen? We owe all this primarily to our farmers from Kampot, who, thanks to fair wages, are able not only to maintain the fields in perfect condition but above all to care for this unique pepper with the care it deserves. At this year's edition of GREAT TASTE, our sea Kampot salts also excelled and are therefore the highest quality salts of 2023 on the Czech market. The Sea salt flakes – salt pyramids immediately received 3 stars. “Fresh radiant salt with distinctly large crystals, fantastic taste, mineralization, and a very long finish.Balance in the mouth with a hint of sweetness makes it a clear three-star product.” Fleur de Sel – fine and hand-harvested salt flower received two stars, just like our coarse sea salt for grinders. The winning eleven was then completed by Kampot pepper in black, red, and dark red. The jury was impressed by delicacies such as peanut butter with sea salt or authentic Italian egg-free pasta with Kampot pepper. The GREAT TASTE competition thus confirmed this year that our Kampot pepper reaches the highest quality of all producers worldwide. This was reflected in the evaluation of products from our partners who work with our pepper. Congratulations to the family smokehouse Trneček, who make salmon with Kampot pepper. They received a total of 3 stars for two of our joint products, and last but not least MarmelLady – for our pear jam with lyophilized pepper, which also earned 1 star.

You no longer have to go to a bar – we bring the bar to you! As one of the first in the Czech Republic, we offer luxurious mixed drinks as if you were in one of the best bars in New York. Our RTD cocktails are "ready to drink ", meaning already prepared and premixed for your convenience. In every 350 ml bottle, you will find up to four servings of a strong drink mixed by bartender Marcel Jinoch – so you can enjoy them at home, on a picnic, or give them as a unique gift. All you need is ice, and you can enjoy a toast. Gimlet with white Kampot pepper Who said coriander belongs only in food? Gimlet based on gin, smelling like a Cambodian market. Lots of gin infused with fresh coriander and sweet coconut, all complemented by the taste of Italian organic citrus thanks to Circular lemon from Landcraft. Finished with white Kampot pepper, which very gently complements all Asian flavors. Toast with a drink containing 23.4% alcohol. Manhattan with red Kampot pepper Only quality whiskey, angostura made from herbs and spices, and syrup from red Kampot pepper. A beautiful, strong, classic drink with a long finish and the greatest spiciness. The beautiful finishing touch of the entire Manhattan is Landcraft Turmut – a vermouth aged in cherry barrels, which makes the drink wonderfully fragrant and rich in flavor. Treat yourself to a glass with 25.3% alcohol. Margarita with green Kampot pepper A sophisticated absinthe margarita with green Kampot pepper and Landcraft birch tonic. A type of cocktail unlike anything you have tasted at a bar before. Tequila combined with absinthe forms a strong base, beautifully complemented by sweet agave, the saltiness and heat of fresh green Kampot pepper, and the rough Birch tonic, which hides elderflower and birch sap. Dare to enjoy one with 25.6% alcohol. The inspiration for this refined range of mixed drinks comes from our travels across the USA. But great thanks for their creation go to the most qualified people we sat down with – bartender Marcel Jinoch and the artisan distillery Landcraft. Marcel mixed cocktails for six years in New York at the famous Le Pavillon, known to celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Jeff Bezos, and Taylor Swift, and he is very well known on the Czech bar scene because he brings new trends from NY to us. You already know Ondra, Petr, and Jana from Landcraft – they are responsible for our first limited .pepper..gin. Now they not only took care of the production of the cocktails but also each bottle contains one of their iconic distillates, liqueurs, or vermouths, which they handcraft in their gardens in Tursko.

This year's fresh harvest from Kampot pepper fields is here! We are most proud of our fresh peppers that received the highest award, 3 stars, at the GREAT TASTE 2023 – the so-called gastro Oscars. Fall in love with green salted, lyophilized, or fermented salty peppers just like the judges and cook with them comfortably and confidently at home, as if you were visiting a Michelin-starred restaurant. You already know how to handle dried peppers in a mill. Or you can remind yourself in some of our previous articles. But from today, you will become a professional chef because we will advise you on how to work with the category of fresh Kampot peppers. Because they are all soft, they could clog your mill mechanism. Therefore, use them whole, crushed in a mortar, chopped, or broken with the flat edge of a knife. Let's start boldly with green pepper in salt bloom This is the freshest form of Kampot pepper that we can deliver to your home from the pepper fields in Cambodia. Our farmers pick the stems and sort every single berry before they, so to speak, put them into a salt brine and vacuum-pack them. For pickling, we use Fleur de Sel – hand-harvested salt from the salt pans also located in Kampot province. You will hardly need any more salt when cooking. This pepper is perfect for pepper sauce. You only need to have butter, broth, and cream at home. Gourmets also add onion and garlic. And the pepper sauce is almost world-class. Green pepper hides within itself the beginning strength of the best pepper in the world, as well as notes of tea leaves, citrus, and sea minerals. It is delicate and tender, and when bitten into your mouth, it unleashes a perfect harmony of exotic flavors. The intense pepper flavor is gradually accompanied by tones of citrus and conifers mutually connected by floral notes. Try to combine its perfect taste with dark meat, sauces, risotto, or morning eggs. The soft green grains are also suitable for pasta, casseroles, and soups. They also go very well with mild cheeses, giving them a sharper accompaniment. Another flavor very close to green is lyophilized pepper with salt You can use it as is. Or you can drizzle it with olive oil. Since it is freeze-dried, it rehydrates upon contact with liquid to its original form, and you can work with it similarly to green pickled pepper. Dried, it creates a gastronomic delight in pasta, sauces, soups, and meat. If you like to experiment, don't hesitate to use it finely crushed in desserts. You wouldn't believe the flavor symphony it creates combined with panna cotta and forest fruits. Traditional cuisine advocates can crush it in a mortar or use it whole when working with dark meat, light meat, game, and also fish. It refreshes pasta, baked dishes with cheese and mushrooms, and also sauces. It deserves its place in autumn soups as well. Looking for a new pepper flavor? Then reach for fermented salted pepper It is no coincidence that we call it the king of cold cuisine or pepper caviar. Both because of its appearance and its flavor profile, which closely approaches umami – the so-called fifth taste. Fermented pepper hides a whole palette of flavors – from salty, through spicy, to pleasantly salty or slightly sour. You want to bite into this pepper because it doesn’t burn, but tastes perfect.  It finds its place in cold cuisine, as well as with side dishes and meat seasoning. Whether it’s about leafy salads, pasta, or potato salads, not just on holidays. Because it is soft to the bite, you can elevate homemade sandwiches and festive amuse-bouches – canapés for connoisseurs.  The king of cold cuisine’s power extends even further – from cheese platters with a glass of wine to seasoning finished steaks from the pan or grill. As a proper delicacy, it can also be eaten alone during evening movies instead of nuts or unhealthy chips. TIP: Try freeze-dried flakes of fermented Kampot pepper for convenient gourmets.

Summer is here, and with it, the wedding season is slowly but surely getting underway. Whether you have been invited to just one wedding event this year or you are facing a marathon full of white dresses and celebrations, you will definitely have to decide what to give the wedding guests as a wedding gift. And that can be a very challenging task for someone. Solution to the classic gift-giving crisis What to give to express your joy for the newlyweds’ big life moment without ruining your own family budget? If you know the wedding guests well, you will probably know right away what will make them happy. But how to solve the wedding gift dilemma when you are not quite sure? In such a case, it’s good to give something practical that brings joy and can be used. Forget about small appliances like a blender or vacuum cleaner. Although practical, they don’t hold much joy. You need to approach the whole matter from a different angle and give a gift with a touch of originality, luxury, and practicality. Kampot pepper is a suitable gift for everyone All these criteria for the perfect wedding gift are met by premium pepper, imported all the way from distant Kampot in Cambodia. We offer it in a luxurious gift Package, thanks to which the groom and bride will see that you truly care about them and took the effort in choosing the gift. Moreover, pepper is one of the basic cornerstones of every kitchen, so it definitely won’t end up forgotten among other dull gifts that take up space in the newlyweds’ home. Premium pepper will be gladly incorporated immediately into their kitchen equipment, especially if you also add one of our high-quality grinders, allowing them to instantly enhance their dishes with the best pepper in the world. Also, don’t forget to tell the newlyweds that the pepper they received comes directly from Cambodian farmers who grew it, so in the end, your purchase will bring joy not only to the newlyweds but also to faraway Cambodia. And if you are the bride or groom yourself, our peppers also make a lovely little gift for guests at the wedding table. Don’t hesitate to write to us, and we will prepare custom wedding favors for your guests!

Basically in everything. Similar to tomatoes from a garden compared to tomatoes from a supermarket. Anyone who still hasn't grasped the essence of the uniqueness of the peppercorns we import from the Kampot province in Cambodia may wonder what makes this pepper better than others. To understand why it is considered the best pepper in the world, we must go directly to the plantations of small Kampot farms, where pepper vines sprout from mineral-rich soil and peppercorns ripen under the beneficial rays of the local sun. White, black, green or red? All types of pepper are actually the fruits of a single plant, the black pepper vine. Similar to many other plants, the quality of the fruits is influenced by a variety of factors, with the most important being the environment in which the plant grows and the way it and its fruits are cared for. Just as French or Italian slopes are ideal for growing grapevines and thus these countries produce truly quality wines, Cambodia’s Kampot is also a suitable place for growing pepper. The pepper vines here grow from a substrate that has an ideal balance of sand, clays, and humus. The soil is rich in minerals, providing the root system of the vines with ideal nutrition for rapid growth and the production of truly high-quality peppercorns. Quality soil is only the foundation Kampot is a coastal region with a climate influenced by the nearby ocean. It is humid and genuinely warm. Sunlight hits the leaves and subsequently the ripening peppercorns with ideal intensity. The plants are neither burnt nor dried out, but their tissues are constantly warmed and the photosynthesis process runs at full capacity. The sun in the ripening fruits promotes the formation of characteristic substances such as fructose, piperine, and unique flavor and aromatic tones that contribute to the quality of the peppercorn. On top of all this, add centuries-old unchanged methods of cultivating pepper vines that local small farmers apply. No chemical sprays, no synthetic fertilizers, just pure nature and fertilization using guano, which is extremely nutritious bat droppings. Buy a tomato from a supermarket that has been bathed in chemicals from a young age and compare its taste to a tomato grown in your own garden. Exactly the same difference applies to Kampot pepper grown on small farms versus pepper from huge large-scale plantations where the vines are continuously supplemented with chemicals because they are grown in unsuitable environments and chemicals have favorable conditions to compensate. Last but not least, there is also the subsequent processing of the pepper. Our pepper undergoes strict selection. Poor or insufficiently large grains are discarded, so only the true top-quality grains end up in the bags. However, this cannot be said about the content of Package from mainstream brands, where besides dried peppercorns you can also find various impurities, twigs, and even encounter mold. This pepper is usually transported for several months in large bags on ships, where it becomes musty, loses the little quality it had, and molds. We vacuum pack our pepper immediately after harvesting and sorting and send it by air to Europe. Therefore, we can proudly and confidently say that our pepper is truly better than the pepper commonly available in supermarkets.

The grilling season has finally kicked into full gear, so it's time to think about new recipes that will blow everyone away as the top grillmaster. This season, fresh flavors are trending, which don't have to be hidden only in salads or drinks, but can also be sneaked onto the hot grill. Our fresh green pepper will help you with that. You can find green pepper from us in several varieties: lyophilized, meaning freeze-dried fresh pepper. Also fermented pepper or green pepper in a brine solution. Although they are always juicy and mildly spicy green peppercorns, the way they are processed differs, and thus the possibilities of how to use them on the grill vary. Lyophilized pepper Lyophilized pepper is green pepper stripped of all moisture. Therefore, you don't have to be afraid to put it in a mortar, lightly crush it, and add it, for example, to a marinade or season meat directly with it. The dried and thirsty fragments of pepper will start to absorb juice from the meat or sauce and perfectly enhance the taste of the meat or your favorite pepper sauce – so iconic for the grilling season. Fresh green pepper in brine If you are among those who like to play not only with meat directly on the grill but also enjoy perfecting the sauces served with it, then this pepper is just for you. The fresh taste of pepper will boost the sauce, add it a gentle spiciness, freshness, and excellent flavor balance that pairs so well with meat. The taste of green pepper also shines best in the simplest sauces, so you don't have to think too long about its preparation. Fermented green pepper The best for last. There's nothing like placing a plate of freshly grilled meat in front of hungry friends. They will already be excited, but you still have one last trick up your sleeve. When you serve the meat on the plate, sprinkle it with a final touch in the form of fermented pepper, which will perfume the whole dish, give it the characteristic taste of fresh green pepper, and a pleasant kick that will tickle the tongue. This pepper is wonderfully practical, it doesn't require Grinder, and when you have it handy at a barbecue, you can easily sprinkle any dish with it, instantly giving it a fresh pepper flavor thanks to a few soft and delicate little berries!

On the day of our departure, we were featured in the Khmer Times - the most popular English-language daily newspaper in Cambodia, and our work was covered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On Valentine's Day in Cambodia we handed over Czech machines (for vacuuming and lyophilisation) from Zlín to representatives of the Kampot Pepper Association and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Phnom Penh to farmers as part of our development project with the Czech Development Agency.

After two hours of exhausting motorcycle travel at noon and in 38 degrees, we arrive at the farm of our farmer Tav Bora. It is one of the 203 farms we support. We are welcomed with a hug and a broad smile. "Look, the whole family is smiling and has beautiful teeth, " I notice immediately, as this is not a given in Cambodia, quite the opposite.Healthcare – especially dental care – is extremely expensive. For us, this is a sign that our work makes sense. To help you understand – healthcare in Cambodia is costly, and therefore we try to motivate most of our farmers to invest the money from fair trade purchases into three areas – healthcare, school fees for children, and farm cultivation. But now about that smile. Our colleagues Aleš, Tom, and Lukáš came to the Kampot farms for the first time. They decided on their own and bought tickets because they wanted to experience Cambodia firsthand. The farmers are a bit shy; I am teaching them how to bow and greet properly.Farmer Tav Bora is cheerful as always and is preparing coconuts and fruit from the garden for us. Her husband, father, and three other daughters help her. "We are doing well, " she describes. "I have six children – three daughters and three sons – all of them are at university, just imagine! I am most proud of my daughter; she wants to be a doctor, look, she even goes to school on Saturdays, " she points to her daughter who is dressed in more festive clothes.We sit and talk. Our two Cambodians, Ajaa and Nicky – the heart of the project – who know the farmers very well, translate for us. Young people who themselves come from the street and now help us with this most beautiful project. This year was terribly difficult, and the war in Ukraine and its consequences at many levels have also affected our project, we agree with Tav Bora. She understands the situation well and that we are doing our best, and she confirms to us that just as she could always rely on us, so we can rely on her.She simply does not want to cooperate with anyone else. "You are the only ones who pay us official fair trade prices and the only ones who have always cared about us and been interested in us. There are others now who would like to buy our pepper, but we will only sell to them what is left, " she describes the situation. For us, this is extremely important because we feel that the support for the project also comes from the farms. We talk for about an hour about what troubles them. Our colleagues run around the farm and see for the first time the beautifully grown pepper trees.They join in picking the green peppercorns with the young farmers who are currently on shift. "This can't be possible, I never realized that picking peppercorn by peppercorn is such crazy manual labor! " complains colleague Tomáš, who has only been working for a few minutes. :-) Colleague Aleš is playing Czech memory game with the girls and explaining to them what kind of animals we have in the Czech Republic. The girls are excited and keep the memory game. They taste Czech dried apples and plums and completely forget about the time. Colleague Lukáš got lost on the farm and enthusiastically runs between the pepper fields and animals. The animals fall in love with him. The sunset slowly arrives and we all gather for departure. Klárka has black fingers from picking fresh green pepper, “just like Czech walnuts! ” she laughs. Lukáš wants to adopt a dog, Tomáš is nibbling fresh green peppercorns, David and Aaja are taking notes from the meeting with the farmers to keep improving. We sit sweaty and dirty on the motorcycles and at sunset we leave for the two-hour trip back to the city. We are tired but full of euphoria. Full of enthusiasm and love for the project, which when you see it on site, fills you with great happiness. And it doesn't matter if you are a graphic designer, event manager or take care of customers on the e-shop at .pepper..field.This goodness is then passed on further even in the details – to our customers – who know that the real and truly fair project with Kampot pepper is called .pepper..field. :-)

Whether you buy pepper in traditional stores or like to pay extra for quality and the authentic taste of the best pepper in the world, it is always good to have Grinder on hand, with which you can unlock all the flavors and aromas hidden in a single peppercorn. The best tool for this is a quality Grinder, which will not only perfectly crush the grains but will also be a joy to look at. We have prepared grinders for you that will become a design decoration of every kitchen counter or island. We bet that you have several decorative items in your living room that make your home cozier. And we also bet that your living room includes a kitchen, or at least it’s not far from it. Although it may not seem so, a kitchen counter can be made cozy with suitable accessories and transformed into a modern sanctuary of gastronomy. Spice grinders also as accessories Among these details are also spice grinders. We have designed ours truly imaginatively, in Scandinavian style, so they perfectly fit into any home. The grinders combine a flawless CrushGrind grinding mechanism with unique color designs created especially for us. The body of the grinder is made of durable ceramic available in gray, white, or wine color, or it can be made of solid light oak, black ash, or brown walnut wood. The head of each grinder is wooden, creating an effective contrast of materials that won’t slip from your hand. The grinding mechanism itself has 14 levels of coarseness and we provide a 25-year warranty on it. Grinder can thus become a family heirloom passed down through cooking generations, handing down the spirit of well-known recipes cooked for you by your loved ones.

With the new year, some resolutions inevitably come along, among which the goal to lose weight often appears. Many people therefore head to fitness centers, buy season tickets to the pool, exercise equipment for the comfort of home, or new running shoes. However, exercise is only part of the success. For the body to start effectively shedding fat reserves, it is necessary to change the diet and include ingredients that help with weight loss. One of these is pepper, or rather the substances contained in it, which can properly boost metabolism and immunity. Changing your diet is an indispensable part of the journey If you are trying to lose excess weight, it is necessary to include not only sufficient physical activity in your life but also a quality diet. Some statistics say that diet accounts for as much as 70% of the entire success. You can also influence the rate of fat burning with individual ingredients, and pepper is very effective in this regard. Pepper contains a substance called piperine, which causes not only the characteristic pungency of pepper but also affects some processes occurring in our body. This substance causes the mucous membranes to become well-perfused, which results in effective support of immunity and a boost to metabolic processes in the body. What can piperine do? Piperine supports the production of necessary acids in our stomach, which positively influences the digestion process. At the same time, essential nutrients are effectively released from the consumed food, and last but not least, it also helps to release toxins from the body, which again supports the weight loss process. It is good to choose pepper that has a truly high content of piperine. That is, pepper grown without chemical treatment, by traditional methods, and whose freshness is maximally preserved. Ideally, such pepper should be combined with turmeric, which can multiply its effects. You can enjoy piperine through pepper in your food or try our ginger shot, which combines the power of black pepper, turmeric, and on top adds the mighty strength of ginger, thanks to which no germ will catch you in this unfavorable weather.

Doing things differently, well, and exceptionally is not only our motto but also the motto of many honest producers in our surroundings. One of them is Martin Žufánek, the founder of the distillery that bears his name and became famous for producing perfect distillates with a twist. Such a twist is also carried by our freeze-dried green pepper, which inspired us to put our heads together and jointly create a gin that has no equivalent on the Czech or any other market. We have already revealed the main ingredient, namely the freeze-dried green pepper, for which we received a gastronomic Oscar. But there is much more hidden in this gin. For the very first time, Martin Žufánek decided to base the gin on a grape marc spirit in a purely Italian style. To it, he added olives, almonds, basil, lemongrass, and also neroli, the essential oil from the flowers of the bitter orange tree. In short, a little piece of Italian sunshine poured into a clear glass. Whether you will then want to pour the distillate with a dry tonic and enjoy a pleasant summer refreshment, or savor it neat with a few red Kampot peppercorns to distinguish all the flavor nuances of our craft, we leave that to you. Alternatively, you can archive the bottle and remember it in a few years. After all, this is a limited edition, and Mr. Žufánek speaks of the gin as one of the best he has ever made. Perhaps you will have an interesting product in your hands that will have certain investment potential. But who could resist such a treasure hidden in ochre-colored glass with a unique label design by the ARTBUREAU studio? The uniqueness of each bottle is further emphasized by a unique identification number, thanks to which you can also name it. You can call it, for example, my beloved one hundred and eightieth.

Mythical beauty, the ability to seduce with a glance, and otherworldly musical and dance talent are all characteristics of the magical apsaras, female beings of Southeast Asia who have become one of the cornerstones of Cambodian cultural heritage. Their legacy is now taught to little schoolgirls in Cambodia, and we had the opportunity to see one such dance performance! They can be compared to European nymphs or fairies These are otherworldly beautiful female beings who, with their stylized dance featuring typically bent fingers on their hands, could enchant any man. Depictions of dancing apsaras appear on the stone walls of temples, especially in the most famous one, Angkor Wat. There should be up to 3,000 images of these dancers there, which proves the significant status they held in ancient times. During the greatest flourishing of the Angkor period, these dancers had the task of performing sacred rituals, ritual dances, and welcoming important guests in the royal palace. They provided services that pleased both the senses and the spirit and became a colorful part of the already astonishing temple complex. The fame and significance of the apsaras gradually declined over time, but their art survived for many centuries and is still cultivated in Cambodia today. The local inhabitants are rightly proud of their Khmer past and still keep some of the ancient traditions alive. That is why the dance of the celestial nymphs is very popular in the country, and many young girls devote themselves to its training, starting already in early childhood. The dance creations are a sequence of complex hand movements accompanied by characteristic facial expressions There should be up to two thousand such movements, and if one of the dancers wanted to perform them all in sequence, it would take about two hours. The hand movements are also accompanied by hundreds of body positions. However, the movements are not just dance art; each movement holds a certain meaning and message. Thus, even a slight change can alter the communicated dance. The entire beauty of this art is emphasized by richly decorated costumes with floral motifs, complemented by shiny jewelry and elaborate crowns. Today’s apsaras exactly replicate the appearance of their ancient predecessors.

Let's not kid ourselves, choosing the right gift can be quite a challenge, whether you know the person well or not. This is especially true for men. If you ask them what would make them happy, they usually answer that they already have everything and don't need anything. And if they don't get anything spectacular, they stare with surprise and considerable displeasure. They're basically sometimes a bit like little children. And that's a clue you should stick to. Children like to play, and in men, that playfulness usually stays until late age Therefore, it is good to give a gift they can experiment with, play with, and bring joy to the people around them. However, immediately forget about LEGO or slot car tracks. You might score points, but you could embarrass the man in front of others. For an original gift for men, you need to be clever. One of the few places where men shed their adult face and let the boy inside them speak is on the couch with a game console, in the workshop, or the kitchen. If you don't want to encourage their time in front of the TV or computer and you understand drills, it's ideal to move where you have solid ground under your feet. However, there is one catch here as well. An original gift for men for the kitchen should be purely masculine. A pot won't excite them, but a proper Japanese knife will. And a nicely sharp pepper grinder will bring similar joy. With us, you will find the best pepper in the world, imported all the way from Kampot, Cambodia, where pepper is grown using ancient methods and in a completely sustainable way. By purchasing this pepper, you will also support local farmers whose living standards differ significantly from ours due to exploitation. Your purchase will help send children to school, provide them with healthcare, and maybe even allow them to see parts of beautiful Cambodia beyond their home village. Kampot pepper is thus a completely original gift for men, especially if you add one of our excellent wooden grinders with refined grinding technology.

Black, red, and white pepper are known and often used in almost every kitchen. However, among Czech chefs, green pepper is not very common, which stands out with its fresh taste, completely different from the classic pepper as we know it. The reason for this is simple. Fresh green organic and naturally grown pepper has no chance to survive the long journey to Europe. Nevertheless, we have found a way to bring it to your table. The secret is fermentation with natural sea salt hand-harvested from salt pans on the Kampot coast, where salt crystals are drawn from seawater by the power of the sun. This salt preserves freshly harvested pepper so well that it can endure the journey to Europe, allowing you to enjoy the flavor loved even by the farmers who grow the pepper. Green fermented pepper is mild, appropriately fresh, and brings only a slight spiciness. Its flavor profile develops gradually in the mouth, slowly transitioning from citrus and conifer notes to the characteristic pepper taste. Our pepper delicacy Because of this, it is used more as a side dish, delicacy, or final touch to your meals rather than as a spice. It can replace olives or capers and add a special touch to any plate. However, it definitely does not lose its charm in delicate sauces, pesto with pasta, or in combination with meat. Remember, though, that this pepper is not meant to be ground in a mill, and if you want to crush it, use a mortar and pestle. The uniqueness of our fermented pepper is also evidenced by the fact that the president of the association overseeing the quality of balanced pepper from Cambodia has lent his name to it. Thanks to this, you can also enjoy this gem among our peppers as part of a batch called the President Edition, which we are duly proud of. If you prefer a more intense flavor, you can try our freeze-dried green pepper, thanks to which we have also received the Golden Fork award, often called the gastronomic Oscar.