Note · Spices
Timut pepper
Zanthoxylum armatum
Timut pepper, also written timur, is the berry of a thorny shrub from the Himalayan foothills in Nepal. It is not a true pepper: a cousin of Sichuan pepper, it smells of grapefruit and passion fruit, with a slight bite.
What it brings
A spicy citrus sparkle, fresh and tingling.
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Material profile
- Family
- Spices
- Nature
- Natural material
- Botanical name
- Zanthoxylum armatum
- Origin
- Nepal, in the Himalayan foothills.
- How it is obtained
- Steam distillation
- On Volute
- 1 fragrance