Types of Pepper (Spice)
Types Of Pepper (spice) is a structured food & drink dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Pepper, Origin, Heat Level. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Pepper, Origin, Heat Level, Flavor Profile, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Heat Level groups
- 9 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Pepper, Origin, and Heat Level across food & drink entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Pepper↕ | Origin↕ | Heat Level↕ | Flavor Profile↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Black Pepper | Kerala, India | Moderate | Sharp, piney, woody | King of spices, most traded spice in the world, once worth its weight in gold, on every table next to salt |
White Pepper | Southeast Asia / India | Moderate (sharper than black) | Earthy, musty, fermented | Same berry as black pepper with skin removed, preferred in white sauces and Chinese cooking, more pungent smell |
Sichuan Pepper | Sichuan Province, China | Low heat, intense numbing | Citrusy, buzzing, electric tingle | Not a true pepper (Zanthoxylum), creates ma la (numbing-spicy) sensation, essential in mapo tofu, banned in US 1968-2005 |
Long Pepper | India / Indonesia | Hot (hotter than black pepper) | Sweet, earthy, gingery warmth | Ancient Rome's favorite pepper, predates black pepper in Western cuisine, looks like tiny pine cones, making a chef comeback |
Green Pepper(corn) | India / Southeast Asia | Mild to moderate | Fresh, herbal, bright, mildly spicy | Unripe black peppercorn, fresh version popular in Thai stir-fries, brined or freeze-dried to preserve, steak au poivre uses them |
Pink Pepper(corn) | South America (Brazil, Peru) | Mild | Sweet, fruity, slightly resinous | Not a true pepper (Schinus molle berry), used as a finishing spice, beautiful in peppercorn blends, can cause allergic reactions in some |
Cubeb Pepper | Java, Indonesia | Moderate | Allspice-like, slightly bitter, cooling | Also called tailed pepper for its stem, popular in medieval European cooking, used in gin botanicals, Indonesian jamu medicine |
Grains of Paradise | West Africa (Ghana, Guinea) | Moderate | Peppery, cardamom-like, citrus notes | Also called Melegueta pepper, used in medieval European cuisine as a pepper substitute, now popular in craft gin, related to ginger |
Tasmanian Pepper | Tasmania, Australia | Hot (delayed heat) | Fruity, woody, delayed intense burn | Native Australian bush food, heat builds slowly then lingers, used by Aboriginal Australians for millennia, gaining fine dining popularity |
Tellicherry Pepper | Tellicherry (Thalassery), India | Moderate to hot | Complex, fruity, bold, aromatic | Premium grade black pepper, largest berries left to ripen longest on the vine, chef's favorite, named after the port city |
Muntok White Pepper | Bangka Island, Indonesia | Moderate | Clean, sharp, less complex than black | Considered the finest white pepper, sun-dried after soaking, Indonesian specialty, preferred in French haute cuisine |
Voatsiperifery | Madagascar | Moderate | Floral, woody, citrus, smoky | Wild-harvested from Madagascar rainforest, one of rarest peppers, grows on vines climbing tall trees, prized by Michelin-star chefs |
Timut Pepper | Nepal (Himalayas) | Low heat, strong numbing | Grapefruit, passion fruit, electric tingle | Nepalese cousin of Sichuan pepper, extraordinary citrus aroma, paired with chocolate and cocktails, tingling sensation on the tongue |
Kampot Pepper | Kampot Province, Cambodia | Moderate to hot | Floral, eucalyptus, complex sweetness | First Cambodian product with geographical indication status, nearly extinct after Khmer Rouge, revived by French chefs, terroir-driven pepper |
Sarawak Pepper | Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo | Mild to moderate | Mild, fruity, less pungent | Malaysia's largest pepper-producing state, milder than Indian varieties, popular in Japanese cooking, creamy white and black versions |
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