Cardamom Seed

Botanical Name: Elettaria Cardamomum
Plant Family: Zingiberaceae
Origin: Guatemala

The sweetly aromatic cardamom is the fruit of a tropical plant related to ginger and has a unique, strong, mentholated flavor with an intensely aromatic fragrance. It is one of the world's most expensive spices, after saffron and vanilla. It is extremely labor-intensive to grow. Sometimes referred to as decorticated, the majority of cardamom on the world markets is grown in Guatemala and India.