IDUKKI · 1,200m SINGLE-ORIGIN HARVEST
Cardamom
Elettaria cardamomum
₹ 399 / 50g
PROVENANCE LEDGER IDK-CAR-001
FIRST HANDS Gowda Community
DIRECT PRICE PAID ₹524/kg (60% above local rate)
TERROIR & ELEVATION Idukki (1,200m)
GEO-COORDINATES 9°51′N, 76°58′E
METHOD & PURITY Forest-harvested, low-temperature drying.
Sensory & Chemical Profile
AROMA
Sweet camphor, menthol, crushed eucalyptus leaf
FLAVOR
Warm, highly aromatic citrus with a clean, spicy-floral finish
"Picked before the pods split, dried at low temperature so the seeds keep the oils that define the flavour. Most cardamom loses a measurable amount of those oils in aggressive drying. This one doesn't."