Mace

Myristica fragrans

₹ 249 / 25g

PROVENANCE LEDGER IDK-MAC-001

FIRST HANDS Gowda Community

DIRECT PRICE PAID ₹356/kg (60% above local rate)

TERROIR & ELEVATION Idukki (1,200m)

GEO-COORDINATES 9°51′N, 76°58′E

METHOD & PURITY Separated from the nutmeg seed.

Sensory & Chemical Profile

AROMA

Nutmeg blossom, sweet orange peel, wood resin

FLAVOR

Warm, delicate woody-floral spice, subtler than nutmeg seed

"Mace is not a separate plant from nutmeg. It's the lace-like covering wrapped around the nutmeg seed inside its fruit. One tree. One harvest. Two spices. Most people who have cooked with both have never noticed."