Black pepper is a native Indian plant. It's one of the world's oldest spices.
The organic spice black pepper is one of the world's most essential condiments, yet it was first grown in Asia.
This is not a spice, but a herb. It's technically a fruit, but it's so commonly used as a spice that most people associate it with that term.
Black pepper is the world's most valuable spice grown from a single plant.
Pepper was so scarce during the Middle Ages that it was used as money.
If they sink to the bottom of a glass, are they are full, weighty, and thus of high quality.
Vietnam, Indonesia, and India are the world's top producers of pepper.