Features: Cloves
· )Organic Cloves from Spice
Island of Zanzibar
· 100% Organic, Free of Pesticides & Insecticides!
~ 100 grams weight. (3.7oz) (packaged in 2 packs of ~50 grams each)
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Selected Uses: Cloves
* As an ingredient/spice in culinary treats.
* Used in tea, Masala Chai!
* Excellently used for medicine and known for its
herbal properties.
Zanzibar is known all
over the world for production of high quality cloves. Up to 1990s and many years
before that, Zanzibar was well- known for the production of large quantity of
cloves. The
farmers are much aware of quality, as everyone makes sure that the cloves
he or she sells are of the highest quality.
The optimum stage for
picking clove buds is when the buds are fully developed and the base of the
calyx has turned from green to pink color; not before that or when they are
overdue. The clove pickers should not dislodge twigs as dislodging of twigs reduces
the bearing ability of cloves trees.
The process of
separating cloves from the stems should be undertaken with due care, in a clean
environment and on mats. Maximum care is needed to avoid mixing cloves with
unwanted bodies and particles.
DRYING PROCESS
The cloves are dried
in clean, hygenic process and are only SUN-DRIED. They're exposed to enough
sunlight in open air for at least three days, and never be dried by keeping
them on roads or floor. This process ensures cloves of highest quality are
produced with high market value. Farmers always bear in mind the fact that
cloves are edible so they must meet the standards required in food hygiene
before they are taken to the market.
SORTING
Before selling
the cloves, farmers are ought to do final sorting, which is removing or
separating cloves from all unwanted bodies. Farmers are offered first
grade for clean and high quality cloves, hence they earn more money.