Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. When dried, the fruit is known as a peppercorn. Once the peppercorns are dried, pepper spirit and oil can be extracted from the berries by crushing them.
White pepper consists of the seed of the pepper plant alone, with the darker-colored skin of the pepper fruit removed.
The chili pepper, is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family. Chilli is one of the most important cash crops grown in Sri Lanka, and is an essential ingredient in the Sri Lankan diet.
Black Tea is a type of tea that is more oxidized than oolong, green and white teas. Black tea is generally stronger in flavor than the less oxidized teas. All four types are made from leaves of the shrub Camellia sinensis.
Green tea is made from Camellia sinensis leaves, that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation applied when processing Camellia sinensis into oolong tea and black tea.
Turmeric, is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. In medieval Europe, turmeric became known as Indian saffron because it was widely used as an alternative to the far more expensive saffron spice.
