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Known as the “king of spices?”, black pepper is the unripe green berries (drupes) of the pepper vine that become black when they are cooked briefly in hot water and dried in the sun — compared to white (or yellow) pepper which is the peeled ripe red berries, and green pepper which is just dried.
Originally from Asia