White pepper penja cameroon terre exotique

Description

Penja white pepper is harvested when ripe and dried in the sun in the province of Moungo (Cameroon). All stages of production (harvesting, cooling, washing, drying, selection) are completely manual and mainly carried out by the expert hands of the women of the town. Today the Penja pepper enjoys worldwide gastronomic success. In 2014, it became the first Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) on the African continent.