Sichuan Pepper Organic

The pepper grows on an aromatic shrub in the citrus family, the pepper itself is not actually a pepper at all, but instead is the outer pod of the fruit from Zanthoxylum bungeanum. It is native to China and now naturalized into Japan, the Himalayas and North America, and these are a staple in cuisine from the Chinese province, Szechuan. It has a tarty, lemony, acrid flavor, and it is also woodsy and slightly peppery, with a complex progression of flavors.