Emperor Akbar Cardamoms

  Did you know that the best Cardamom in the world comes from India? That’s specifically Alleppey Green Cardamom – and there are only two entities in the entire world who possess the coveted GI tag over it. One is the regulatory Spices Board of India; the other – Emperor Akbar Cardamom… renowned cardamom supplier based in Mumbai, India. It means that no-one else in the entire wide world can claim to produce, promote or market Alleppey Green Cardamom. And the reason for this can be traced back to history. Historically, Green Cardamom has been strongly linked to Alleppey in Kerala. Not because it is grown there, but because royal decree intended Alleppey to become Green Cardamom’s gateway to the world. The story goes that when the Raja of Travancore realised the global demand for what grew extensively across his kingdom, he decreed that all produce be mandatorily sold only to his official, who would forward it to the main depot in Alleppey, which was then the most important port in T...

  If you read the first part of this blog (If you haven’t,  here’s the link ), you now know how to identify the best cardamom in the marketplace. Then again, you’d also know that the surest, yet easiest, way to achieve this is to simply purchase Emperor Akbar Cardamom. In Part-1 of the blog, you discovered that Emperor Akbar is, in fact, officially the world’s best cardamom. One of just two entities in the entire world to be certified by the coveted GI Tag for Alleppey Green Cardamom. Which means, no one else can even so much as claim to produce, promote or market Alleppey Green Cardamom. But that’s not the only factor that makes it the world’s best. Or to put it another way, the GI Tag was conferred on it precisely because the brand follows extremely stringent standards along the entire time-line – from production to selection to packaging to transportation. So that what reaches your kitchen table anywhere in the world is still locked in with that unmistakeable aroma and flav...