Pepper and its history

Pepper has been cultivated since ancient times, originally in India.

It was introduced in Greece by Alejandro Magno. Legend has it that Eudoxo de Cicico was the first European who, in addition to other spices, brought pepper to the Old Continent.

The Arabs controlled the trade in pepper and many other spices for centuries and after the fall of the Byzantine Empire it was Venice who distributed and collected the gold to pay the East for pepper and other spices almost exclusively. It was such a rare and expensive product that it was used as a bargaining chip during the Middle Ages.

Su alto valor fue una de las razones por la que los portugueses buscaron la ruta hacia las Its high value was one of the reasons why the Portuguese sought the route to the islands of spices in the east, surrounding Africa.