Velora House

CLOVES

Whole Buds · whole

Indonesian style · Prototype provenance, unverified

Oily, dark and powerful. Two or three do the work of a spoonful of anything else.

Aroma

Warm • Medicinal • Sweet

Flavour

Intense • Numbing • Sweet

Intensity

Heat

40g

£10

Best with

HamBraisesMulled wineRice

Format

whole

Clove country.

Clove buds are picked just before they open and dried until they darken. Handled well they are sweet and warm rather than medicinal.

Ground

Vietnamese style*

Bold • Sweet • Warm

55g£12

Intensity 4/5

Grate it and the room changes. Nothing pre-ground comes close — buy whole and take ten seconds.

Whole Seeds

Grenadian style*

Sweet • Woody • Warm

45g£12

Intensity 3/5

Paper-fine layered quills that crumble between the fingers, smelling of blossom and citrus rather than heat.

Whole Quills

Sri Lankan style*

Sweet • Floral • Delicate

40g£15