The Japanese Pantry - Yamatsu Tsujita Takanotsume Dried Peppers - 170 g

Takanotsume translates to "The Claw of the Hawk" and is a very rare pepper in Japan. In fact, Tsujita-san, the president and craftsman of Yamatsu Tsujita Co. Ltd. says, "99 percent of red chili peppers sold in Japan are produced overseas and many of these are species of red chili peppers that cannot be called Takanotsume although they are circulated as such." These peppers have become his mission to preserve and as he puts it, "Takanotsume is my heart and soul.

Yamatsu Tsujita brings exceptional quality to their products. This is the kind of product that defines what The Ambrosian Pantry is about: extraordinary quality from producers who refuse to compromise.

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