Spice Plantation

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Spice Plantation

  • February 20, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Helen78 from Cambridge
If making the journey inland to the Dudhsagar waterfalls, it is a good idea to combine it with a visit to the spice plantation in the village of Savoi Verum. An entry fee provides a very informative guide to the plantation, a startling display of how they harvest coconuts, and a meal cooked with local spices and served on a banana leaf.

From journal The many delights of Goa

Spice Plantation

  • September 13, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by Marianne from Eindhoven
Spice Plantation

"Smell this", he says, dangling a leaf under my nose.
"Give it to me". I crush the leaf, smell and I know.
"I know what it is", I say timidly.
"You can't know" I had expected this answer.

"I know because I've smelled it before".
"Impossible", says the guide,"what is the name?"
"All spice." I hardly dare give the answer.
"Why don't you say: it smells like pepper, bay leaf, cloves and cinnamon", says the guide disappointedly.
"Sorry, I just know what it is".
He doesn't bear me a grudge, but he doesn't ask me the names of the other spices either. He is the expert, he knows the answer.

Have you ever wondered where your powdered cinnamon came from, or what is mace? Are spices for you small plastic bags with colourful powder? If 'yes' is your answer you should visit the spice plantation in the village of Savoi Verum, 10 km north of Ponda. Goa was taken by the Portuguese to control the spice trade. Also today spice plantations are still very much in operation

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