World of spices

For the preparation of this sweet pepper with DOP La Vera, the fruits are harvested when ripe and only the healthy and clean pods are used. The selected peppers are dried with oak and holm oak firewood in smokers on Finca la Barca's own yards. The controlled smoking process takes about 15 days. Centuries-old stone mills are then used to grind until the...

For the production of this noble sweet paprika with DOP La Vera, the fruits are harvested when ripe. The peppers are traditionally and gently dried with oak and holm oak firewood in smokers on our own farms. The controlled smoking process takes about 15 days. Centuries-old stone mills are used to grind until the precious "red gold", Spanish paprika...

For the production of this hot and spice paprika with DOP La Vera, the ripe fruits are selected and harvested by hand. The peppers are traditionally and gently smoked with oak and holm oak firewood in centuries-old smokers. The controlled smoking process takes about 15 days. Centuries-old stone mills are used to grind until the precious "red gold",...

There are a great variety of chiles or peppers which are are consumed unripened or dry. Among the dry ones consumed, the most popular in Europe are the so-called “Bird’s eye chilis”, a variety of small and very spicy chilis. Powdered cayenne is obtained by grinding some little red chiles of the “Capsicum Frutenses variety”. This results in a very spicy...

The plant is from a climber orchid that comes from Mexico.The pods are the unripened fruits of this orchid. The pods have no aroma until they are cured. These pods are gathered and lightly sweated in barrels which are reinforced inside with wool. Afterwards, they are dried in the sun until they attain their caracteristic aroma and color. This process...