Best Quality pure natural dried Fructus Galangae

Buyer BEWARE – this is not the same product that you get when you buy McCormick black pepper in the smaller cans. Maybe that’s what ‘table ground’ means, but it’s not intuitive, and if anything made me think it WOULD be the same because I use the smaller cans at the table (and the size of them lends itself to being on the table). This pepper is much more coarsely ground, and has less flavor.

From their website:
“Pure Ground: Imparts the greatest amount of flavor due to its fine, consistent granulation. Use in cooking when lower visibility is desired.
Shaker Grind: Medium Grind, excellent for tabletop application finishing a dish.
Table Grind: Slightly more coarse ground pepper, this larger tabletop grind is perfect for visual appeal.”

So the ‘shaker grind’ is what they recommend for the TABLE, and the ‘table grind’ is what they recommend for more visual appeal (e.g. cooking and presentation)… and what comes in the cans is ‘pure ground’, which is uh, good for lower visibility… Makes perfect sense to me.

Not a bad product, but I was a little disappointed, and hey, why not just call the grades ‘fine’, ‘medium’, and ‘course’ ground? Or, assume the customer might be able to understand numbers and just put the mesh size? I think that would be better than the cryptic terminology used.

I had no idea that there are different grinds that it would make a difference. I grew up with the small white & red cans of pepper so that’s what I always bought. Then I saw this one on sale and picked it up … and I will never go back! We love the more robust flavor and add it to pretty much everything we cook.

In case anyone is interested in what the different grinds are check Understanding How Mesh Size Influences Spice Flavors on Chef Tim Ziegler website.

I recently asked a chef why pepper in his restaurant was more flavorful than what I used at home. His answer was “you’re buying cheap pepper”. So true. I’ve been buying inexpensive store brand for years and grinding peppercorns when I really needed pepper flavor. McCormick’s is the solution. Same potency and quality as good peppercorns = fast and efficient without the mess of grinding. Proving that small things do matter. Thanks.

I think i was shorted some pepper. They arent full like the pictures show them to be. Both the ones i bought are definitely different by at least 1/2″ in unopened container. Yes it pepper but is it the amount i paid for????

Ok, this smells like pepper, rubs between my fingers like pepper and tastes like pepper.
I give it an 88, because it is easy to dance to.

The flavor is ok, tastes like ordinary pepper but I don’t like the fact it crunches. I will not buy it again. I guess I didn’t notice the grind. Table grind, what does that even mean?

BEEN USING FOR YEARS AND DECIDED TO BUY LARGER QUANTITY FOR REFILLING PEPPER SHAKERS! QUALITY AS GREAT AS ALWAYS, AND ONLY NEGATIVE IS I WISH IT CAME IN A LARGER SIZE! GREAT PRODUCT!

I got this expecting it’s work in a standard pepper shaker. It’s a little big – almost as big as coarse ground. Too big for New Star Foodservice 22254 Glass Cube Mini Salt…shakers to come out comfortably. BUT the pepper is VERY fresh!