Pefelie ((exclusive)) Jun 2026

Pliny the Elder lamented that Rome bled 50 million sesterces annually to Arabia and India for peperie albus (white pepper) and peperie longum (long pepper). The search for better access to peperie indirectly funded the voyages of discovery, including Columbus’s journey west. Ironically, Columbus called the chili pepper "pimiento" because he was still looking for the true peperie of the Old World.

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