Black Cardamom
Badi elaichi
Smoky large cardamom from Sikkim.
Where we buy it
Siliguri, Darjeeling, West Bengal
Siliguri is the gateway market for the eastern Himalaya, handling black cardamom from Sikkim and bay leaf from the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills.
Sikkim, the Darjeeling hills and neighbouring Bhutan and Nepal.
We buy black cardamom directly at Siliguri during peak arrivals, before the lots move to Ahmedabad for processing and packing. Buying at the source market means the widest choice of lots and no trader margin between the farmer and our customer, which is how we hold both quality and price.
Source snapshot
- Primary market
- Siliguri APMC
- State
- West Bengal
- Peak arrivals
- October to January
- Packed at
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Pack sizes
Retail packs carry your label or ours. Bulk sacks are for repackers, food service and manufacturers.
Retail packs
- 100 g
- 200 g
- 400 g
- 800 g
- 5 lb
Bulk
- 25 lb
- 55 lb
Bulk supplied in PP-woven or multiwall paper sacks, palletised and shrink-wrapped. Custom weights on request.
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