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If you take a look at our assortment, you'll quickly understand that we love Kampot pepper so much that we are not afraid to experiment with it and literally add it to everything possible. From chocolate, dried meat, and delicious nut butters, to beer and various types of spirits. The boundaries of this exploration are, however, endless, and you can conduct similar experiments with our Kampot pepper at home as well. One of the possibilities is coffee with black pepper. If you wonder whether the bitterness of coffee needs something as pronounced as pepper, you might be surprised what pepper can do to its flavor. The taste of pepper has the power to suppress the legendary bitterness of coffee and highlights the flavor tones that accompany it. At the same time, it adds its own specific taste and a characteristic spiciness that rightly spices up the whole coffee experience. The pepper and coffee drink is ideally combined with milk, which thickens its taste, and also sugar, which adds a sweet background to the spiciness and bitterness of the drink. However, if you prefer the full flavor of coffee, first taste the drink without milk and sugar. How to do it? The ideal ratio is half a teaspoon of crushed black Kampot pepper to two teaspoons of coffee. You can prepare the drink, for example, in a French press or AeroPress. Pour hot water over both the pepper and coffee together and let it steep long enough. Try to choose quality coffee with a rich aroma, preferably one whose taste you are familiar with and can precisely recognize the changes brought by the added pepper. And once you have fair trade Kampot pepper at home, you can also try fair trade coffee beans. :-) Life is far too short not to conduct such experiments. And if you don't have sufficiently original vessels to enjoy such treats from, take a look at our limited edition Golden Peppercorn dishes by French artist Marie Poirot.