Kuro shichimi (Japanese black seven spice) with wooden barrel

It is made by a company founded in Kyoto in 1685.
Other Japanese manufacturers also make black shichimi, but this company was the first to make it.
Genuine black shichimi, produced according to traditional methods. The ingredients are white sesame, chili pepper, sansho (Japanese pepper), aonori (green laver), keshi (poppy seed), black sesame, and ono-no-mi(hemp seed).
By roasting the ingredients and carefully kneading them until the color of the chili pepper and sansho(Japanese pepper) is hidden, it becomes a unique dark brown color, which is why it is called black shichimi. By taking the time and effort in this way, the texture is moist and the black shichimi that you can enjoy the scent of all the ingredients is created.

・how to use
Beef bowls, meat dishes, fish dishes, udon noodles, and soba noodles will feel like you are in Japan just by sprinkling them.
If you only know ordinary shichimi(nanami) pepper, you should definitely buy it.
A completely different taste and stimulating spiciness from shichimi(nanami) pepper.
The taste of sweet Japanese cuisine is tightened.
There is no doubt that you will be captivated.

・Product Information
Ingredients; White sesame, chili pepper, Japanese pepper, green laver, poppy seeds, black sesame, hemp seed
Producing area; Kyoto, Japan
Kuro Shichimi Content; 5g
Package Dimensions; 9.4 x 8.7 x 6.1 cm; 70g

・Why black shichimi is black？？

Seven kinds of ingredients are used: white sesame, red pepper, Japanese pepper, green laver, poppy seeds, black sesame and hemp seeds.
Part of this ingredient is roasted, finely ground, and then carefully rubbed to hide the color of the chili pepper and sansho pepper, giving it a unique dark brown color.
The difference between the color and the shichimi, which is made by mixing the ingredients together, appears in the color.

・Region

Kuro shichimi(Japanese black seven spice) is made in Kyoto prefecture in the Kinki region.