One Indian town, Pollachi, has found ways to create some of the best-quality mace and nutmeg while effectively cutting out middlemen and selling directly to buyers. A kilogram of its mace sells for around $50 — more costly than mace from India's lead producer, Kerala, which sells for $35 per kilogram, and the US, at $9 per kilogram. So what makes Pollachi's nutmeg and mace so special? And why are they so expensive?
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:28 - Meet the Picker
- 2:43 - The Nutmeg Fruit
- 3:18 - Dangerous fire ants
- 4:03 - Washing
- 4:56 - Separating Mace from Nutmeg
- 6:21 - Drying
- 7:03 - East Indian nutmeg vs West Indies nutmeg
- 7:35 - Meet the Farmer
- 7:56 - First-class Pollachi Nutmeg
- 8:42- Pollachi Mace compared to others
- 8:51 Secret techniques
- 9:07 Bit by ants!
- 9:40 Cutting out the middleman
- 10:15 Struggle of Global farmers
- 10:45 Success of the Cooperative