Cardamom essential oil 5 ml - doTERRA
Cardamom essential oil 5 ml - doTERRA
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Elettaria cardamomum
With its refreshing, minty aroma and flavour, Cardamom, native to Southeast Asia, is traditionally used to flavour Indian sweets and teas. Add it to breads, smoothies, meats and salads for a more intense flavour experience. Highly valued worldwide as a spice, Cardamom also offers many benefits as an essential oil.
Primary Benefits
- Considered one of the most flavourful essential oils, Cardamom offers countless uses and benefits.
- A versatile seasoning used around the world to flavour savoury dishes, especially in ground form so the oil and intense aroma contained in the seeds can fully develop.
- Its refreshing, minty and herbaceous aroma also makes it ideal for flavouring soups, salads and savoury dishes.
Cardamom: the perfect baking companion
Uses
- Add Cardamom oil to breads, smoothies, meats and salads for a more intense flavour experience.
- Use Cardamom oil instead of cardamom seeds for a more intense flavour when preparing savoury dishes.
Directions for Use
Cautions
Use only diluted. Do not take more than one drop per day. Keep out of reach of children. Avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes.
Sourcing
Cardamom is grown in both India and Guatemala, and the plant thrives in both locations and climates. Indian cardamom is used mainly by the local spice industry, while the crop harvested in Guatemala is more commonly exported.
Cardamom belongs to the ginger family. It grows best in shade and an individual plant lives for an average of seven years. It usually begins producing fruit two to three years after planting, with 10–20 cardamom seeds developing in each pod. Harvest typically runs from September to February, and most harvested cardamom is sold on the spice market. The essential oil is obtained from the seeds inside the pods. The outer wall of the pod is green, thin and papery, while the seeds inside are small and black. The pods are dried for about 36 hours before being sold for either spice production or distillation. After drying, cardamom pods weigh only about one fifth of their fresh weight. The essential oil is then obtained from the seeds by steam distillation over several hours.
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