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Commodity illustration: Cumin

Category:Spices and aromatics

Cumin

Standard price
250 to 420 pieces of eight for 100 kg
Surplus
100 to 180 pieces of eight
Scarcity
300 to 500 pieces of eight
Bulk
0.2 Tons

Equivalent to 1,250 to 2,100 pieces of eight per ton

Export regions

Cumin is an aromatic seed, narrow and ridged, with a yellowish-grey to brown colour. It travels dry, and a few crushed grains release a much stronger scent than a handful left whole.

Apothecaries use it in their preparations, and Dutch cheesemakers add it to certain cheeses. The plant is grown for these small fruits, which are harvested and dried before sale. At the counter, shape and fragrance help a buyer judge the spice long after it has left the field.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 527, 531, 532.

Ludic RPG adaptations used on this page:

  • Goods sold by the 100 kg lot: bulk (house rule).

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.