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Commodity illustration: Persian black cumin

Category:Spices and aromatics

Persian black cumin

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

Equivalent to 2,100 pieces of eight per ton

Export regions

Persian black cumin is an aromatic spice with slender, dark, elongated grains. The harvested fruits are dried for trade, leaving a compact cargo that a spice merchant or apothecary can examine by its shape and scent.

Nigella is also sold as black cumin, but its small black seeds are more angular. A buyer choosing ingredients for a preparation needs to recognise the seed itself: similar names do not make the two spices interchangeable.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 530.

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.