Frontier Peppercorns, Sichuan Whole, 16 Ounce Bag

This is the best Sichuan Peppercorns that I ever bought. They smell so wonderful, there is no comparison.I just love the clean and fresh look of them. They are so much better than the one you got from China town.They ship about 3 weeks after placing my order. I would order early next time.Highly recommend this product to my friends.

A third of the peppercorns was seeds and stems.I had to spend a lot of time cleaning out the seeds and stems.I was expecting a ready to use product.Other than the need to clean out stems and seeds, the flavor is strong and tastes wonderful.

I came back to the website after cooking with these as I thought they were possibly covered in sand and needed to somehow be cleaned. I was relieved to know I wasn't insane when I saw all the reviews complaining about crunchy inner seeds. If you grind these your dish will literally taste like you've thrown a handful of sand in the pan. In the picture of the random pinch I pulled out you'll notice lots of seeds and stems that would need to be removed to be able to cook with these. I like hands-on cooking but sorting each of my peppercorns and separating seeds and stems seems a little too much.I was also disappointed with the lack of "punch" from these peppercorns. Even when doubling the amount for a recipe they don't have much flavor.

good but very dry

I recently tasted Shichuan pepper at a friends place who had brought it from China both in cooked food and in a roasted peanut snack. If you haven't tasted what this pepper tastes like , you're in for a treat!As for this bag of peppers - they're not so potent, they seem old and unsorted. These are slightly smaller than the real ones. The color is on the orange / red side as well.They taste okay but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

OK I ordered this bag of the "wild" peppercorns and the same thing in the same 16 oz. size of"Whole Spice" brand. There was, and I showed it too 6 other guest at my house, two or three times as much volume in this package as in the other from "Whole Spice. We all agreed that this bag was heavier and it was not some sort of package illusion. There were small stems in both packages, and there were a few fatter stems, just three or four, in this brand but easily fished out of there as I roasted the peppercorns in my cast Iron dutch oven. The quality of the peppercorns was excellent. Wish you could smell them roasting......

I have to say. . . okay, it's a LOT of peppercorns, especially Sichuan peppercorns. I may have these for the rest of my life. . . but that being said I am happy to know they will always be here and I will not run out again! These have a very potent citrus note and are nice and zippy., Healthy too!

Just not as strong as others I’ve had or purchased