The allspice berries are cultivated before they ripen and are dried in the sun, causing them to turn brown. If you’ve seen them whole on the store spice racks, you’ll notice they look a lot like peppercorns (see allspice picture below)—although it’s typically sold as ground allspice....
The reason that this tree is associated with the country of Jamaica, aside from being native to the small island, is because of how the country has incorporated the dried green berries of the female tree into its dishes. All spice is used in several Jamaican dessert dishes and is one of ...
Allspice refers to the berries of the evergreen pimenta dioica tree, a type of plant of the myrtle family, and is native to a group of islands in the Caribbean called the Antilles. This explains why allspice is also commonly called "Jamaica pepper". Discovered by the same explorer who ...