Langer Pfeffer

Piperine is fat-soluble; bloom the catkin whole and strain it out.

Both carry sweet-warm phenols. Heat without moving to chilli.

Sweet spice against mutton fat, the medieval solution, still correct.

Floral on floral, then the burn shows up late and stays.

Poach it: the pepper reads as gingerbread against the soft fruit.

Longer, rounder heat than chilli, and it survives the cocoa butter.

Gamey iron needs sweet heat, not raw capsaicin, to sit beside it.

Both floral and resinous. The paste turns into a cheese condiment.