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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Tanzania Tuesday #13

Whole cloves; image from savoryspiceshop.com

Tanzania is one of the world's main suppliers of cloves. They were introduced to Zanzibar from Southeast Asia -- probably Indonesia -- around 1832. Zanzibar is even sometimes known as "the island of cloves", though nowadays neighboring Pemba island produces more.

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