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The Spice Trail

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2011
1 Season
3 Episodes
EN
Ended

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Kate Humble goes on the trail of some of the world's most valuable spices revealing their history, trade, mythology and usage.

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Season 1

Pepper and Cinnamon
E1

Pepper and Cinnamon

Feb 17, 20111h 0m

The first episode sees Kate Humble retraces the steps of fifteenth century explorers as she heads for India and Sri Lanka, the birthplaces of pepper and cinnamon. On India’s spice coast, she tells the story of pepper, the most consumed spice in the world. She does the pepper dance to shake the berries from their stalks and meets farmers fighting a disease that is destroying crops. In Sri Lanka, the story moves to cinnamon and she learns how the spice is harvested and cinnamon quills are made. She also witnesses the negotiations of local farmers trying to sell the crops they rely on to make their living.

Nutmeg and Cloves
E2

Nutmeg and Cloves

Feb 24, 20111h 0m

Indonesia is the setting for the second episode and the spices covered are nutmeg and cloves. These two spices, grown on an archipelago of volcanic islands, drew European explorers in search of wealth but also led to massacres of local people and the decimation of their culture. Kate Humble meets the people who rebuilt their lives and communities around nutmeg and cloves and discovers how the battle for these spices led to the beginning of the British Empire in North America.

Vanilla and Saffron
E3

Vanilla and Saffron

Mar 3, 20111h 0m

The final episode takes in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and the plains of Spain for the world’s most expensive spice, saffron, before crossing the Atlantic to Mexico in search of vanilla. In the Atlas Mountains, she joins a local saffron farmer and his family to harvest their crop. In Spain, she joins a blind tasting to sort out the genuine from the fakes and meets the man who tests the DNA of saffron. In Papantla, the birthplace of vanilla, she meets the Totonac, the original guardians of the spice. She witnesses a fertility dance and comes face to face with the people determined to keep Mexican vanilla alive in the face of competition from other producers

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About The Spice Trail

Kate Humble goes on the trail of some of the world's most valuable spices revealing their history, trade, mythology and usage. Across 1 season and 3 episodes, originally airing on BBC Two.

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What is The Spice Trail about?

Kate Humble goes on the trail of some of the world's most valuable spices revealing their history, trade, mythology and usage. It belongs to the Documentary genre.

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