Cloves, Whole (Madagascar / Sri Lanka)

Premium quality, Madagascar / Sri Lanka. Cloves are the dried flower buds of the clove tree: intensely aromatic, warm, and sweet with a numbing edge. Whole cloves stud hams, flavor brines, pickles, and mulled drinks; ground cloves go into baked goods, sausage, ketchup and barbecue sauce, and garam masala and pumpkin spice blends. Whole cloves are the dried, unopened flower buds of the Syzygium aromaticum tree, prized for their intensely warm, sweet, and pungent flavor with subtle numbing heat. They are a staple in both sweet and savory applications, from mulled wines, pickling brines, and braised meats to holiday baked goods and spice blends like garam masala. Restaurants, bakeries, beverage producers, and food manufacturers purchase whole cloves in bulk for their superior aromatic potency and longer shelf life compared to ground.