Nutmeg & Mace: Treasures of the Spice Islands

Part 2 in Our 4 Part Series on The Top Four Spices

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Historical Context

Nutmeg, a spice with a warm, aromatic flavor, has a rich and tumultuous history intertwined with the quest for global trade dominance. Native to the Banda Islands, part of the Maluku archipelago in Indonesia, nutmeg was highly prized in Europe during the 1500s and 1600s. The demand for this exotic spic…