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TIL that AllSpice is not a mixed spice. Also known as Pimenta, AllSpice is made from the dried unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica and originates from Central and South American. It was named ‘Allspice’ by the English because it combined the flavours of clove, nutmeg and cinnamon

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