Product Overview

For tea manufacturers, spice processors, bakeries, and ingredient distributors requiring a highly aromatic whole spice, these green cardamom pods provide a premium raw material for infusion, grinding, blending, and culinary use. The pods are small and oval to slightly elongated, with a pale to medium green color, longitudinal ridges, and a dry papery shell enclosing multiple dark aromatic seeds. Crushing the pods releases an intense fragrance combining sweet, floral, citrus, eucalyptus-like, and lightly resinous notes, while the flavor is warm, fresh, and distinctly aromatic. This format is especially suited to chai, coffee, masala blends, curries, desserts, bakery products, confectionery, syrups, and ground cardamom production. Whole pods can be lightly crushed for infusion or opened to separate the seeds for finer processing. For B2B buyers, green cardamom offers high flavor impact at relatively low usage levels, strong aroma retention in whole-pod form, efficient dry storage, and scalable application across beverage, spice, bakery, and foodservice programs.

Key Features

1. Whole Green Pods — Supplied intact to help preserve the volatile aromatic oils contained within the seeds.
2. Fresh Green Appearance — Pale to medium green shell provides the characteristic visual profile associated with commercial green cardamom.
3. Intense Aromatic Profile — Releases sweet, floral, citrus-like, and mildly resinous notes when crushed or heated.
4. Seed-Filled Interior — Each pod contains multiple dark aromatic seeds suitable for grinding or direct formulation.
5. Broad Culinary Use — Suitable for tea, coffee, masala, curries, bakery, desserts, confectionery, and beverages.
6. Strong Aroma Retention — Whole pods protect the internal seeds and generally retain flavor longer than pre-ground cardamom.
7. Processing Versatility — Can be infused whole, crushed, dehusked, milled, or blended depending on production requirements.
8. Wholesale Supply Ready — Suitable for lined sacks, cartons, food-grade bags, or buyer-specific export packaging.

Specifications

1. Product Type: Whole Green Cardamom Pods
2. Botanical Source: Elettaria cardamomum
3. Form: Whole dried pods
4. Color: Pale green to medium green
5. Processing Method: Harvested, cleaned, dried, and graded
6. Moisture Content: Approx. 8-12%
7. Pod Size: Approx. 6-20 mm, depending on grade
8. Aroma: Sweet, floral, citrusy, fresh, and characteristic cardamom
9. Purity: Typically 98-99.5%, depending on grade
10. Packaging: Food-grade lined bag, carton, or export sack
11. Bulk Pack Weight: Typically 5-25 kg, depending on buyer requirement
12. Storage Conditions: Store in a cool, dry, well-ventilated area away from moisture, strong odors, heat, pests, and direct sunlight