The history of the spice trade is, above all, the history of pepper, the ‘King of Spices’. Pepper has been moving westward from India for 4,000 years. Black pepper is the dried, unripe berry of a flowering vine, cultivated for its fruit, The fruit, known as a peppercorn when dried is ground to a powder may be described as black pepper, white pepper, red/pink pepper, green pepper, and very often simply pepper. The spiciness of black pepper is due to the chemical piperine. It may be found on nearly every dinner table in some parts of the world, often alongside table salt