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Flavour Analysis

Clove’s flavour profile spans several dimensions: emphatic pungent spice, balsam, allspice and nutmeg. Beneath those first notes sit cinnamon and tobacco, and camphor and sugar notes give the profile a final layer of depth and contrast.

Dominant Flavour Families

Spice
Woody
Sweet
Earthy
Floral

Flavour profile of clove

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Eugenolic

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Clove

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Pungently aromatic spice with sweet, warm-earthy notes as found in clove spice. Strong in clove.

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