Picked green.Early-harvest pistachio
Raw kernels with a purple skin and vivid green flesh: the grade baklava and pastry makers ask for. From Şanlıurfa, Türkiye, for buyers in Europe and the Gulf.
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Green, because it is picked early.
A pistachio kernel loses its green as it ripens. Boz iç is harvested in August, three to four weeks ahead of the main crop, so the colour stays in the kernel and shows in the finished baklava.
- Boz iç harvest
- August: the kernel at its greenest
- Main harvest
- Mid to late September: the green has faded
Supply window: April to December
Purple skin. Green kernel.
Boz iç comes raw and shelled. The skin keeps its purple; underneath, the kernel is bright green.
Opened, it is all colour.
For baklava, fillings, pastes and decoration: the green carries into the finished product.
Pomegranates and juice.
Whole fruit for the shelf and for pressing, and deep red juice for beverages and food service.
Greenhouses, all winter.
Tomatoes, peppers and aubergines from Karaali, where geothermal water heats the houses.
Seven products.
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Şanlıurfa, on the Harran Plain.
Long, dry, hot summers and mild winters. At Karaali, on the plain, greenhouses are heated by geothermal water that rises at 42-48 °C, and the harvest runs through the winter.
About the origin
- What is boz iç pistachio?Boz iç is the early-harvest green kernel of the Turkish pistachio. How it differs from ripe kernels, the trade standards and EU import checks.
- Boz iç pistachio in pastry and baklavaWhy baklava, biscuit and pistachio paste makers use early-harvest green kernels, what the protected recipes specify and which forms are traded.
- Boz iç pistachio: harvest and supply seasonWhen boz iç pistachio is harvested, what happens after harvest, why crops swing from year to year and how kernels are stored. Supply: April to December.
- Licorice root: whole and cut formsWhat dried licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is, how whole and cut root differ, where each is used and what EU importers check.
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Samples available on request.