BERGAMOTTO
GREEN GOLD OF CALABRIA

How to recognize the real Bergamot

It is very aromatic

It is very aromatic. It looks like an orange but
has the brilliant yellow colouring of a lemon

No-one knows exactly where this fruit came from or how it came to be created. It is only grown on a very narrow coastal strip in southern Calabria, and even its name is the subject of controversy.
Yet over the last four hundred years it has been an object of admiration, wonder and fascination for botanists, doctors, researchers, important chefs, wellbeing specialists and famous perfumers. It is the legendary “beg-armudi”, or “prince’s pear”, the fruit behind an intense and distinctive essence.




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