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The Best Episodes of The Spice Trail

Every episode of The Spice Trail ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Spice Trail!

Kate Humble goes on the trail of some of the world's most valuable spices revealing their history, trade, mythology and usage.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Spice Trail Season 1 Episode 1 - Pepper and Cinnamon
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    #1 - Pepper and Cinnamon

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    The first episode sees Kate Humble retraces the steps of fifteenth century explorers as she heads for India and Sri Lanka, the birthplaces of pepper and cinnamon. On India’s spice coast, she tells the story of pepper, the most consumed spice in the world. She does the pepper dance to shake the berries from their stalks and meets farmers fighting a disease that is destroying crops. In Sri Lanka, the story moves to cinnamon and she learns how the spice is harvested and cinnamon quills are made. She also witnesses the negotiations of local farmers trying to sell the crops they rely on to make their living.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. The Spice Trail Season 1 Episode 2 - Nutmeg and Cloves
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    #2 - Nutmeg and Cloves

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    Indonesia is the setting for the second episode and the spices covered are nutmeg and cloves. These two spices, grown on an archipelago of volcanic islands, drew European explorers in search of wealth but also led to massacres of local people and the decimation of their culture. Kate Humble meets the people who rebuilt their lives and communities around nutmeg and cloves and discovers how the battle for these spices led to the beginning of the British Empire in North America.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. The Spice Trail Season 1 Episode 3 - Vanilla and Saffron
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    #3 - Vanilla and Saffron

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    The final episode takes in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and the plains of Spain for the world’s most expensive spice, saffron, before crossing the Atlantic to Mexico in search of vanilla. In the Atlas Mountains, she joins a local saffron farmer and his family to harvest their crop. In Spain, she joins a blind tasting to sort out the genuine from the fakes and meets the man who tests the DNA of saffron. In Papantla, the birthplace of vanilla, she meets the Totonac, the original guardians of the spice. She witnesses a fertility dance and comes face to face with the people determined to keep Mexican vanilla alive in the face of competition from other producers

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pepper and Cinnamon" is the best rated episode of "The Spice Trail". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/17/2011. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Nutmeg and Cloves".