Sourcing Guide

Guatemala vs India cardamom.

An origin comparison for importers weighing Intensive Green against Mysore and Coorg grades — oil content, colour retention, sizing, volatility and freight.

危地马拉和印度共同供应了全球大部分绿豆蔻,但两国产品各有特点,服务于不同的买家。

危地马拉是出口导向型产地:国内消费量微乎其微,因此 Alta Verapaz 的豆蔻收成几乎全部出口,并按国外规格要求分级。印度则是消费导向型产地:庞大的国内马萨拉香料及饮料市场与出口商争购同批货源。仅这一结构性差异,就足以解释买家在价格、供货情况和等级术语方面所感受到的大多数不同。

下表将我们的浓绿系列等级与印度 Mysore 和 Coorg 系列进行对比,采用的指标均为商业买家实际签约时使用的指标。

并列对比

危地马拉与印度绿豆蔻贸易参数对比
参数 危地马拉 · 浓绿系列 印度 · Mysore / Coorg
Trade gradesIntensive Green Jumbo (9 mm+), Large 7–8 mm, Medium 6–7 mm, Mixed, Decorticated SeedsMysore & Coorg (Alleppey Green Extra Bold / AGEB, Bold, Superior)
Volatile (essential) oil6–8% typical on whole green pods; 7–9% on decorticated seeds6–8% on Alleppey grades, often higher camphor character
Colour & colour retentionDeep intensive green, sun- and mechanically cured for slow fade in storageGreen to yellow-green; Alleppey grades commonly colour-treated for uniformity
Flavour profileClean eucalyptus-citrus top note, moderate camphor — favoured by Gulf spice houses and gin distillersHeavier camphor and cineole depth — favoured in Indian masala blends and oleoresin
Sizing consistencyCalibrated mesh sizing per AGEXPORT / ISO 882-1, triple-pass hand sortingSieve-graded; grade names vary by auction centre and exporter
Harvest windowOctober to March (Alta Verapaz highlands)August to February (Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
Price volatilityFollows export auction demand from the Gulf; lower domestic-consumption pressureStrong domestic demand absorbs volume, tightening exportable surplus and lifting spot swings
Export logisticsFOB Puerto Quetzal / Santo Tomás de Castilla — short transit to North America and EuropeFOB Cochin / Tuticorin — shorter transit to the Gulf and Southeast Asia
DocumentationPhytosanitary, certificate of origin, SGS on request, EUDR-ready dossierSpices Board India certification plus phytosanitary and origin documents

哪个产地适合您的采购计划

以下情况适合选择危地马拉

  • 货架展示或零售包装中的深绿色外观是您的销售驱动力。
  • 您需要在多个集装箱批次中保持经校准且稳定一致的粒径。
  • 您的运输路线通往北美、欧洲或海湾地区,且重视运输时效。
  • 您希望为金酒、阿夸维特烈酒或拼配茶提供纯净的柑橘与桉树香调。
  • 您的审计追溯记录要求追溯到具体地块和产季。

以下情况适合选择印度

  • 您正在开发印度风味马萨拉配方,需要浓郁的樟脑香调。
  • 您的萃取加工厂在合同中指定使用 Alleppey 等级命名体系。
  • 您的交货地点距离 Cochin 或 Tuticorin 比距离 Puerto Quetzal 更近。

下一步

将我们的浓绿系列与您当前采购的印度批次进行等级对比。

申请样品,在您自己的实验台上检验我们的豆蔻荚果——筛分、测定含油量,并与您目前采购的批次比较保色性。