Why Cloves Are So Expensive | So Expensive

In trees up to 50 feet tall, harvesters carefully handpick clove buds. When exported, less than half a pound of these dried cloves costs $30. But as they focus on keeping their balance, harvesters must also be careful not to break the buds. If they do, the value of the clove drops significantly. And that's just where the risk begins. To harvest cloves correctly, workers put their lives on the line. So what makes cloves worth the risks? And why are they so expensive?
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Why Cloves Are So Expensive | So Expensive

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

It's funny how merchants justify high price on "dangerous work conditions", but pay those who actually do the dangerous work barely anything :D

[@cuttingman007]

It's india, they never heard of health and safety standards! And in those countries, middle man always make huge profits than actual farmers!

[@aryaaswale7316]

30 dollars a day is actually very good pay by indian standards

[@chocolatewheelchair]

That’s the name of the game.

[@bngr_bngr]

It’s not like farmers are selling directly to consumers.

[@thunderclaws3341]

What are you talking about. 30 dollars a day in India

[@essee3984]

Being an Indian I didn't know it was expensive. I mean, even on Amazon India it is priced at $2 for 100g and that would last months. Must be a lot cheaper in the local market.

[@dariaradac423]

I mean, cloves are really pottent, so it's not needed to use a lot.

[@Muralidharan001]

In video they say $26/kg for 1st quality so it's not that costly.

[@dumplingyoo7014]

As Indonesian, i never thought that cloves are expensive, here rp 2000 maybe 20 cent are enough for a week

[@chikaaldila1188]

Here in Indonesia it isnt that expensive also. I might as well consider it cheap because I can buy almost 20g of it (it is much!!) for only 1 dollar

[@toastedtarts4044]

Here in the US, they’re not expensive either. Saffron and nutmeg is expensive here.

[@jakmanxyom]

I definitely didn't expect "lightning strike while climbing" as a cause of workplace deaths in tree plantations. Awful, but sobering to think about what costs come into the spices we buy and consume.

[@FruitingPlanet]

The cost does barely come from the hard and dangerous work, the high price comes from internatione/western companies filling their pockets by exploiting indian farmers.

[@AFMR0420]

Remind me not to invest in a metal ladder.

[@yorickwestendorp1521]

Same :P

[@culi7068]

And to think about the fact that some simple investment in equipment, e.g. climbing gear or hell even a net at the bottom, could save so many lives. Would gladly send them $200 if I could directly

[@anmolagrawal5358]

Dang, the price difference between the retailer and wholesaler makes me want to purchase it directly. Wouldn't it be cool if families in a society buy in bulk and distribute among themselves. That'd be some much more cheaper

[@Krishna-vw9ko]

Well don't forget transportation cost..

[@RajasNadkarni]

That's what the distributor does. Imagine the time that will need to be spent by one person to coordinate, negotiate, arrange for transport from the growers. That time needs to be paid.

[@anmolagrawal5358]

@@RajasNadkarni Yes, you are right. However, the distributor usually has to set up a network in order to transport it to *different* locations. Since this isn't necessarily high skilled labor, one of the society workers could be tasked with this. The more the number of individuals, the less likely it is that his/her salary would be reflected substantially in total costs

[@rockon609]

Cheaper for consumers maybe, to a point,but there’s many reasons multiple distribution levels exist. As the business, Instead of shipping to a couple dozen places for the product to be further distributed, you would be shipping to many many more. Direct can’t work because you’re shipping to way more places with smaller orders, so are you sending one whole container or truckload of the product at a time? You’d have to only sell to consumers who fill up the whole shipment, and if not, losing money. The more distributing you cut the more work gets made for the ones that are left, the less viable the shipments make as they are smaller and go to more places. Shipping costs become a much bigger percent of the pie. Not to mention cloves are seasonal right so for this example they’d have to keep a distributing business not running efficiently and then go months with it shut down? What happens to employees, vehicles, real estate, costs can’t just stop for those. Then again what you are saying to a point already exists elsewhere, stores like Costco and Walmart have such low prices because they have streamlined the distribution. But that’s different.

[@ennakavi2129]

@@anmolagrawal5358 This is INdia, middle men always leach. unless we have ambani buying

[@abdulrazeed6088]

It’s amazing how most of the spices in the “why expensive series” feature South India, mainly Kerala, Tamil Nadu and parts of Karnataka. These spices are which drove ancient Europeans (Portuguese, Dutch and English) to reach India. The Portuguese first landed in northern part of Kerala (Malabar) and its recorded that they were gifted with loads of pepper. Much before the Europeans, we had Arab and Jew traders and that also shaped the culture of Kerala today. I live in the North part of Kerala (still South India) that’s lush green and we have a small garden (really small, less than 1/4th acre) and we still have one clove tree, cardamom plants, pepper vines, Tea and coffee 😅 We call our place “God’s own country” and indeed we are blessed. For people who are watching around the world - Do visit India and if you’re interested in spices, do not miss entire Kerala, some parts of Tamilnadu such as Theni, Kanyakumari and Coorg in Karnataka ❤️ Munnar in Kerala offers spice garden visits.

[@muhammadsharif1311]

It really is "God's own country". Hope to visit india especially Kerala one day in shaa ALLAH. Love from pakistan

[@QueenGurmehar]

South India has the ideal temprature for growing spices.

[@ikaspatra4035]

@@muhammadsharif1311 pakistani are not allowed here

[@samyakjain3417]

From islamic invasion to Brits all came for spice trade only while these spices are grown in southern india Northern part is known for its craftmenship like in up where wives of Roman emperors used to send gold in large amounts to india in exchange with Indian clothing and embroidery

[@zohaibtariq7351]

@@ikaspatra4035 who asked you????

[@mathewthomas7616]

That's Kerala,India from where I'm from. I used to pick cloves climbing over trees when I was a child. I remember the left alone buds will develop into a fruit which is edible and it's hard to find one since we won't leave any buds on the tree. I still remember looking for them on the tree when I was a kid. :). This video brought back 30 year old memories.

[@AS-jo8qh]

What does the fruit taste like?

[@ladyfame1430]

I would love to try that fruit I’m so glad to learn this thank you for your information

[@VillavanTV]

By the way this easte is in tamilnadu

[@watata1t]

Shouldnt some fruit be alowed to develope? You need more trees to get more cloves 😅

[@dawson3776]

@@watata1t I think they have perhaps a selection of trees to make more trees or some other trader does that. If there's a gold rush, sell shovels.

[@okaka5398]

7:32 there is a mistake in translation. He says, "unusual rain patterns cause fungus growth, which ruins the cloves" not "unusual rain patters cause the cloves to fall off the tree"

[@dhruvakhera5011]

wait so they said fungus which one are you saying?

[@ffc2632]

7:32*

[@tessat338]

Thanks for the more exact translation.

[@tichengng2737]

If you’re buying anything from Franklin Roosevelt, it’s bound to be expensive.

[@AdamBechtol]

lol

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

It's a New Deal!

[@sasank1114]

I was searching for his name in the comments 😂😂😂

[@wilddragonchase]

@@sasank1114 me too. i rewatched that part because i thought i heard wrong

[@jedediahjehoshaphat]

​@@becsterbrisbane6275😂😂😂

[@josedamas7272]

Ngl it cracked me up when they introduced Franklin Roosevelt 😂

[@-XSX-]

Wow, US president is a clove dealer in India in his afterlife....😊

[@Perfect_Indian]

Franklin d-rojavelt

[@abdulrazeed6088]

Hahaha, I’m sure we have George Washington, John F Kennedy, Tedyy Roosevelt as well. I’m not even kidding, I’ve met colleagues with American names 😅

[@striker44]

We also have Stalin as chief minister of a state. 😃

[@mangols12]

who would've thought Franklin Roosevelt will become clove dealer after becoming president of USA

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

Wut?

[@subutaiisunderrated2293]

We also have a politician by the name of Stalin. He's the Chief Minister (Governor in the US) of Tamil Nadu state.

[@alcabone1126]

@@subutaiisunderrated2293 lol there is a Joseph Stalin in Sri Lanka too

[@anupadesilva3478]

@@alcabone1126 😂 yea

[@ashman187]

D?

[@jasodu1]

You forget the fact that cloves are the one that makes European colonize my country, Indonesia, since cloves was only found in the Moluccas island.

[@dadoo3]

yeah we put it inside our cigarettes out of spite lol

[@Mohestro]

The workers who handpick those clove buds are really talented. I bet it takes a lot of patience to learn the craft. Respect.

[@vipr1142]

It's crazy that the criminal syndicate BlackRock even owns the clover business lol

[@mackocloud924]

I was kind of confused when they said Franklin Roosevelt 😂

[@anuztimsina1396]

Didn't expect the name to appear anyway😆

[@cuttingman007]

In 70's it's common among converted Christians to name their children inspired by international people like Michael Jackson, Neil Armstrong etc...

[@rafaelperalta1676]

So Expensive series reveals how much the middlemen feeds off of this cycle. The ones doing the dangerous work only get to have a miniscule amount of that money.

[@mastersplinter5966]

The Sad Truth

[@angelaphsiao]

@Yourfather1372 “it’s the way of the world “ is what the people who profit the most want you to say. Are you the princess?

[@Loli4lyf]

middleman need money too they keep the economy running that's how business works

[@rafaelperalta1676]

@Yourfather1372 I know and I'm not a princess. Your point?

[@danbowman9294]

That's life.

[@delia_watercolors8186]

Cloves are a delicacy my family doesn't mind paying for. They are fantastic in desserts paired with other spices, and a wide variety of fruits, chocolate or vanilla. They are wonderful in soups, stews, and teas. They pair wonderfully with pork or chicken or tofu main protein dishes. I can't even think of a course that can't be enhanced with cloves (if balanced and paired with correct spices/proteins/vegetables). And the Autumn/Fall season can not be without cloves. When ill as a child with mild gum inflammation/infection, my grandmother would tell me to chew a clove and I would recover. They are amazing and the people who harvest them we thank eternally 🧡

[@andreap9869]

My family always used them in stewed apples.

[@mazen3omar427]

*T E A*

[@vijayroy6358]

The price is absolutely reasonable looking at how hard it takes them to harvest and the medicinal benefits it have 🙌

[@tomhunt354]

Eugenol is not exclusively found in cloves, and it can be synthesized in a lab relatively easily….

[@vijayroy6358]

@@tomhunt354 great info 🙏🙌

[@aferak145]

But they are not the ones seeing most of the benefits…

[@maxfun6797]

That doesn't seem difficult to me.

[@pasta-and-heroin]

@@maxfun6797 lol

[@arthurlouis8326]

I never knew they were expensive. Depend on where you get them I guess. The taste is so strong that you don't need to get the high quality one. You don't need to use much just a single bud can flavor a dish.

[@jyothishkumar7133]

Sometimes I think , How you are living on earth.

[@kreterakete]

And I need to connect a thread to the clove in my tomato sauce.. because getting the one in the mouth and chewing on it is in my opinion the worst case scenario.

[@thatlendy9696]

@@kreterakete that’s why i hate them 😭😭😭😭

[@pasta-and-heroin]

@@kreterakete to prevent this you can do one of three things (: 1) strain your sauce just prior to serving. this isnt ideal tho as it kinda takes away from the rustic texture of most tomato-based sauces 2) when your sauce is complete, blitz it in a blender. combining this by doing it after you’ve strained it gives you a silky smooth professional-looking sauce 3) the best option in my opinion, and the way i do it in the restaurant: just count how many whole cloves you flavour the dish with. if you put in 2 bay leaf + 8 clove, make sure you remove 2 bay leaf + 8 cloves when it is ready to serve just wanted to help in case you hadn’t thought of those options (: i am a chef if that is any consolation

[@desifoodmonkinusa575]

I put 15 for kg chicken not so strong mate ;)

[@dasakashdeep]

Me an indian: cloves are expensive? But my mom adds them in almost every food and were not even that rich. Btw we dont eat the cloves, we add them while cooking so that the flavours of the spice mixes with the food then after cooking the clove is removed and thrown, you can obviously eat it but your tongue will burn. Sometimes we grind cloves into powder and add it to food just like salt and pepper or while cooking curries. This is true for many other spices from india.

[@SalTheCat]

Insider: “he sells his cloves to dealers like Franklin Roosevelt” Me: “come again?”

[@kzop2847]

Now will you beleive the scam callers when they say their name is "Michael Jordan'?

[@thakurshouryapratapsingh3506]

Damn those missionaries converting people since colonial IND. When they first wanted to come to our land in the garb of educating people as they did in other colonies, even the British officers opposed them stating IND doesn't need to be educated, its well documented.

[@j.m4979]

I was waiting for someone to say it Franklin Roosevelt…lol

[@TWstudios]

Please make a new episode for 2022. “ why is everything so expensive”

[@cocacolasons7402]

Because we are poor

[@DeusExHomeboy]

Because people have a psychosis, where their imagined "ideal capitalism" fantasy is contradicted by reality. And Copium is on full dosage.

[@xana6696]

Its Inflation

[@bhuvskaya8898]

Joe Biden: cuz of Putin

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@bhuvskaya8898 no, clearly it's coz Trump! /s 😁

[@kkumup4590]

It's ironic that I have clove tree and it always needed to be harvest every year but nobody in my family want it because of the taste and smell except granny. So we decided to sold to the harvester around $9-$20 for 1x harvest for the past 20+ years. It's cheap, but we don't wanna waste the cloves, its better to somebody turn into something. In return, we get clean air more than enough for years. Now the tree start to dying, perhaps because of the age (? dunno), nearly 50 years.

[@deepblue3682]

Which country /province, if i may ask?

[@kkumup4590]

@@deepblue3682 It's Indonesia

[@deepblue3682]

@@kkumup4590 okei.. am from south india... 90-100 km away from the farm in the video... we had clove plants near by our hoise... our domestic needs were met by that tree/plant(it never grew into huge tree) and much of the cloves went waste as nobody was into collecting it too... and someone cut down the tree atlast

[@MarkWTK]

cleaner air after you harvest? does it smell different before and after harvest?

[@eswaribalan164]

Soooo sad, wishnl had a plant.

[@1.4142]

Franklin Roosevelt must be good at making new deals.

[@annhans3535]

Wow. I never knew it grew on huge trees and how dangerous that work is. Makes me respect cloves more. Good for toothache, use on baby's gum when teething and tea for stomach.

[@piosian4196]

The difference between Spanish and Portuguese sardines is the use of cloves in Portuguese. Spanish style preparation of other fish, like milkfish, still has a different classic taste with cloves if added to the recipe. We had grilled sardines on the sidewalk restaurants in Lisbon and even if expensive, it was well worth it.

[@snakebite215]

6:59 dude is Franklin Roosevelt 🤔

[@fandisarif4579]

In my opinion, cloves originating from Indonesia, especially in the North Maluku islands and surrounding areas, have a very distinctive aroma and the price is not as expensive as in India because cloves are identical to Indonesia in the east.

[@leonardrichkyfansnyaaurel6630]

Not your opinion, it's a fact bruh. You guys should search on google

[@debodatta7398]

Yea cloves originate in Moluccas Islands in Indonesia same way pepper originates in Kerala/Tamil Nadu.

[@smartbaba1321]

North - East India is favorable for spice Farming, Govts in these states should think about it too.

[@SUMITKUMAR-rg7ve]

Also for some exotic fruits

[@anzarm.a8547]

Yeah that is true. North east has same exact climatic condition like western and eastern ghats enclosed areas. Both in south and north east having rain due to the blocking by the hills

[@_GMP_]

Time for NE to get rich

[@hritikraghuwanshi9328]

Arunachal Pradesh can gro kiwi 🥝 which is very expensive fruit

[@joyid]

@@anzarm.a8547 it's been raining regularly for a month in my NE state.

[@alvinkoeswanto8622]

As I watch this video, I could smell the aroma of dried clove buds. It's so fragrant and warming.

[@hannesRSA]

Fragrant.. hmm, the worst thing that can happen in your meal is when you bite into a clove.

[@Nokhem612]

The narrator's voice is so sweet & soothing that I fall asleep

[@aminayusuf2491]

We really need to appreciate the hardwork of these workers to provide high quality cloves to consumers around the world. It's really expensive now and most people are not aware of the risks involved in harvesting this valuable spice.

[@ryan49805]

“Franklin Roosevelt” ay??? 😂 that’s awesome!!! 😂

[@pammentzer3584]

So impressed by this...I take so many little things for granted. Cloves will no longer be one of those little things.

[@karlad4082]

I love cloves as it adds an extra Yum in my food but always bothered me the price. However, seeing these amazing people doing all that work to get us this spice makes me feel less bothered about the price 😊

[@slentilus7439]

I love these videos. Can't wait for the new expensive food series!

[@ronzac55]

i am from North Sulawesi of Indonesia and we have great quality of cloves. Cloves made villages here rich before in the 80s.

[@racexine]

The buyers are ripping them off. Highest quality for $10 a kilo? That amount of clove, for an average household, would take 5 years of use.

[@lutherfrank6864]

😂 My 55g Box of cloves is still in my cuboard & its been like 5 years already. I only use when cooking wild meat but they said the cloves is mostly sourced for there oil "medicinal" purpose which justifies there price

[@GIN44198]

not all cloves are used for cooing a large amount is used for religious purposes

[@TheFarhanfaris]

you can buy it .. /ton in Indonesia each month😂

[@horton188]

Are we all just gonna ignore the fact that the clove dealer’s name was Franklin Roosevelt?

[@hashbr.5775]

lmao i was thinking like what a unique name for an indian

[@thehalf-assedapproach]

As a person from the neighbouring state, to the place shown in the video, I would say that it is a bit uncommon but not altogether rare for such names from down south here. I have an uncle named Churchill. There are more number of Christians living here. And yes, we love our spices :-)

[@kvineet631]

The chief minister of it's neighbouring state Tamil Nadu is named Stalin.

[@wanrazul]

@@hashbr.5775 The correct term is "native american", not "indian". Dont be a racist.

[@reuey2307]

@@wanrazul huh

[@paolamurphy5726]

Cloves here in Chile aren´t that expensive and usually when i need some i just buy at the supermarket or a local shop, i did not know until now how extreme it is to harvest them! I´ll treasure the cloves I´ll buy in the future!

[@rohangjain7690]

You Buy The Madagascar One's Not Indian As Shown In Videos

[@lancelotdufrane]

Respect! I had no idea. Thank you. I’ll never take a another Clove, for granted.

[@TheFarhanfaris]

hey you can buy /ton in Indonesia each month😂

[@aryaaswale7316]

Completely ignore the fact that, even the most spice loving person wont eat a kilo of that stuff in his life

[@BirbGoBrrrrr5230]

But he will use it in cooking

[@Veeger]

Medicinal use too!

[@fernandgamboa2848]

They do

[@samuraiboi2735]

@@BirbGoBrrrrr5230 lmao even as a indian i wont use it for food or cooking cus i dont like cloves and they taste weird.

[@codetotamilctt5248]

@@fernandgamboa2848 believe me, if you do, you're gonna choke.. myself being an Indian , drone by its aroma suffered it..

[@khaerulumam42]

I am from Indonesia, my mom also cloves seller for more than last 15 years, and the methods from harvesting to selling are very similar with them from India. And also the price is similar from harvester : for best dry quality cloves, in Indonesia about $7/kg (India $10/kg), but in Indonesia mostly use for as a cigarette mix because cloves aroma, only small portion for cloves oil.

[@ProximaCentauri88]

The clove trees are endemic or native to the Moluccan Islands but never gets a mention in this video. I am Filipino and been researching about the related species which can be found here in the Philippines. The world owes the cloves to the Moluccan islanders.

[@amysanchez3699]

I had no idea they were expensive. In local currency for 25g I would pay maybe 30 US cents. My saffron costs $18 for even less. It was nice to see where cloves come from, but I was not convinced they're expensive. I believe cardamom, cinnamon, anise, cumin all cost more (where I live)

[@johnnywadd7960]

How much is the saffron? For what size bag?

[@dormitorykitchen5433]

Hi, I'm from Indonesia the cloves are quite popular in here. Usually for tea, herb or spices/cooking. My grandfather was have cloves farm. The labour is actually very cheap in here but you need several year to harvest the crop. You need huge landside also and land is very expensive in here. that's why cloves very expensive.

[@mariaannainditahernawati7132]

betul tapi di negara lain khususnya di video dihargai sangat murah padahal mereka punya beragam olahan mamin yg perlu cengkeh apakah krn indonesia punya industri rokok? atau krn kita punya beragam jamu dan minyak oles?

[@fitrionoferi273]

Cengkeh kan aslinya emang dari Indonesia, Maluku tepatnya, tp kemudian menyebar se Nusantara trus dibawa ke India, Sri Lanka, Madagaskar dll.

[@zorrogarage6511]

These 2 spices, cloves and nutmeg made my country 🇮🇩 colonized for 350 years😣. This spice comes from the Maluku islands. Then it was brought by French, British and Dutch colonizers to be planted in India, Africa and the Caribbean.

[@arkajitmaity5277]

Clove trees were brought to India from Indonesia in the 2nd century by ancient Indian merchants not by colonisers

[@ProximaCentauri88]

@@arkajitmaity5277 Still, it is frustrating that this video never mentions the Moluccas. Whatever the process of cloves making their way to other lands, it is still a fact that this spice is native to the Moluccas where people were enslaved and starved to farm these spices for the colonizers and traders.

[@janlaag]

I hope in the near future, products obtained with easy safe work will be recognized as much more valid than products that put lives at risk. If it was on the market, I would be glad to drop buying "first quality harvested" cloves and start buying cloves harvested from the ground after those unexpected rains.

[@Chr.U.Cas2216]

👍👌👏 Simply fantastic! Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. From now on I will definitely appreciate this spice much more! Best regards luck and health to all involved people and plants.

[@martinjohn1993]

Deforestation in Western gahts had caused landslides, flashfloods across Kerala and it affected most of the spice farmers mostly in Idukki and rest of the districts of Kerala

[@bobby3009]

Is it expensive there in the west coz our here in India it's kinda cheap 😥

[@journeytowestland5745]

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[@ssmukesh4091]

750₹per 1 KG

[@shravangupta4828]

@@ssmukesh4091 that pretty cheap.

[@vispev3123]

We get them for 2400 rupees per kilogram in us but i literally use like 35g a month

[@toomanymarys7355]

If you buy it in fancy jars at the grocery store, yes. Powder is much cheaper. But so are the cheap plastic bags in ethnic groceries and online.

[@dertythegrower]

Respect to the harvesters.

[@leopardtiger1022]

Thank you for this video I now know the real value of this wonderful product of Nature. Even the leaves of the clove tree are aromatic.

[@linuabraham3138]

I'm from Kanyakumari I came to know about our clove today thank you insider

[@abdulrazeed6088]

Ironically, in India, we use many of these spices (Cloves, Cinnamon and Cardamom) in Biriyani - only to spit them out. Yep, they’re expensive here as well and most of the times, we don’t get the export quality ones ourselves. They’re reserved for the West and Middle East. Cloves are so potent in taste that it can ruin the taste of everything else, if chewed. One another medicinal application of clove is that, if you have sharp pain in your tooth, you just have to place a clove pod in your teeth and hold tight, spit out the saliva for sometime and you’re good. Apparently, some companies are advertising that their pastes contain cloves 😅

[@jamestl9301]

30 dollars a day is actually really good pay for Indian standards.

[@bobbyanggunawan3407]

in indonesia, 30 dolar a day for 30 day is 3 times average monthly salary here :v

[@dhruvakhera5011]

i mean it is a life-threatening job with little to no safety. but yea it is pretty nice even if for only the harvesting time

[@pasulasuresh2935]

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[@RazzleberryHaze]

Watching this episode made me crave a pack of Djarum Blacks, and I haven't smoked in ages. Something about that spicy crackle just warms me

[@volcanoarrima]

Thanks Business Insider for repeatedly showing the dark sides of agro business in India, especially south. Even Indian media and journalists rarely cover these and people are unaware as to why farmers protest

[@ravanasura8308]

South farmers don't protest

[@siddharthaxX]

@@ravanasura8308 o_o

[@TheFarhanfaris]

hey you can buy /ton in Indonesia each month😂

[@shockwavevideos5689]

Stop writing non-sense comments and then end with your propaganda.

[@Anmolnegi-yw7hg]

Lol most of agriculture in india is fully subsidise by gov , the problem is mostly cheap prices in india for things , though it differs in different regions

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

In case anybody got the perception that $30 a day for labour wage is low...Its more than double what a temporary assistant professor makes here.

[@kushal4956]

I was surprised when I heard that. that's 68k per month. wtf

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

@@kushal4956 oh...we can't calculate it for per month. They won't get work every or every season

[@johhnypop34]

thank you, very well done and explained.

[@igedearyputrakusuma7138]

i remember when my cloves trees start blooming, damn the aroma itself even its far high above in the tree

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[@louisejohnson6057]

Cloves make me think of Easter when I was a child. My Dad would cut cross hatch into the hams fat cap and stud it with Cloves at every intersection. The smell of that clove studded ham cooking, was intoxicating. And having that clovey ham fried up with eggs the next morning, heaven. Cloves are also good for the kind of bad breath that comes up from your tummy. Just swallow one or two Cloves, it really helps.

[@NYCfrankie]

This so expensive series is fascinating

[@waterbaqua5627]

Cloves are not expensive, you can get half a pound from an Indian store for less than 4 bucks but the story changes when you go to a whole foods where 10 cloves are in a tiny shiny glass jar

[@TheFarhanfaris]

hey you can buy /ton in Indonesia each month😂

[@waterbaqua5627]

@@TheFarhanfaris well let's start a business because people are being ripped off here and is it true your government has blocked palm oil 🛢️ export?

[@geoffreyalanshapiro7894]

As much as I like cloves, it's nice that the land get to enjoy them once in a while.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

I never new so much about this little spice we use so much!

[@noob19087]

One way I like to use clove is that if I have a painful tooth or gums I just gargle some clove tea. It's honestly shocking how well and quickly it works.

[@AkashSharma-wt2id]

In India, it cost 5-7 pounds per KG and in the United Kingdom, it cost 18-20 pounds per kg. So, I would say it's not expensive at all. I have realized that when it comes to nuts and spices then you are overestimating the prices. Have good research on this.

[@Royal-hk3dh]

In Denmark we have a tradition around Christmas where we stick whole clove buds into an orange…. Can’t be that expensive then.

[@sharmaa87]

We put clove in lemon to keep flies away..

[@Its100rab]

😍 love the content

[@muhamadnaim9001]

7:00 I am suprised of the name of the dealer. Franklin Roosevelt, quite a name among his society.👏🏼

[@metern]

If you have toothache, Chewing on a Clove or just put some pondered cloves on the tooth that aches. It wil relieve the pain in a instant. Works like a miracle 😉

[@andreagriffiths3512]

I’ve got the oil and it works but tastes exactly like it smells and burns. Still, it fixes toothache

[@metern]

@@andreagriffiths3512 the oil is the best way. If you have a larger hole, the best way is to take some cotton and soke them in the oil and block the hole with it 😉

[@andreagriffiths3512]

@@metern it’s just a never endingly erupting wisdom tooth. The gumline gets sore, I whack clove oil on, it goes away - repeat every 4-6 months.

[@PS-ug7nm]

I would like to correct the amount here 3:30, during peak season they don't get 30💲 but around 20💲 or 1500rs and that too experienced people get that... The lower heirarchy of labourers get about 10💲 per day...

[@anzarm.a8547]

I can also confirm that labourers get from 20 to maybe 30 dollars for the ones on trees and just 10 dollars or below for the other workers

[@jermpang7]

SO EXCITED FOR SO EXPENSIVE FOOD!!!

[@mohammedayaanghugharia]

Cant wait for the so expensive food series!

[@chocolatewheelchair]

There is some cool guy who hangs out by the mall entrance, and he’s just giving Cloves away to anyone who’ll hang out with him and smoke

[@MetalDave92]

Yo that's my boy Dallas

[@chocolatewheelchair]

@@MetalDave92 He’s pretty chill

[@weignerg]

Can't they use bonsai techniques to grow plants that are easier to harvest and optimize the number of buds?

[@stan9519]

I'm sure it won't taste the same

[@hansolowe19]

I really like this narrator. Keep it up 👍

[@maladeoraj3981]

Keep up the good work

[@adamm8184]

Chain of supply is like selling weed lol

[@hasanhas00n1]

they are not expensive. the store you buy them for rips you off.

[@kiro9291]

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[@BZlive1]

Being from the Caribbean, I had no idea it was so expensive. Have a massive tree in my yard

[@simarkalra2150]

According to Indian standard the labour rate per day is quite good 👍

[@Yunkylol]

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[@johnsongaming62]

Like this too please 😂

[@Argus553]

but in srilanka 1kg of dried clove price, less than 5usd

[@prajun__v]

He speak malayalam.I am a malayali🌝

[@CanadianProho]

😂 Indian guy named Franklin Rosevelt?!? 😆, dealing with a company called Black Rock clove company. Geez, you couldn’t make this up.

[@patriciafeehan7732]

They were not expensive when I was young, now the price is incredible.

[@kooskansloos4834]

In the Netherlands, you can buy a little sachet of cloves of 15 grams for €1,49. Which comes down to €100,- per kilo. We use cloves for a dish with red cale & apple, meatstew, poached pears, spice mix for traditional Dutch cookies like kruidnoten en speculaas and of course cooking Indian and Indonesian cuisine. I also make chai latte : )

[@rahmatarham1333]

Man, my dad is clove farmer and we sold that thing for $5 per kilo in Indonesia. How can I export this thing?

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

it would be nice if the government legislated that employers must install nets under those trees to catch falling harvesters.

[@sebastianwardana1527]

or maybe cultivate a clove tree that can be harvested from the ground... which is possible... you just take some of the tree and try to make it grow somewhere else...

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[@leaarumprana8027]

Here, we also grow cloves in Indonesia, especially Maluku region. It was the most wanted spices after nutmeg.

[@hannesRSA]

Nutmeg lasts even longer. Heck, I don't even know how much I had left after 20 years. but my father used to have nutmeg and butter on boiled potatoes

[@sargesauce2438]

Vert good piece, but are we just gonna ignore that my mans at 6:59 is called Franklin Roosevelt, no issues just mad funny🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@isntimportant]

Wait until they learn about scaffolding and tables. Then their job will be easier. A few seconds spent in thinking before working can save your life.

[@luxuryhub1323]

To harvest cloves correctly, workers put their lives on the line.

[@jolie1412]

that’s very interesting, here in Brazil clovers are less than a dollar (around 5 reais) and is used in various recipes

[@kayan726]

Our old house had a Clove tree in the backyard.

[@MariAmmaSar]

Cloves are an excellent all natural mouth-breath freshener due to its aroma and antiseptic properties. it also temporarily numbs pain.

[@forcesightknight]

India has so many awsome herbs. Like, A Mysterious amount of medicinals in fact. The list is in the hundreds. Then you start to get into the synergy or detrimental effects of each rasayana, it's mind boggling.