Cengkeh (Clove)

Indonesian Clove

Cengkeh
(Clove)

Cengkeh (Clove) also very popular. Indonesian people use it to smoke or cook. These dried, immature flower buds were atone time one of the region's biggest exports. Nowadays they must be imported to meet local demand. Inhalation is the preferred method of consumption with Indonesian Clove (cengkeh) used only sparingly in cooking. The word kretek literally means to crackle and pop which is the sound of kretek cigarettes make as they burn.

Clove Trees