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Dear visitors,
On this page you can read everything you always wanted to know about Asian culture or Asian spices, teas, cooking ingredients and cookery.

The salacca info pages are updated regularly. Currently they contain the following information:

The typical jade-green Celadon ceramic with its crackled glaze looks back to more than 2000 years of history. We tell you more about its history and production method...

How is hanji, the traditional Korean paper - and the most durable paper in the world! - being produced? We provide interesting information about the historical background of hanji and its differences to Western, Chinese and Japanese paper.

Here you can read about the origins and ingredients of the spicy "Korean Sauerkraut", the different types of Kimchi and their effect on health.

We provide information about the pepper plant, the history of pepper trade and the effect of pepper on health. Try to cook one of the authentic recipes from Malaysia yourself -from the land where pepper grows!

In our recipe collection you´ll find authentic recipes of Asian dishes and drinks which can easily be prepared outside of Asia too.

Here you can learn everything about tea, from myths about its discovery and the history of tea trade to details about leaf tea, green tea, fruit, root and spice tea, their health properties and preparation.

We provide information about the history and structure of the Chinese horoscope. You can ascertain which zodiac animal you or your family members/friends belong to and what the true characteristics of these people are!