What's the difference between black & white pepper other than the color?!
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Answers: A black peppercorn is picked when still green and dried in the sun until it turns black. A white peppercorn ripens fully on the vine before it is picked. Black pepper has a slightly hotter flavor and aroma. As with any spice, if you grind the pepper as you use it, it will have lots more flavor than if it was ground in a factory months ago and sat on the shelves in the grocery store before it sat on your shelf. So the question of how much to use is very much a matter of personal preference.
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White pepper has a milder flavor. A lot of dishes can use paprika as a substitution for white pepper.
Taste, my friend, but what a very interesting question! Whether the peppercorn is black, white, green, red or pink, each have it's own flavor properties. To answer your question specifically, white pepper has a stronger taste flavor on your back palatte, where as black pepper hits you right away, when used in the correct proportions. To me, pepper makes a dish!
the difference is in the flavor and how u want to use it. White peppercorn is milder than the black peppercorn but a little bit goes a long way. the way chefs use white peppercorn is when u dont want to see little black spots on light colored food like white sauce, poached fish, or even ice cream (yeah).
After working in a Chinese Restaurant off and on for 10 years, white pepper is definitely hotter than black. White is ripe, black is "green" peppercorn.