Spanish company Verd? Cant? introduces a range of instant-grind spice dispensers that add 'freshly-ground flavors' to your foods

Dubai, 6th September 2006: As the pace of life increases with every passing day, modern living forces us to do things faster, sometimes sacrificing the small pleasures of life that make all our toils and troubles worth it - evenings with our children, barefoot morning walks on dew-drenched grass and home food that brings back memories when our grandmothers had time to choose and use the freshest, best quality ingredients for soups, curries, roasts and hot-pots. As we choose convenience and speed over quality of life, we have to give up the very things that make our lives enjoyable. Or do we?

'Special Touch' is a simple idea that combines convenience with quality, balancing the demands of our contemporary lifestyles while preserving the pleasures of a by-gone age. All of us have seen the wooden grinders used by 5-star restaurants to sprinkle pepper on our foods for that fresh, aromatic flavor. 'Special Touch' grinders are spice dispensers that use the same principle, but take it a step further by offering a range of spice mixes and ingredients that can either be used while we are cooking the food or while serving it.

"The norm of using freshly-ground spices to create outstanding flavors and aromas in home-cooked food is universal across cultures," says Patrick de la Cueva of Verd? Cant?, the 100-year old Spanish company that has recently introduced 'Special Touch' grinders in the UAE. "With 'Special Touch' grinders, we are creating the same flavors and aromas, combined with the convenience which our modern living demands."

A range of tastes and flavors

The 'Special Touch' grinders' range is divided into 3 categories:

  • Ethnic tastes: 4 specially created spice mixes to bring traditional flavors of 4 universally loved cuisines: 

    Spain: The blend of spices in this dispenser capture the spirit of the region's cuisine that has remained at the forefront of creative cooking. Ingredients include paprika, salt, dried peppers, onion, rosemary, garlic, parsley, black pepper and thyme. Use this mix to spice up your roasts and hot-pots and enjoy the original flavor of Spain.

    Italy: Whoever enjoys Italian cuisine will love a twist and dash of this mix on their pastas, pizzas and salads. Ingredients include dried tomato, sea salt, black pepper, garlic, dried pepper, olives, onion and basil.

    Morocco: This North African country has emerged as a culinary destination for visitors from across the world. Now enjoy the flavors of Morroco in this handy gadget - includes sea salt, ginger, garlic, sugar, dried pepper, common caraway, sesame, caraway, cinnamon. Chilli, coriander, pepper, thyme, mint and curcuma - perfect to create the original aromas of your Tajine dishes and pilafs.

    Thai: Bring to your curries, stir-fries and soups the genuine tastes of this exotic country. Contains sea salt, black pepper, garlic, chilli, ginger, coriander, basil and lime oil.

  • The basics: Salt and pepper grace every table in the world. The 'Special Touch' products however bring a touch of the extraordinary to your home foods:

    Salt: Contains sea salt, rosemary, thyme, marjoram and basil.

    Pepper: Includes a combination of Black pepper, white pepper, Brazilian pepper and green pepper. 

  • Sweet tastes: A sprinkle from one of these little sweet things can add a load of zest and flavor to your desserts, milk shakes and bakes.

    Sugar-Chocolate: Perfect as a dash over coffees, ice creams and sundaes, the dispenser contains sugar cocoa mass, cocoa butter and emulsifier.

    Sugar-Vanille: Transform bland milk shakes, yogurt and smoothies with a sprinkle of Sugar-Vanille. Contains sugar and vanilla.

    Sugar-Cinnamon: Pancakes and fruit salads will never be the same again - surprise everybody with a twist of Sugar-Cinnamon. Contains sugar and cinnamon.

    A 'Special Touch' from celebrity Chefs

    'Special Touch' products contain the freshest, best quality ingredients from across the world, in the most optimum, measured proportions to give you the most authentic taste - just a twist and shake and freshly ground flavors mix with your food to transform your cooking into an original. Checked and audited by celebrity chefs Luigi Sforzellini (Michelin star in Italy) and Maria Jose Sanrroman (Michelin star in Spain), 'Special Touch' can be your secret ingredient to great tasting home food.

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    About Verd? Cant?
    With over 100 years of experience in the packing and trading of saffron and other spices, Verd? Cant? has been a leader in the manufacture and trading of Saffron across the world. For the last four generations, the company has been gathering experience in the procurement, packaging and marketing of saffron, spices and condiments, maintaining the passion that Jos Verd? Cant? had in 1890 when he started the business.

    Availability of 'Special Touch grinders:
    'Special Touch' grinders are available for consumers across supermarket shelves in the GCC. For trade enquiries, contact  Gyma in UAE, KSA and Bahrain, Khimji Ramdas in Oman and Arab Trade Center in Qatar.

    For Further information please contact:
    Ms. Rohini D'Costa 
    Mobile: 050-3823556

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