Equipment

626 sourced equipment pages: vessels, tools, appliances and built structures.

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Illustration of Bhatti.
Built structures

Bhatti

A traditional Sikkim large-cardamom bhatti is a fixed, field-side curing structure: a stone or earth-sided fire chamber supports a raised bamboo-mat drying bed, where capsules are exposed to direct heat and smoke.

crop-curing-kilns
Sikkim
An upright hollow green bamboo tube packed with chopped Mesu shoots and covered by a leafy plug, in a watercolor-and-pencil illustration on warm ivory paper.
Equipment

Mesu bamboo tube

A green hollow bamboo stem holds tightly packed Mesu shoots, with leaves covering the open end during fermentation. The source documents the arrangement, but not a standard size or capacity.

Bamboo, leaf and wraps
Sikkim