Nuts
Spanish Tiger Nut
S tier
Spanish tiger nut denotes Iberian chufa production for horchata, snacks, and export flour. Sweet dried tubers should be hard and clean. Spain’s modern chufa agriculture centres on drink culture as much as bulk commodity. Tuber, not tree nut, for allergy labels. Store dry.
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Characteristics
Preparations
FlourHorchataSoaked SnackSweet Drink
Traits
ChewyFood Grade FocusHorchata QualityMilkySpain CultivatedSpanishSweetSweet Tuber
History
Spanish Tiger Nut type tiger nut was selected or named in commercial and orchard practice as growers refined regional stocks.
Orchard and trade grading spread Spanish Tiger Nut beyond its first districts where climate allowed.
Spanish Tiger Nut entered wider export catalogues as named-variety marketing grew for nuts.
Specialty buyers continued to request Spanish Tiger Nut for predictable flavour and size in roasting and baking.