Pepper is used in cooking as the condiment with a very hot flavour. Pepper grows as berries on the tropical pepper plant, Piper nigrum. The green pepper originates from the unripe harvested (green) berries, and this fruit is preserved. This variant has much less aroma compared to the black and white pepper grains but has a fresh, slightly hot flavour. Pepper strengthens the taste of, for example, meat and gives a hot taste to soup and purée. Pepper is also often used in certain types of cakes and biscuits, for example in peppernuts.