Buy Black Truffle Direct from the Grower
Buy black truffle here from the grower in Teruel, Spain: fresh Tuber melanosporum, sold by weight and by grade.
There is no basket, because no two pieces weigh the same. Most orders are placed the way the grower is used to hearing them — by budget, not by the gram: you say what you want to spend, and that figure is made up with one piece or two of the same grade, never mixed.
Fresh black truffle exists from December to April, and outside those four months only preserved and frozen formats are available.
- Tuber melanosporum from Teruel, harvested in season
- Every piece weighed and confirmed before payment
- Direct from the grower, no intermediary
Buy black truffle fresh, in season
How a black truffle order is placed
Buy Black Truffles Online, by Weight
How a household order of 50 to 100 grams is confirmed.
Black Truffle Delivery from the Grower
How an order is packed cold and the destination agreed first.
Where to Buy Black Truffles: Grower or Intermediary
The route a Spanish piece usually takes, and how to skip it.
Buying black truffle in kilos
The grades, and why one costs more than another
Black truffle is graded by shape, colour and the state of the skin, from Extra down to pieces. The gap between them is labour, not aroma: a round piece is cleaned in about two minutes, an irregular one full of soil in fifteen. In an hour one person cleans thirty of the first kind and four of the second.
| Extra | Regular, globose shape, firm texture, free of surface damage. Between 20 and 60 grams. The grade a restaurant puts on display, and the dearest. |
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| First | Small defects of shape, colour or skin that do not affect the quality of the piece. For kitchens and for preserving. |
| Second | More marked defects of shape and colour, slight rot, or already bitten by beetle or worm. Still good truffle, at another weight and calibre. |
| Pieces | Sound truffle that broke while being lifted, sorted or moved: shape lost, aroma kept. Sent ready to use, at the lowest fresh price. |
| Off-grade | Sorting offcuts and damaged or rotten truffle. Same price band as pieces, but not kitchen product: it never goes into a food order. |
When is black truffle in season?
From December to April. Outside those four months there is no fresh Spanish black truffle, only preserved and frozen formats.
Is the cheaper grade a worse black truffle?
No. First carries small defects of shape, colour or skin that leave the quality of the piece intact, and Second’s are more marked. A restaurant displays Extra and cooks with the rest. If you are going to grate it, the irregular piece is the sensible buy.
How is an order placed if there is no basket?
Most people start from a budget: you say what you want to spend, or roughly what weight, and the date. We reply with the pieces available and their real weight — one or two of them, always of the same grade — and only then is anything paid. A household order is usually 50 to 100 grams.
Is it sold by weight or by the piece?
Both. The price of a kilo applies to the weight, and a good piece of 50 or 60 grams can also be priced as a piece. Pieces larger than the Extra calibre are always sold that way, individually.
Is this the same species as French black truffle?
Yes. Tuber melanosporum is one species, sold as Périgord truffle in France and trufa negra in Spain. Most of it is grown in Teruel.
Order black truffle for a date
Tell us the grade, the weight and the day you need it. You get back what the current harvest holds and what it weighs before you commit. December is the busiest month, so ask early.
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