Fresh Black Truffle, in Season December to April

Fresh black truffle is sold here as whole pieces from the current harvest, lifted in Teruel during the season and sent as they are: no jar, no oil, no flavouring.

The season is short. Fresh Tuber melanosporum exists for about four months, from December to April, and that window is the whole business.

Every piece is weighed and confirmed with you before payment, so the weight you pay for is the weight that arrives.

What you get when you buy a fresh piece

A whole truffle of the species Tuber melanosporum, brushed but not washed, from the harvest of the current week.

The weight you ask for is a guide. A truffle is not cut to make an order come out even: it is completed with the next piece and the final weight is agreed with you before you pay.

• Real weight per piece, checked on the scale.
• Grade stated with the order: Extra, First, Second or pieces.

Four months of fresh truffle, and what happens the rest of the year

The fresh campaign runs from December to April. That seasonality is the strength of the product and its limit at the same time.

Outside those months there is no fresh Spanish black truffle. What keeps all year are the preserved and frozen formats made during the season from the same harvest.

Which grade to buy for what you are cooking

Extra is the round, whole truffle with no cosmetic damage. It is the grade a restaurant puts on the counter, and the one that costs most.

First and Second have the same aroma with a less regular shape. The restaurant that displays Extra cooks with these, because in a sauce or over eggs the shape is invisible.

If you are going to grate it at home, First or Second is the sensible purchase. You pay for aroma, not for looks.

How to order fresh black truffle for a date

Tell us the grade, the approximate weight and the day you need it. We reply with the pieces available that week, their real weight and the price, and only then is anything paid.

Destination is confirmed at the time of ordering. Fresh truffle is perishable, so where it can be sent depends on the route, and that is agreed before it leaves.

The pages people usually read before ordering:

• Buy Black Truffle Direct from the Grower
• Black Truffle Price per Kilo
• Buy Black Truffles Online, by Weight
• Black Truffle Delivery from the Grower
• Winter Truffle (Tuber Melanosporum)