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The brick smokehouses are heritage structures. The production methods are not a revival or a reinvention; they are a continuation. Most food businesses that invoke history are doing so metaphorically. Emmett's is doing so literally: the smoke going into the beech-fired kilns today is going into the same structures it went into two hundred years ago. 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The most distinctive product is the Suffolk black ham, which is marinaded in a black porter beer mixture for up to six weeks before being smoked over beech in the heritage brick smokehouses. That extended marination, followed by the beech smoke, produces a depth of flavour that is specific to this process and not easily replicated elsewhere.","confidence":0.3,"sentiment":"neutral","sources":2,"verified":false},{"id":"d764339def5bd27d","spikyText":"naturally cured bacon, no nitrates, no chemical preservatives, Blythburgh, Suffolk black bacon, James Martin's show, Felicity Cloake's book","text":"The bacon Emmett's has been making naturally cured bacon — meaning no nitrates, no chemical preservatives — since 2002. The pork comes from the same Blythburgh source as the gammons. Upon arrival, the sides of fresh pork are dry cured using natural ingredients only. 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The café side of the operation draws visitors who come as much to eat on site as to buy provisions to take home. The proprietor listed in business records is M. Thomas, reachable at the store's Peasenhall address.","confidence":0.3,"sentiment":"neutral","sources":2,"verified":false},{"id":"ac93cb2a2a0881b2","spikyText":"Peasenhall, Suffolk, B1116, Aldeburgh, Southwold, Suffolk Coast, Heaths, IP17 2HJ","text":"The setting Peasenhall is a village on the B1116, a few miles north of Saxmundham in the Suffolk coastal belt. It is not a destination in itself, but it sits within easy reach of Aldeburgh, Southwold and the broader stretch of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The store is on The Street — the village's main road — at IP17 2HJ. 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