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Turmeric Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/7/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

I've been wanting to put out a power trail for some time now and I finally got around to making it happen. The trail consists of 22 caches that are either traditional or mystery type caches. All are in the theme of "Culinary Herbs and Spices".


The caches in this series are not park-n-go's. They are best done by biking or parking your cache mobile and searching for them on foot.

Please do not rotate caches, each one is uniquely hidden and labeled.

As always, be mindful of traffic and muggles.

If you chose to use your cache mobile please park where it is safe and legal.

The cache is not located at the posted coordinates.

In order to find the cache you must first solve the puzzle below:

N 38 40.ABC

A. Food additive E# Last digit

B. The background image on this page was created around what year? Last digit

C. The simple leaf blades are usually 76 to 115 cm long and rarely up to 23(C) cm

W 121 15.DEF

D. Turmeric paper is yellow in acidic and neutral solutions and turns brown to reddish-brown in alkaline solutions, with transition between pH of (D).4 and 9.2

E. The most important chemical components of turmeric are a group of compounds called curcuminoids, which include curcumin (diferuloylmethane), demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin. The best-studied compound is curcumin, which constitutes 3.1(E)% on average of powdered turmeric.

F. In China, the flowering time is usually in August. Terminally on the false stem is a 12- to 2(F)-cm-long inflorescence stem containing many flowers.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Congratulations to kanchan for FTS!

Congratulations to Budzdunwerkin for FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle]: Jvxv [Cache]: Uvag vf va pregvghqr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)