Rare spices
Ten signature spices, chosen for the singularity of their terroir. Madagascar Bourbon vanilla, Tahitian vanilla, Iranian Sargol saffron, Quercy saffron, Indian green cardamom, Syrian sumac, Brazilian tonka: each spice is hand-sorted, kept whole and scored on our five-dimension grid. Grind to order to preserve the essential oils.
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Spice · Dried chile
Aji Amarillo
Peruvian coast and Andean valleys, Peru
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Spice · Chile
Aleppo Pepper
Southern Turkey (Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş) and northern Syria (Aleppo), Turkey / Syria
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Spice · Chile
Ancho Chile
Puebla and Zacatecas, plus the central highlands of Guanajuato and Durango, Mexico
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Spice · Blend
Baharat
Made across the Arab world, with distinct house recipes in Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and the Gulf states, Levant & Gulf
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Spice · Blend
Berbere
Ethiopian highlands, household and regional recipes from Addis Ababa to Tigray, Ethiopia / Eritrea
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Spice · Dried lime
Black Lime (Loomi)
Traditionally Oman, Iraq and Iran (Basra, Oman); the Burlap & Barrel single-origin powder is grown and sun-dried in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Persian Gulf (traditional); Guatemala for the Burlap & Barrel jar
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Spice · Chile
Calabrian Chili
Calabria — Diamante (Riviera dei Cedri) and the province of Cosenza, Italy
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Spice · Chile
Chimayó Chile
Chimayó, Española Valley, Río Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
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Spice · Dried smoked chile
Chipotle Morita
Chihuahua and Veracruz, Mexico
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Spice · Dried flower
Dried Hibiscus (Flor de Jamaica)
Oaxaca and Guerrero (Mexican production hubs), Mexico
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Spice · Blend
Egyptian Dukkah
Cairo and the Nile Delta, where it is a street-food and home-pantry staple eaten with bread and oil, Egypt
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Spice · Ground-leaf thickener
Filé Powder
Louisiana (Choctaw origin, Gulf Coast), United States
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Spice · Blend
Furikake
Kumamoto Prefecture (industrial birthplace, Marumiya 1959) and nationwide, Japan
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Spice · Chili flakes
Gochugaru
Yeongyang (Gyeongsang North) and Goesan (Chungcheong North), South Korea
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Spice · Spice seed
Green Cardamom
Western Ghats (Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), India
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Spice · Chile
Guajillo Chile
Zacatecas and Durango (the dry highland Bajío-to-north belt where mirasol is grown), Mexico
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Spice · Chile
Hatch Green Chile Powder
Hatch Valley, a 30-mile stretch of the Rio Grande between Hatch and Rincon, southern New Mexico, United States (Hatch Valley (geographic name, not a federal PDO; protected by the New Mexico Chile Advertising Act, 2012))
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Spice · Saffron
Iranian Saffron (Sargol)
Khorasan, around Torbat-e Heydarieh, Ghaen and Birjand, Iran
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Spice · Vanilla
Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla
Northeast coast, SAVA region (Sambava, Antalaha, Vohemar, Andapa), Madagascar
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Spice · Ground stone-fruit kernel
Mahleb
Eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia (Syria, Lebanon, Greece, Turkey, Iran), Levant and Greece
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Spice · Spice seed
Nigella Seeds (Black Cumin)
Nile Valley, Upper Egypt, Egypt
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Spice · Vanilla
Papua New Guinea Vanilla
Sepik, Madang and Morobe provinces, Papua New Guinea
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Spice · Dried smoked chile
Pasilla de Oaxaca
Sierra Mixe, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Spice · Truffle
Périgord Black Truffle
Périgord (Dordogne) & Quercy (Lot), plus Vaucluse and Drôme, France
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Spice · Chile
Piment d'Espelette AOP
Basque Country, ten communes around Espelette in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (PDO (AOP) since 2002, AOC since 2000)
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Spice · Spice root
Pragati Turmeric
near Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Spice · Blend
Ras el Hanout
Made across the country, with signature recipes in Fès, Marrakech and Tétouan, Morocco
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Spice · Whole spice
Saigon Cinnamon
Highland forests around Huế and Quảng Nam, central Vietnam, Vietnam
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Spice · Blend
Shichimi Togarashi
Born in Edo (now Tokyo) at the Yagenbori apothecary; chili itself grown in Nagano and nationwide, blended by houses across the country, Japan
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Spice · Paprika
Smoked Paprika de la Vera DOP
La Vera comarca, northern Extremadura (Cáceres province), Spain (DOP)
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Spice · Whole spice
Star Anise
Lang Son province, on the Chinese border, Vietnam
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Spice · Spice berry
Sumac
Aleppo and the coastal mountains, plus neighboring Lebanon, Syria
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Spice · Vanilla
Tahitian Vanilla
Taha'a and Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia
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Spice · Chili-lime seasoning
Tajín Clásico
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
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Spice · Spice kernel
Tonka Beans
Brazilian Amazon (Pará, Amazonas), Brazil
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Spice · Oils, vinegars & honeys
Traditional Tamari
Aichi, Gifu and Mie — the Tōkai region around Nagoya, the historic home of whole-soybean (mame) brewing and Hatchō miso, Japan
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Spice · Chile
Urfa Biber
Şanlıurfa, southeastern Anatolia, Turkey
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Spice · Chile
Yucatán Habanero
Yucatán Peninsula (Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo), Mexico (PDO (Habanero de la Península de Yucatán, 2010))
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Spice · Blend
Za'atar
Levant, with distinct house styles in Beirut, Damascus and Nablus, Lebanon / Syria / Palestine