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These are the spices that stopped the Sharks mid-bite — now bundled into one curated collection so you can experience them for yourself.
The set includes four of our most-loved spices: Royal Cinnamon, with its deep, complex sweetness; Ground Black Lime, bringing a tart and citrusy pop of flavor in savory cooking; Zanzibar Black Peppercorn, bold, floral and spicy; and Wild Mountain Cumin, earthy and vivid in a way no store-bought cumin can match.
To help you make the most of every jar, we've added our Cooking with Spices Technique Book — a beautifully illustrated guide to 13 essential techniques for cooking with spices — along with a set of our fan-favorite woven kitchen towels.
Whether you're gifting it or treating yourself, this is everything you need to cook with real confidence.
The 4-spice set includes every spice that the Sharks tasted:
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Our Royal Cinnamon is an heirloom variety not widely harvested or exported, and it exemplifies the intense sweetness and spiciness for which Vietnamese cinnamon is prized. Use it in place of Saigon or other cinnamons in pastries and baked goods, or sprinkle into rich, savory meat or tomato-based dishes.
Ingredients:Royal cinnamon, ground (Cinnamomum loureiroi)
Size: 1.8 oz
Origin:Quang Nam Mountains, Vietnam
Process:Sun-dried
- Beautiful in baked goods, spice cookies and desserts
- Sprinkle over yogurt and oatmeal, and add to smoothies
- Brew with your favorite coffee or tea
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Our Wild Mountain Cumin has a savory, penetrating aroma and bright, umami flavor evocative of grilled meats and sweet caramelized onions. The tiny, oblong seeds are hand-picked by foragers in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan. The seeds are smaller and softer than the cumin you may be used to, and they do not need to be ground before use.
Ingredients:Whole wild cumin (Bunium persicum)
Size: 1.5 oz
Origin:Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Process:Sun-dried
- Bloom seeds in hot oil or ghee and use as the base for stews, curries or braises
- Grind seeds and mix with other spices like coriander and black pepper for a savory protein rub
- Mix whole seeds into guacamole, vinaigrettes or yogurt-based spreads
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Black Lime is a versatile ingredient with a famously savory and tart flavor. Ours comes from a family farm in Guatemala. The limes are sun-dried, then ground into an easy-to-use powder. A versatile ingredient common in Persian cooking, they have a savory, tart flavor that's great on roasted meat or vegetables, in stews and anywhere you'd use lime juice.
Ingredients:Sun-dried Persian lime (Citrus latifolia), ground
Size: 2.8 oz
Origin:Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Process:Sun-dried, then ground
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- Sprinkle into rice, soups, fish and kebabs
- Toss with vegetables prior to roasting
- Use as garnish for cocktails, especially sours and margaritas
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Our award-winning, vine-ripened Zanzibar Black Peppercorns are carefully hand-picked and sun-dried for a bright, lemony and spicy peppercorn that's unlike anything else on the planet. These are rich, chocolate-colored peppercorns with dense wrinkles and a bright, fruity spiciness.
Ingredients:Whole black peppercorns (Piper nigrum)
Size: 2.0 oz
Origin:Zanzibar, Tanzania
Process:Sun-dried
- Grind over everything for a bright, peppery kick
- Make the best cacio e pepe of your life
- Cook a few tablespoons with butter, shallots and cream for an Au Poivre sauce
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A set of two kitchen towels made from 100% woven cotton. We worked with a textile producer for five months on these towels, tweaking the design, weight, pattern and size. Many, many versions later, we've got the perfect kitchen towel for you.
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A softcover book with 38 pages covering 13 techniques to help you use spices in your cooking. It's a brief but comprehensive list of techniques that will excite your creativity and provide inspiration and guidance from a wide variety of culinary traditions around the world.
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Highlights
Origin:
Single origin spices sourced directly from small farms around the world
Process:
Our spices are harvested by hand, dried naturally, grown organically whenever possible, and packed with flavor.
Cooking tips
- Our spices are fresher and more flavorful. Start with half the amount you'd normally use.
- Keep your spices within arm's reach! When you see them, you'll use them.
- Unfamiliar with a spice? Add it to dishes you already like cooking and see how the flavors change.
Sourcing
In the image: Black Limes drying in the sun in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
All our single origin spices are sourced directly from our partner farmers around the world. They are grown regeneratively and organically whenever possible, and our supply chain is direct from farm to jar. These are the freshest, most flavorful spices on the market, and your purchase helps support smallholder farmers in many different countries.
Most spice supply chains are completely opaque: where the spices came from, who grew them, and how they were grown is usually a mystery. That’s not by accident — the systems we live with today are legacies of the colonial spice trade, which was designed to disenfranchise farmers and shortchange consumers. Burlap & Barrel is a Public Benefit Corporation, and our mission is to end inequality and exploitation in food systems by connecting farmers to high-value markets, helping smallholders farmers generate larger share of the product's value, and establishing long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships.
Our business model is not only better for our partner farmers and our world, it also makes for much fresher, more flavorful spices!
