Experience the finest spices directly from their origins, available at competitive prices. Our high-quality spices come in customizable packaging, ensuring freshness and convenience for your culinary creations. Discover authentic flavors and elevate your dishes with our direct-from-source spices.
Experience the finest spices directly from their origins, available at competitive prices. Our high-quality spices come in customizable packaging, ensuring freshness and convenience for your culinary creations. Discover authentic flavors and elevate your dishes with our direct-from-source spices.
Experience the finest spices directly from their origins, available at competitive prices. Our high-quality spices come in customizable packaging, ensuring freshness and convenience for your culinary creations. Discover authentic flavors and elevate your dishes with our direct-from-source spices.
Cardamom is one of the world’s very ancient spices. It is native to the East originating in the forests of the Western Ghats in southern India, where it grows wild. Today it also grows in Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Indo China and Tanzania. The ancient Egyptians chewed cardamom seeds as a tooth cleaner; the Greeks and Romans used it as a perfume. Vikings came upon cardamom about one thousand years ago, in Constantinople, and introduced it into Scandinavia, where it remains popular to this day.
Cardamom is an expensive spice, second only to saffron. It is often adulterated and there are many inferior substitutes from cardamom-related plants, such as Siam cardamom, Nepal cardamom, winged Java cardamom, and bastard cardamom. However, it is only Elettaria cardamomum which is the true cardamom. Indian cardamom is known in two main varieties: Malabar cardamom and Mysore cardamom.
Cumin is an herb that many associate with Mexican and Spanish foods, but it is also widely used in Middle Eastern and Indian cooking. It has a very distinct flavor, and in the US is most often used in packaged taco seasonings.
Cumin’s flavor makes it a favorite for many, but it’s health supporting properties are impressive too.
It is considered a good source of Iron, Manganese, and other vitamins and minerals. Some research shows that it may stimulate the production of pancreatic enzymes and help digestion.
