Herbs, Spices & Teas

This wild and weedy perennial originated in Eastern Europe, where it still grows rampantly on road sides and in ditches. With anise-like characteristics, dill leaf is used to flavour pickles and preserves; garnish seafood, especially smoked salmon; and pep up white sauces.

Although larger than other mustard seeds, yellow mustard has less heat. It is the most commonly used variety, and when ground into a powder, is hotter than the whole seed. Used for culinary purposes since prehistoric times, mustard seeds are still being used in much the same way; to make mustard, marinate meats and fish, and flavour and thicken sauces.

A sampler version of our top selling spice blend, this spice sachet and matching recipe is a thoughtful way to introduce Gewürzhaus spices to family and friends.

Fill your kitchen with the comforting aroma of Apple Cake Spice, a perfectly balanced blend of warming spices crafted to complement the natural sweetness of baked treats. Ideal for home bakers and dessert lovers alike, it adds depth and richness to favourites like Triple Layered Apple Cake, creating a show-stopping centrepiece that’s as delicious as it looks. Whether you’re gifting to a food lover or treating yourself, it’s a delicious way to share something special on any occasion.

This smoke-dried jalapeño chilli, native to Mexico, is famously used in the dish adobo. Its earthy smokiness yet floral sweet tones will make you reconsider the general perception of chillies as being nothing more than burning hot. Add this to anything you like chilli in - one of our favourites, it's sure to become yours too. These whole dried pods rehydrate for a smoky, complex sauce, or can be toasted and ground fresh for a more vibrant powder.

Heat Level: 6/10

Not to be confused with mixed spice, allspice is so named for its exquisitely combinative tones of clove, cinnamon and nutmeg. Allspice is an ingredient in mixed spice as well as sweet baked goods; pickles, relishes and preserves; gravies and marinades; and winter drinks. The deep, fruity warmth of these earth-coloured berries complements red meats, seafood and root vegetables. Native to the West Indies and Central America, allspice, also known as pimento, is a key ingredient in Caribbean recipes such as Jamaican jerk seasoning. Also known as: Pimento, Jamaica pepper, Myrtle pepper.

With less heat than your average chilli, you can safely take a good whiff of the ancho chilli. The complexity of its aroma is tantalising - sweet yet smoky, with notes of caramel and molasses. Add to chilli con carne or meat dishes such as spaghetti bolognese where a balance of sweetness and heat is required. This ground chilli is ready to use straight from the jar, ideal for quickly seasoning chilli con carne, rubs and marinades without any prep.

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Quatre Épices is a staple of French cuisine. A warming blend of white pepper, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger, it brings depth and richness to classics like pâtés, ragouts and braises. Versatile across savoury and sweet dishes, use it in creamy béchamel and hearty stews, or to enrich pastry doughs, custards and puddings. 

Brown mustard seeds are commonly used for pickling and as a seasoning, and are the main ingredient in European and Chinese mustards. This ancient spice is from the same family as horseradish, watercress and wasabi, and shares with them the same hot and pungent characteristics. Often heated in oil to allow the flavour to infuse the dishes, mustard seeds can make plain vegetables interesting.

Use these nutty, crunchy and striking coloured seeds to lift Asian dishes and modern desserts. Coat meat or fish in sesame seeds before cooking for flavour, colour and crunch. Popping up in desserts like tuiles and macarons, ice creams and eclairs, cakes, panna cottas and doughnuts, black sesame is the new poppy seed!

Fenugreek seeds are used widely in Middle Eastern and South Asian cookery. In India and Pakistan, the seeds are added to vegetables and rice; in Turkey, to hot pastes; in Egypt, they are boiled for a sweetened tea. The sweet aroma of fenugreek seeds is similar to maple syrup, while their flavour is savoury and nutty.

Sage has a peppery taste and is often used for flavouring rich and fatty foods, especially as a marinade. In German cuisine, it is often used to flavour sausages and in Italian cuisine, to make burro e salvia where sage is sautéed in olive oil and butter until crisp then served with pasta. In ancient times, sage was used to increase women's fertility! Also known as: Garden Sage, Salvia

Mace blade is the lacy dried covering that is derived from the nutmeg seed. The mace is peeled off and dried, revealing a yellowish-reddish colour. Mace features prominently in Asian, Caribbean, Indian and Moroccan cuisines.

Rose petal powder is used extensively in Middle Eastern cuisine, particularly Persian and Turkish flavours. Used for its floral aroma, symbolism and decorativeness, rose petal powder was made popular in Australia by chef Yotam Ottolenghi with his beautiful rose harissa.

The famous phrase 'open sesame' derives from the popping sound akin to a lock spring opening that a ripened sesame pod makes as it bursts open. These hulled seeds are immensely popular in cooking all over the world and form the base for kitchen staples like tahini, hommus and sesame oil. In Mexican cooking, it is used in sauces for mole or adobo. Sesame is also widely used to decorate artisanal breads.

Mixed with salt, celery seed famously enhances the flavour of Bloody Mary cocktails. The brown crescent-shaped seeds are often included in pickling mixes, dressings, soups, breads, and a wide assortment of other foods. It is often used whole, releasing its intensely savoury and earthy, bitter flavours when bitten into.

Mount Zero Olives and the traditional land owners, the Barengi Gadjin Land Council, together hand-harvest this salt according to customary methods from a crater-like pink salt lake near the Grampians in Victoria. Fed by natural saline aquifers, the lake dries out each summer to reveal a bed of salmon-pink salt, guradj gadjin, which is rich in minerals and has a complex, well-rounded flavour.