Herbs, Spices & Teas

With a base of caffeine-free rooibos tea, Sleepy Slumber Tea blends caraway, aniseed and fennel with valerian, passion flower, lemon balm, sunflower petal and lavender flower, for a mellow, floral cup to end the day.

Our Vanilla Bean Sugar uses only the fine seeds from Madagascan vanilla, which are hand-stripped out of each pod. Vanilla bean is the dried and cured seed pod of a tropical South American climbing orchid and it takes up to three months to get market ready.

This sugar also pairs well with pork and, of course, with anything containing chocolate. Great for baking and compotes, simply use in place of normal sugar.

Flavour Notes: Sweet, fragrant, floral

Cuisine: Madagascan

Heat Level: 0/5

Smoky, savoury and moreish, Spanish Skewer & BBQ Spice conjures the flavours of pinchos morunos, a tapas-style meat (usually pork) skewer eaten throughout Spain.

Impress at your next barbecue with Spanish skewers of meat, seafood and sweet vegetables, or gather friends around a glorious seafood paella. Squeeze fresh lemon over food before serving to really enhance the flavours.

Flavour Notes: Smoky, savoury, earthy

Cuisine: Spanish

Heat Level: 0/5

Oregano is widely used in Turkish, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American and Italian cuisines. The dried leaves are often more flavourful than the fresh ones. With a strong, savoury aroma, oregano is commonly used in tomato sauces, soups, stews, pizza, pasta, grilled meats and is a great complement to olives, capers and spicy food.

Chocolate Spice uses Double Dutch cocoa and fragrant winter spices of ginger, clove and nutmeg to give warmth to baked goods, cookies and hot chocolate. Simply substitute Chocolate Spice for some of the cocoa in any chocolate-flavoured recipe. It's delicious when used to spice up chocolate cakes, cream fillings or added to your morning coffee for a spiced mocha.

Flavour Notes: Warmly spiced, rich, fragrant

Cuisine: Dutch

Heat Level: 0/5

Our great grandmother Rosa taught us how to make this traditional Hungarian gulyás and we still love it! With classic flavours of paprika and aromatic stewing spices of onion, garlic, celery and bay leaf, this versatile blend may also be used to braise meats and vegetables, and to flavour any tomato-based dishes such as minestrone and red sauces.

Flavour Notes: Earthy, savoury, mildly smoky

Cuisine: Hungarian

Heat Level: 0/5

Lavender, thyme and other aromatic herbs litter the fields in France's Provence, and here are blended into the region's famous herb mixture. Aromatic, floral and sophisticated, our version of Herbes de Provence adds orange peel and raspberry leaf for something different. Use in casseroles, vegetable dishes and in sauces.

Flavour Notes: Herbaceous, floral, bright

Cuisine: French

Heat Level: 0/5

This subtle and alluring blend is made with fennel seed and nettle leaf, alongside marshmallow leaf, dandelion root, juniper berry and rose petal. Earthy and subtly sweet, with a floral lift from the rose petal, it finishes light and refreshing.

Masala chai, literally ‘mixed-spice tea’, is thought to have originated in an ancient Indian royal court for the king’s ayurvedic healing. Our richly aromatic tea-free blend balances sweet, woody spices with the brightness of cardamom and lingering warmth of ginger and pepper.

Uncaffeinated and restorative, it may be added to any milk of choice, with or without tea. Even better, use it to create luxurious sweets and desserts that will echo majestically through the ages.

Flavour Notes: Warmly spiced, woody, aromatic, slightly sweet

Cuisine: Indian

Heat Level: 0/5

The world's most expensive spice, saffron is the stigma plucked from the purple-flowered crocus. Each flower has only three stigmas, and a five-acre plot yields between 500 and 750g of this hand picked spice.

When you open a jar of Cardamom Pistachio Sugar, you smell the spice kitchens of India: warm, lingering aromas of bittersweet cardamom dressed in golden brown sugar and roasted pistachio nuts. Caramelise it on a crème brûlée, sprinkle over zabaglione or Greek yoghurt, or make an Indian praline.

Rumoured to have originated from the cold lands of Siberia, garlic (like its relative, the onion) has been gracing dishes since ancient times, and remains one of the most universal ingredients in kitchens around the world. In powder form, its flavour is punchier and more concentrated than fresh garlic, and it blends evenly into rubs, marinades and dressings.

Sweet and warming, this blend fights the winter chill by bringing together aromatics like ginger, liquorice root and lemon peel with herbs including sage, thyme, elderflower, echinacea and lemon. A fragrant, comforting cup for when the temperature drops.

The first recorded soups can be dated back to 6000 BC, where the main ingredient was hippopotamus! Like sofrito, mirepoix or a robust blend of sautéing aromatics, Winter Soup Mix gives you a great flavour base for clear or thick winter soups. Use generously and season to taste.

This blend is fundamental in all countries that border the Eastern Mediterranean, from Egypt to Lebanon and as far south as Ethiopia. The direct translation simply means spice, however, this spice is more mysterious and complex than the translation suggests. Complements lamb dishes of all kinds: shanks, roasts, or cutlets are greatly enhanced by Saudi Baharat. Season to taste.

Flavour Notes: Fragrant, warmly spiced, earthy, rich

Cuisine: Saudi Arabian

Heat Level: 0/5

Moderately hot with fruity tones, Madras Curry Masala is a typically strong South Indian curry blend. As it releases its flavours after only a short cooking time, it may be added towards the end of cooking in dishes such as pumpkin soup. Madras Curry Masala is an accommodating blend that will suit most meat, vegetables and even fruit.