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RowHUMBLE, TEXAS
No. 001The counter is openMilled this week in Humble, Texas

Ground on Tuesday.
On your shelf by Friday.

We buy whole spices from growers we can name, mill them in small batches in Humble, and stamp the date on the tin. Nothing sits in a warehouse learning to taste like dust.

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170 tins in the ledger 8 kitchens covered Free shipping over $45 Est. 2016
Salted Honey
High Five Chai Blend
Jugaad It!
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Five departments,
one long shelf

Sorted the way we actually reach for things while cooking.

01 Single Spices One ingredient, milled or whole. Nothing hiding behind it. 70 tins → 02 Blends plus Rubs Built in the kitchen, tested on dinner, then tinned. 42 tins → 03 Chai Bar Chai, cocoa, sugars, honey. The sweet end of the shelf. 19 tins → 04 Gift Tins Three, six, ten or eighteen tins in one box. 25 tins → 05 Counter Goods Tees, totes, pins. Things that are not spice. 14 tins →
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Moving fast this week

What the counter cannot keep in stock.

All 170
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How a tin
gets here

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We buy whole, never ground

Ground spice starts losing the oils that make it worth buying within weeks. We buy seed, bark and pod, and we buy it from people who answer the phone.

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We mill on a Tuesday

Small batches on a stone burr mill at our Humble counter. Enough for the week, not enough for a warehouse.

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We date the lid

Every tin carries the day it was milled. If it has been sitting more than four months, we pull it and cook with it ourselves.

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The tin comes back

Bring the empty in and we refill it for a dollar less. Sixty-eight percent of our tins are on their second life or later.

Spice tins on the milling bench
Fig. 4 — the bench, mid-week, before anything is tidy
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The heat index

Everything on the shelf that will make somebody at the table put down their fork.

Sort by heat
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Just tinned

Milled in the last few weeks and still loud.

See all new
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On the record

Things people have said about the counter. All three publications are invented for this build.

“The only cumin I have bought twice in a row without checking the label first.”
Mesa Quarterly, issue 14
“They put the milling date on the lid. Once you see it, you cannot unsee the jars in your cupboard.”
The Roasting Pan, ep. 208
“A spice counter that argues with you about grind size. Affectionately.”
Ledger of Small Batch
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Boxed up

Three, six, ten or eighteen tins in one go. Nobody has ever complained about receiving spice.

All gift tins