Burlap & Barrel Berbere
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Our Berbere is an iconic and deeply flavorful blend of berbere chilies that are dried, ground, fermented, dried again and finally blended with over a dozen indigenous Ethiopian spices and herbs. Beloved across Ethiopia and Eritrea as the seasoning for rich stews and meats, berbere adds aromatic complexity, sweetness and just a touch of chili heat to soups, rubs, marinades, pan sauces, grains and legumes. Berbere is also available in our Origin Blends Collection. Click here to learn about all of our origin blends.
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Burlap & Barrel Origin Blends Collection
Our Origin Blends are iconic spice blends we source from the real authorities in their country of origin, including in some cases the farmers who grow the spices themselves. Our origin blends allows our partner farmers to expand their businesses with unique, value-added products and make more money. The flavors of the blends are recipes created at origin, so you're tasting traditional, unbelievably delicious spices blended with expertise!
Burlap & Barrel Classics Reinvented Collection
Our Classics Reinvented Seasonings are familiar spice blends made with exceptional ingredients. Made from the same single origin spices our customers already know and trust, these seasonings offer a more thoughtful and original take on classics like chili powder, cinnamon sugar and steak seasoning. Each blend combines equitably sourced spices from partner farmers around the world, chosen for how they work together in real home kitchens. The result is a set of dependable, easy-to-use blends that feel familiar at first glance, but deliver deeper flavor and quality in every pinch.
Burlap & Barrel Low & Slow Chili Powder
Spice things up with triple chili flavor: fruity sun-dried Pasilla, red-hot Kashmiri and smoky Pimentón paprika. Behind the heat, layers of cumin, toasted onion, garlic, sweet cinnamon, coriander, and oregano build rich, aromatic depth. A slow-building, complex seasoning that makes everything taste fuller, deeper, and just right—with perfectly balanced salt so it’s ready to use straight from the jar. Simmer it low & slow in sauces, stews or chili to bring out every layer of flavor.
Burlap & Barrel Herbes de Provence
Herbes de Provence is an iconic blend of hardy, aromatic herbs and a cornerstone of French cooking. Unlike every other product in the US, ours is truly grown and blended in Provence itself, by a cooperative of farmers who cultivate heirloom herbs and craft a perfectly balanced, traditional mélange. Add to tomato sauces, roasts, pan sauces and any other dish for a boost of savory, fragrant aromatics. Herbes de Provence is also available in our Origin Blends Collection. Click here to learn about all of our origin blends.
Burlap & Barrel Kebab
Same spice, new name! Our Kebab Blend is the exact same recipe as Köfte Baharat — just a fresh name for all your grilling adventures. Deeply savory and bursting with flavor, Kebab is a traditional Turkish spice blend for meat. A classic, savory blend of chilis, garlic, cumin and allspice, it has a warm flavor and enticing aroma and is perfect for Turkish and Eastern Mediterranean dishes. Versatile and balanced, it's at home in sausage, burgers, veggies, beans and soups. In Turkey, this blend is typically for seasoning lamb or beef meatballs, kebabs and burgers, and the famous dish çig köfte.
Burlap & Barrel Five Spice
Our Five Spice is an ancient, aromatic, versatile blend beloved across East Asia. Called Ngũ Vị Hương in Vietnamese and 五香粉 in Chinese, it's named for the five traditional Chinese flavors (sweet, bitter, tart, salty and savory). It brings a warm, savory, slightly spicy burst of flavor to grilling rubs, stews, sauces, stir-fries, braises and red cooking. Five Spice is also available in our Origin Blends Collection. Click here to learn about all of our origin blends.
Burlap & Barrel Hot Pot Seasoning
Developed with chef and author Natasha Pickowicz , this Hot Pot Seasoning & Broth Base is your shortcut to a deeply flavorful, tingly broth that brings the magic of hot pot into your home kitchen. Chili, peppercorns and ginger create that signature warming, mouth-tingling heat, while onion, garlic and lemongrass add savory depth. Smoked black cardamom brings a subtle smoky aroma, rounded out with cane sugar for balance. The result is a broth that’s complex, comforting and endlessly customizable. As Natasha puts it, “Craving hot pot?
Burlap & Barrel Grilling Collection
Celebrate grilling and BBQ traditions from around the world with this curated collection of blends and spices made for backyard cooking. We brought together the seasonings that define iconic grilling styles across four regions, all crafted from single-origin spices. Both sets arrive in a beautiful box and ship free within the US. The 7-spice set includes a free pair of our woven kitchen towels.
Burlap & Barrel Cinnamon Verum
Our Cinnamon Verum (aka Ceylon cinnamon or "true" cinnamon) is complex, herbal and a little savory, with notes of pine, citrus peel and sea salt. It comes from Zanzibar, where our partner farmers harvest the inner bark of the cinnamon tree, then dry and grind it. It's perfect for savory dishes like tomato sauces, stews, chili and barbecue rubs. It's often used in Mexican and Southeast Asian cooking, and the flavor blooms beautifully when it's heated! If you're looking for a more familiar but extra-sweet and spicy cinnamon, you might like our Royal Cinnamon as well.
Burlap & Barrel Curry
An aromatic homage to the trade winds across the Indian Ocean, our golden Swahili Coast Curry is descended from thousands of years of culinary exchange. The spices in this Origin Blend are grown in an agroforestry system and then dried, ground and blended by our partner cooperative. Gently bloom 2–3 tablespoons in coconut oil or ghee and then add coconut milk or chopped tomatoes to create a luscious, savory curry sauce for fish, shrimp, chicken or veggies. Curry is also available in our Origin Blends Collection. Click here to learn about all of our origin blends.
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Burlap & Barrel Smoked Star Anise
Our Smoked Star Anise is picked by hand in the mountains near the border between Vietnam and China. The cold, cloudy weather during the winter harvest means the star anise fruits need to be dried on racks near a wood fire, and they pick up a beautiful hint of smokiness. Add petals to stocks, braised meats, rice, teas and cocktails, or grind them up for desserts and baked goods. Hint hint: Chew on a petal before cooking with it so you can experience the whole range of flavors. It's a wild ride!
Burlap & Barrel Royal Cinnamon Hot Chocolate
Our Royal Cinnamon Hot Chocolate brings together five exceptional single origin ingredients for an indulgent twist on a classic. We blend rich cacao from Peru, unrefined panela cane sugar, sea salt, fragrant Nyanza vanilla, our legendary Royal Cinnamon for a drink that’s deep, cozy and gently spiced. We decided to go light on the sugar which lets the cacao and spices shine and makes it easy to sweeten to your perfect level.
Burlap & Barrel Roasted Curry
This classic Sri Lankan Roasted Curry Powder is made from spices grown on Mr. Roshan's sustainable 50-acre farm in the beautiful town of Matale. It's a deeply aromatic, layered blend that gets its signature flavor from being roasted before grinding. Perfect for hearty dishes like pork stew, roasted meats, vegetarian curries and pots of dark beans. Serve with rice and enjoy! Roasted Curry Powder is also available in our Origin Blends Collection. Click here to learn about all of our origin blends.
Burlap & Barrel Cardamom Extract
Our richly fragrant Cardamom Extract is a beautiful take on the traditional extract, made with our cardamom seeds from Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. A beautiful golden color, this extract can be swapped 1:1 for vanilla extract. It's excellent in baked goods, drinks, puddings, coffee and anywhere else you want a splash of tropical cardamom flavor. Add a botanical burst to your favorite martini, or make a refreshing, citrusy cocktail, with or without alcohol. This extract is a slow-crafted custom blend made in collaboration with Bittercube.
Burlap & Barrel Hoja Santa & Sea Salt
Our Hoja Santa & Sea Salt is made with fresh freeze-dried herbs collected by smallholder farmers in Oaxaca. Hoja santa is a traditional herb with a heart-shaped leaf, and it’s been grown continually since pre-Hispanic times in Mexico, on riverbanks and in backyards. The sea salt comes from a brackish lagoon in Colima, Mexico, dried using solar power. Use on proteins, fresh cheese, quesadillas, soups, tamales and mole.
Burlap & Barrel The Salt & Pepper Collection
Perhaps the perfect pepper and sensational salt set. This is a beautiful gift to level up the hardest-working spices in your kitchen.
Burlap & Barrel Martha Stewart Spice Blends
Martha Stewart knows a good thing when she tastes it. The ultimate authority on cooking and entertaining collaborated with us to create her first-ever spice blends, each crafted with our single origin spices and designed to bring ease and confidence to everyday cooking. Pork & Poultry is Martha’s signature herb-forward seasoning, built on sage, rosemary and oregano with warming ginger and a touch of sea salt. It’s the blend she reaches for when roasting chicken or turkey, seasoning pork or building flavor into comforting classics like stuffing.
Burlap & Barrel Sohla & Ham Blends
Yo Quiero Taco Blend, Nothing Hidden Ranch, Pizza Party! and Pardi Gras Seafood Seasoning, our collaboration blends with chefs, recipe developers and cookbook authors Sohla and Ham El-Waylly, are irresistible, wildly delicious and a boatload of fun. Sohla and Ham dreamed up these versatile, powerhouse blends made with our single origin spices.
Burlap & Barrel Cloud Forest Cardamom Seeds
Our Cloud Forest Cardamom is sweet and tart, reminiscent of summer fruits, fresh herbs and cut grass. It comes straight from a single-estate regenerative farm in the high-altitude cloud forests of Guatemala. The fruit turns yellow as it ripens on the vine and has a softer and sweeter flavor that makes it a perfect upgrade to standard green cardamom. The fragrant, crunchy seeds have been removed from the pods, and they’re ready to dot pastries and jams and add depth to your favorite chicken recipe and give your coffee a Middle Eastern twist. Looking for whole cardamom pods? We've got 'em here.
Burlap & Barrel Smoked Pimentón Paprika
Our rich, sweet Smoked Pimentón Paprika comes from a protected region in Western Spain, where sweet red peppers have been grown and smoked for centuries. Fresh peppers are slowly dried over oak coals, which imbue them with a rich, smoky flavor that imparts a savory depth and gorgeous color. Use it to add depth and complexity to pasta sauce or chili, use it as a rub for grilled or roasted meats, or sprinkle it over sauteed veggies. This paprika comes from the Extremadura region, famous for pimentón de la vera , which has a Designation of Protected Origin status from the European Union.
Burlap & Barrel Spice Mixing Bowl
Our friends at Jono Pandolfi make some of the most beautiful, durable ceramics in the country — the kind trusted in top restaurant kitchens. This handcrafted, hand-glazed ceramic bowl brings that same quality into your home, making it a standout gift for anyone who loves to cook (or a treat for yourself). Thoughtfully shaped to hold about 4 fluid ounces, it’s deep enough for mess-free spice mixing and wide enough for everyday tasks like pinch salt, mise en place or prep. The fitted lid keeps spices and blends fresh, and it even doubles as a way to keep coffee or tea warm.
Burlap & Barrel Spice Surprise
Add a spicy surprise to your order. What'll it be? A delicious mystery that will be revealed when you receive your package! FAQs What are the spices worth? All surprise spices are full-sized jars that would typically cost $9.99–$11.99. How do you choose the spice? We'll randomly pick a surprise spice to add to your order. We try to avoid duplicates in your order, or from previous surprise spice orders, but it's always possible that you'll receive a spice you already have or have received as a spice surprise before. Think of it as a great way to share your favorite new spice with a friend!