Pioneer box
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Want to buy single origin spices in one box? The Pioneer box contains our most beloved spices — carefully selected for maximum flavor impact in your kitchen and for our farmers worldwide.
Make the most impact in your kitchen and for our farmers! Our most beloved spices in one box:
- Hill Ginger
- Island Black Pepper
- Forest Garden Nutmeg
- Wild Ceylon Cinnamon
- Riverside Sweet Paprika
- Hindu Kush Black Cumin
So much flavor at once and with a great discount on individual prices. This box is also a perfect gift for any home chef or foodie, or a nice starter set if you want to make your spice rack more sustainable and cook with more flavor.
Our short chains
Fennel seeds
Black pepper
Cumin
Nutmeg
Paprika
Cinnamon
Frequently asked questions
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Air, light, and moisture are detrimental to the quality of your spices. Therefore, store them in a well-sealed jar or tin that is opaque (or in a dark kitchen cupboard or drawer). Also, do not store them above your stove, as cooking fumes can reach them there. Always ensure that you transfer spices from a repack into a well-sealed jar or tin as quickly as possible.
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The shelf life of spices is primarily determined by the loss of flavor that occurs over time, as they generally don't go bad otherwise. We use a shelf life of 2.5 - 3 years after harvest. This depends partly on the time of bottling and also whether they are whole spices that you have to grind yourself or pre-ground powder.
Spices in the supermarket are often already 2-3 years old before they are even bottled and then receive a shelf life of another 3-5 years. Always use your senses to assess whether they are still good. At some point, there's simply no flavor left, which is a waste for that beautiful meal!
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We do not have organic certification, even though our spices do meet these standards. All farmers work in harmony with nature and without pesticides, but the certification process is unfortunately very expensive. For small farmers, it is actually unaffordable. And we want to show them that it is worthwhile to grow spices sustainably. That there are people willing to pay for a quality natural product and that they don't first have to make a huge, impossible investment in the form of a certification.
Some of our farmers do have the certificate, by the way. Cooperatives, for example, can apply for the certification process jointly, which makes it much more affordable. But to be allowed to put this on the packaging, our entire chain would also have to be certified, including the Social Workshop where the spices are packaged. This is currently not possible because they also work for other non-organic producers. So in short: no, we are not officially certified, but the quality and way of working are at least as good.
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Single Origin means that a product comes from one specific place. Often, harvests from different places, sometimes even from different countries and different years, are mixed. Traders do this to develop the cheapest possible product with a consistent taste. With us, you know exactly where your spices come from, right down to the farmer's name. This also means that the quality can sometimes vary, as it is a natural product. For example, one year might be drier than another, which can lead to a change in taste. But our farmers always strive for the highest possible taste experience, and you can taste it!
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We always strive to purchase the latest harvest. Of course, it can sometimes happen that we still have some of a previous harvest in stock while the new harvest is already ready. So, we cannot always guarantee that you will receive the very latest harvest, but we do aim for it as much as possible. On the packaging, you will find a QR code to a page where you can find out exactly when your spices were harvested and when they were filled into the tins/pouches. With this, we aim for complete transparency in our process.
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We ship to most European countries, but this will, of course, involve higher shipping costs. If you'd like to order from a country but it's not possible, please contact us so we can look into the options.
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At the Siza Social Workplace, they do their utmost to pack the parcels the day after the order. If it's busy, it might take an extra day. They don't work on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, so if you order on a Thursday, for example, it will take a bit longer for your parcel to be shipped.
Once the parcels are ready, they are picked up by the Groene Rijders and delivered by their bicycle couriers in the areas they serve, or outsourced to PostNL. Depending on how busy they are, they also aim to deliver within 1 business day.