Anyone got a source for GOOD online spices?
 

We have a vendor that we've been using. We love the spices that they sell. They are far better than almost everything that I've ever bought from a grocery store. We usually buy from a brick and mortar branch of theirs, but they do shipping too.

I'm looking to switch. The owner sends emails with specials and uses the platform to spout their political agenda. I've been ignoring it for years because I don't really care, but the guy took it 100 steps too far recently. I got an email that made me say "WOW! WTF!" I was prepared to ignore it, but then he followed it up with another half a dozen emails where it really didn't get any better.

So, I'm movin' on. I'm not going to support someone that extreme clueless (about offending customers).

I guess I can check out the places in this article (The place that I'm ditching is down near the bottom), but I'd like to hear from folks that have actually used places if possible.
https://www.bonappetit.com/story/where-to-buy-spices-online

Had some luck with these guys: https://www.spiceplace.com

Thanks

I misread the title as looking for in-line splices!

We have Penney’s. Brick and mortar stores but I think their main thing is online.

( I hope they are not your previous store)

Must be Penzeys, The email I saw was so divisive, that I though it had to be a joke.
I live near their headquarters and actually called them to verify. The young lady that answered was very nice and didn’t agree with the email, but confirmed it was in fact sent out!

I just don’t get it. But will NEVER buy anything from that company EVER!

Penzeys, Yep, that's the one.
Yep, exactly. My first reaction (without reading the whole thing) was "whatever" but I got several more emails, and it was clear. He basically came out and said "whatever, I won't lose clients because anyone that I lose I'll gain back in the folks that agree with me.

I'm happy for others to have whatever views they want, but wow. His stuff was WAY over the top.

I probably shouldn't post this here, but...

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Not a spice comment but in a similar political bendt, there is a small store / gas station I stopped at every Saturday and Sunday to fill up, at on the way home from the ski hill. I would spend $120-150 there every single weekend. They had some slight against our premier’s Covid policies on a sign at the till that I noticed last time I was in there. Now I drive 5 miles out of my way to fill up somewhere else on the way home. I realize that $120/ week ain’t much but $480/ month in sales ain’t nothing either…

The place changed hands this past summer. I have no idea what the political views were of the previous owners and I liked it that way. These new owners will learn the hard way about pissing off a largely conservative customer base with their liberal views and signs.

I prefer my commerce to be PARF free.

Holy. Cow.

They sent that out?

It will be interesting to see how long that company stays in business.

I would not buy anything from them. Not so much because I agree or disagree with the sentiment, but why would I ever buy from anyone so stupid.

Yeah. I stopped buying from Penzey's. I mean, I don't care what people want to believe, just don't give me all the political B.S. when I'm just trying to buy stuff that has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

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I buy their Asian trail mix and dried fruit.

Burlap and Barrel. Great spices, some are incredible. Best cinnamon anywhere. Smoked paprika and cumin are two other standouts.

https://www.burlapandbarrel.com

some good spices on the dark web, so I've heard.

Maybe these are not the spices you are looking for.. :)

I was given some spices in a gift pack from this company as a Christmas present. I looked them up and love what I see, so I am using them for most of my purchases now.

Plus they are a small business in Byron Land.

https://freshjax.com/

Yes, multiple times over MLK weekend. There was a really, really long diatribe that went with it that I didn't read.

Exactly. I'm happy for anyone to have views, same or different from mine, but this is crazy.
Exactly
Awesome, because smoked paprika, cumin and cinnamon are some of the spices that we use a lot.

Back on Topic

https://www.sfherb.com/

I've used these guys for years. You do need to buy in bulk. But the price of a pound of spice from them is the price of an ounce in the grocery store.

We've been buying from these guys for years. Good quality and nice variety. Their chili blends are very good.

https://penderys.com/

Wow their prices are very good.

Just understand that Garlic or Onion powder from them is basically dust/flour. What you normally see in the stores is "Granulated".

Spices are very very good!

We've been using this place for years, but we don't do mail order, we make a list and buy what we need while we're on vacation in Truro Ma.
https://www.atlanticspice.com/

Lots of good selections, folks. I'll be checking them out!

i probably do not align politically with most members here, but even i found that blitzkrieg of opinion offensive. sorry you had to endure that bud.

I'm lucky. i have a small mom/pops spice shop downtown. they have everything i need, and nothing i don't need.

That's an extremely stupid thing for a business to do.

https://foodsofnations.com/

Used to live near them. Great place to go to in person.

We use these guys:

https://marketspice.com/

quick glance. looks like the other store here in town does mail order as well.

https://www.savoryspiceshop.com

Several of these places look like possibilities. Penzeys has a HUGE variety.

So when I search for paprika, I'm expecting to see at least 3 but probably more like 5-10 different varieties.

hungarian sweet
hungarian
hot
spanish
smoked spanish
hot smoked spanish

When I search for cinnamon, I'm expecting to see a few varieties, Ceylonese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, etc....

My wife gets her spices from www.localspicery.com.

Small batches, they do their own grinding, no GMO, no fillers and so forth. Family owned too.

How that supply of Afghan poppy doin for U?

I prefer to use the stale in the tin Spices that you buy at the Super.

I buy from The Spice House, always been good.

I believe if you dig back into their blog/history, they were related, maybe family, to pennzy spices. They started The Spice House because of political views pushed to customers by pennzy.

www.thespicehouse.com

Yep, in business since '57. That's the parents. Their son started Penzeys later.

Another vote for Penzey’s. We are spoiled - their retail locations are less than an hour from us. :)

Yeah, that's the place that I've been shopping at, that I'd dumping.

There's a Penzey's 15 min from my house and it had been on my list to try out until I read about that stupidity a week or two ago. They'll never see a dime from me.

Just rec'vd my order from these folks in two days and very good prices.

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