Mace & Millet (sample) opened on Granary Row in 2016 with forty spices and a coffee grinder. It is still two people, a counter and a lot of jars.
Supermarket spice jars sit on a shelf for months and hold more than most kitchens use in a year. We would rather sell you 20 g that tastes of something.
The pantry came later, when customers asked for lentils and rice to go with the spices. Now most people come in with a bag of empty jars and leave with a week’s cooking (sample).
Three questions for every new spice or staple. If the answer to one of them is no, it stays off the shelf.
A co-operative, an estate or a farmer, and the region and harvest. Not just a country.
Most of the range is. Where a small grower cannot pay for certification, we say so on the label and here.
We grind a sample at the counter and smell it. Dusty or flat goes back to the importer.
Ask any of us what to cook with something new. We probably had it for lunch.
Owner, blends and buying (sample)
Pantry, refill and deliveries (sample)
Saturday workshops (sample)
Monday to Friday
9:00–18:30
Saturday
Blending workshop 10:00–12:00
9:00–17:00
Sunday
10:00–14:00
Grinding days
House blends are ground fresh in the morning
Tue and Fri
Opening times (sample).
Send a list and we weigh it out before you arrive, or ask whether something is in stock. We reply within one working day.
Every jar on the shelf can be opened at the counter. Come in, or send us a list and we put it aside.