SPICE HOUSE

Since the First Caravan.

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When you open a jar of SAFFRANIA saffron, you open a trade route three centuries old. The spice IS the story.

Our Philosophy

Rare spices as time-collapsed geography. Each filament of saffron, each dried sumac berry, each green cardamom pod carries the coordinates of its origin in its chemistry.

We do not merely source ingredients. We translate ancient trade routes into vessels you can open at a kitchen counter in the twenty-first century.

Est. MMXVII — The Spice Quarter, London
Materia Aromatica

The Twelve

Saffron threads
Crocus sativus
Saffron
Khorasan, Iran · 2,400m
Harvest 2024 · ISO 3632 Grade A
Sumac berries
Rhus coriaria
Sumac
Gaziantep, Turkey · 850m
Harvest 2024 · Hand-dried
Cardamom pods
Elettaria cardamomum
Cardamom
Idukki, Kerala · 1,200m
Harvest 2024 · Green Grade 1
Black pepper
Piper nigrum
Black Pepper
Kampot, Cambodia · 50m
Harvest 2024 · PGI Protected
Star anise
Illicium verum
Star Anise
Guangxi, China · 600m
Harvest 2024 · Whole pod
Turmeric root
Curcuma longa
Turmeric
Erode, Tamil Nadu · 300m
Harvest 2024 · 6.2% curcumin
Cinnamon bark
Cinnamomum verum
Ceylon Cinnamon
Matara, Sri Lanka · 40m
Harvest 2024 · Alba grade
Cloves
Syzygium aromaticum
Cloves
Zanzibar, Tanzania · 20m
Harvest 2024 · Whole dried
Field Dispatches

Harvest Journal

Saffron harvest Iran
Issue 07 · Oct 2024
Dawn in Khorasan

The crocuses open for exactly two hours at first light. Every thread is cut by hand, never by tool. Two hundred thousand flowers to yield one kilogram.

Origin: 35.68° N, 59.22° E
Altitude: 2,400 m
Window: Oct 15–Nov 3
Sumac harvest Turkey
Issue 08 · Sep 2024
Red Dust of Gaziantep

Sumac berries harvested before full ripeness. The tartness is at its peak between deep red and burgundy. Dried in shade for twelve days.

Origin: 37.06° N, 37.38° E
Altitude: 850 m
Window: Aug 20–Sep 15
Cardamom harvest Kerala
Issue 09 · Dec 2024
The Cardamom Hills

Western Ghats cardamom picked at precisely 75% ripeness for maximum aromatic oil content. Each pod inspected individually before curing.

Origin: 9.91° N, 77.10° E
Altitude: 1,200 m
Window: Nov 10–Jan 5
Kampot pepper Cambodia
Issue 10 · Mar 2024
Kampot at Low Tide

The finest Kampot black pepper grows in the shadow of Bokor Mountain. Hand-harvested when only 10% of the cluster is ripe — the precise window for PGI status.

Origin: 10.61° N, 104.16° E
Altitude: 50 m
Window: Mar 1–Apr 10
Blending atelier — antique brass scales
1:400

The Philosophy of Ratios

Every SAFFRANIA blend is composed by weight to the gram. The ratio of dominant note to accent to undertone: always 1:4:0 parts. Ancient Persian blending mathematics, encoded in every jar.

Artifact Series

The Collection

Saffron tin Limited
Khorasan Saffron
Iran · 2024 Harvest · 2g
£ 86.00 Add to collection →
Spice blend tin Signature
Caravan Blend No.3
Multi-origin · Master blend · 80g
£ 52.00 Add to collection →
Premium spice set Archive
The Twelve Archive
12 origins · Complete series · 2024
£ 340.00 Add to collection →
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The Caravan's Dispatch

Weekly correspondence from the spice road. Harvest windows, origin stories, new arrivals. Forty-three words or fewer — the original telegram brevity.

One dispatch per week. No commerce. Only stories.