Buck's Spices

Spice Barista Corner

Spice Barista

From the Spice Barista

What makes Buck's curation different when it comes to hard-to-find spices?

A real customer question, curated into a useful guide for cooking, product use, and finding just the right thing.

Buck's approach to rare spices is all about direct relationships—sourcing from small producers and foragers instead of big commodity suppliers. That means you'll find single-origin peppercorns, wildcrafted mushrooms, and regional blends that simply don't show up on a typical spice rack. We'd rather bring in the real, hand-harvested thing than swap in something generic. Here's a taste of that range:

  • Small Batch Nepalese Fagara Peppercorns — a true rarity with a citrusy, tingling character you won't find in mainstream spice aisles.
  • Dried Sansho Peppers (chopi (초피) — a specialty Japanese/Korean pepper prized for its floral heat.
  • Georgian Svanetian Salt (სვანური მარილი (Svanuri marili) — a traditional Georgian salt blend with garlic and herbs, rarely found outside specialty importers.
  • Citrus Bergamia Powder (Bergamot Orange) — a fragrant, citrus-forward find for cooks who love bergamot's floral edge, also featured in our Earl Grey Moonlight Tea and Earl Grey Bella Luna Tea.