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On the Garlic Trail
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From ancient mountain slopes to every kitchen on Earth, garlic has travelled further than almost any spice or herb. The bulbs we use today trace their roots to the Tien Shan mountains of Central Asia, where wild ancestors were first gathered, then cultivated thousands of years ago.From there, garlic followed the great migrations of people — east into India and China
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28th Mar 2026
Ganga Mela, Kanpur
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What is the Festival of Colours?
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Every March, the city of Kanpur in northern India bursts back into colour for Ganga Mela, a joyful celebration that marks the closing chapter of the Holi season. Streets fill with music, laughter, and clouds of bright powder as neighbours gather once more before the colours of spring slowly settle back into everyday life.The festival is roo
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28th Mar 2026
Mid January Discount
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January is a busy month for the food trade, seems like its a month all about going to work and cooking food - our favourite subjectKeeping it simple and quick, we hope everyone enjoys the flavours, Steve and the Spice Team
This weeks discount code isPureSpices25Good for 1 use per customer, expires 26th Jan
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28th Mar 2026
Part 2 of The Spice Advent Trilogy
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The Second Door: Feasts That Bind Us
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The Third Door: Feast of Mid-Advent
By mid-Advent, the quiet anticipation gives way to something fuller. Medieval Europe adored a winter feast — partly for survival, partly for spectacle — and spices sat at the centre of it. Nutmeg, saffron, pepper and clove travelled from far-off ports into Nordic longhouses and British gr
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28th Mar 2026
Discount Code for a week of Cloves
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Cloves first appear in recorded history in the Han dynasty courts of China, around the 3rd century BCE. Courtiers were asked to chew them before addressing the emperor — a small detail that tells us just how precious and far-travelled these little spice buds already were. Considering they grow naturally only in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, it means cloves had c
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28th Mar 2026
All about the heat
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The Chilli Trail — A Voyage of Fire and Flavour
When Portuguese sailors set sail for the “New World” in the late 15th century, they were chasing spice dreams — gold, pepper, and prestige. What they didn’t expect to find was a little red pod that would change the world: the chilli. Grown by the peoples of the Americas for millennia, chillies
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28th Mar 2026