Price Tracks Packaging, Not Quality
Storage & Buying

Price Tracks Packaging, Not Quality

Spice pricing tracks packaging and marketing more closely than it tracks quality, and the label rarely gives you a grind date. These four guides cover reading a label, whether organic is worth the premium, choosing a grinder, and buying online without receiving stale stock.

Shelf life counted from the grind date, plus how to spot stale stock before you pay for it.