Where Your Jars Sit on the Curve, and What to Do About It
Storage & Buying

Where Your Jars Sit on the Curve, and What to Do About It

Ground spices fade in months while whole ones last years, and nothing on the jar tells you where yours sit on that curve. These four guides cover shelf life by form, how to store, the tests that reveal a dead jar, and when to replace rather than double the quantity.

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