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All about Hickory BBQ Seasoning, Spice Blend
What it’s like, and how to make it
HeatMild
CuisineAmerican & canadian
Best forGrill bbq, roasting, saute pan fry, marinades rubs
Goes inGrills roasts, dips sauces, roasted vegetables
WithChicken, pork, beef, vegetarian, bison
What’s in itsea salt, turbinado sugar, smoked paprika, ground chiles, hickory powder, garlic, onion, black pepper
How to use it
Pure smoke in a jar. Rub generously on pork shoulder, beef ribs, or brisket — one tablespoon per pound — and smoke low and slow. The hickory powder and smoked paprika give you smokehouse depth even if you're cooking in the oven. The sugar builds bark. Also great stirred into baked beans, chili, or a smoky mac and cheese.
Weeknight ideas
- bbq-ribs
What’s in it
Every herb in the blend, and where to read about it on its own.
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Salt · Caffeine-free
Sea Salt
Sodium chloride
Seawater, evaporated. It is in twenty-five products here, which understates it — salt is the ingredient that makes every other ingredient taste like itself. Fine sea salt dissolves on contact and is the everyday cooking salt: a teaspoon in a soup pot, half a teaspoon...
Clean salinity with nothing else in the way
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Spice · Caffeine-free
Chile
Capsicum annuum
Dried chile peppers, whole, crushed or ground — the generic heat in twenty-nine products here, from curry powders to jerk to Tex-Mex. Heat comes from capsaicin and is measured in Scoville heat units; the shop's blends name theirs where the supplier gives a figure. The...
Heat first, then a dry, fruity red-pepper taste; the darker dried chiles run raisiny and the lighter ones bright and tannic
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Spice · Caffeine-free
Garlic
Allium sativum
A bulb, dried and broken down to three different coarsenesses, and the single most common ingredient in this catalogue — forty-three products carry it. Granulated is coarse and blooms slowly in hot oil; minced is visible pieces that plump up in a sauce; powder disappears...
Sweet, toasty and savoury; deeper and rounder than fresh garlic, without the raw bite
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Spice · Caffeine-free
Onion
Allium cepa
Dried onion, in three grinds: granulated blooms in oil, minced rehydrates into pieces you can see, and powder disappears into a dip or a rub. Twenty-seven products carry it. Drying takes 96 per cent of the water out and, with it, the sulfur compounds that...
Toasty, sweet and savoury; none of raw onion's sharpness
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Spice · Caffeine-free
Black Pepper
Piper nigrum
The dried unripe berry of a climbing vine — the mill on every table, and the most travelled object in any kitchen. Black, white and green pepper are all the same berry, picked at different moments and treated differently: black is picked unripe and dried...
Warm, woody, resinous and sharp; the bite is piperine, roughly a hundredth as potent as capsaicin
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Spice · Caffeine-free
Smoked Paprika
Capsicum annuum
Paprika dried over fire rather than in the sun, and a different ingredient from sweet paprika in every way that matters. In La Vera in Extremadura the peppers are dried over oak and holm-oak fires for ten to fifteen days and stirred daily, under a...
Sweet red pepper with deep oak smoke and no heat at all
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Sweetener · Caffeine-free
Turbinado Sugar
Large golden crystals, made from crystallised, partially evaporated cane juice spun in a centrifuge to remove part of the molasses — which is where the name comes from, the turbine. Four products carry it. The reason to use it rather than brown sugar in a...
Clean sweetness with a light caramel note; drier and less molasses-heavy than brown sugar
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Flavouring · Caffeine-free
Hickory Smoke
Carya spp.
Smoke flavouring, in powder form. Two products carry it. It is worth being plain about what this is: liquid smoke — real wood smoke, condensed and captured in water — dried onto a carrier. It is not a chemical imitation of smoke; it is smoke....
Bacon-like woodsmoke, direct and strong; it reads immediately as barbecue
What it goes with
The smokiest rub in the shop calls for the smokiest tea. Our Lapsang Souchong is smoke-dried over pine — different wood, same guaiacol compounds. Brew alongside smoked ribs for a full smoke experience. Our Smoked Maple Oolong bridges both the smoke and the sugar.
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What the time-travelers say
206 of the shop’s 213 reviews are five stars — left by people who actually bought the tea
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Great products and great service
I had a slight mix up on my order, they were quick to reply and correct my order with no issues. Amazing service and great…
I had a slight mix up on my order, they were quick to reply and correct my order with no issues. Amazing service and great products.
— Nick C. Verified
Great tea
A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very…
A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very tasty!
— Zoe R. Verified
Maple Peach
The maple peach is delicious. What a beautiful combination. I will most definitely order it again, and a higher quantity of it.
— Gerda S. Verified
Always handy
I use dillweed often. This dill is fresh and has a nice aroma. I use it in marinades, salad dressings, and on fish. Good stuff.
— Jennifer D. Verified
Great stuff
This has helped my household a lot with circulation and alertness when we had it everyday. Will be ordering again soon. Thanks
— Dave G. Verified
Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product.…
Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product. 10/10!!
— Erin Poeta P. Verified
Delicious
I love this black tea, it has a really nice smooth flavour and love how it’s Swiss water method decaf. Will be buying again!
— Jessica A. Verified
Great flavorful tea
Toffee Ole is one of our favorite teas to share with friends in the evening, when we want something non-caffeinated but quite…
Toffee Ole is one of our favorite teas to share with friends in the evening, when we want something non-caffeinated but quite flavorful.
— Joel R. Verified
Another full bodied ‘real tea’ . ie It is not a flavoured tea. However, we do very much enjoy the Cafe Latte tea which is a…
Another full bodied ‘real tea’ . ie It is not a flavoured tea. However, we do very much enjoy the Cafe Latte tea which is a flavoured tea!!!
— Ted H. Verified
teas
love , love, love and they shipping is very fast. the headache tea works great, the throat coat tea works great as well
— Miranda A. Verified
4 stars
It worked beautifully; perhaps if I add a little more honey, it would make it better… It is a wellness tea, after all!
— Merrilee B. Verified
Bancha with a splash of lemon
A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an…
A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an enjoyable second cup!
— Monika F. Verified
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