swap_horiz Allspice Alternatives

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Green Cardamom

Green Cardamom originates from the seed pods of *Elettaria cardamomum*, a spice native to India’s Western Ghats. These p...

Indian Aromatic Baking Seed Pod

9.2 Excellent

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Vanilla Bean

The vanilla bean is the cured seed pod from *Vanilla planifolia*, a tropical orchid species. It’s notable for its intens...

Tropical Baking Sweet Pod

9.2 Excellent

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Ceylon Cinnamon

True cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) native to Sri Lanka, distinguished by soft, multilayered thin quills and a delicate, sw...

Baking Sweet Sri Lankan Bark

8.9 Great

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Cloves

Dried flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum, native to the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, and among the most historically sig...

Baking Indonesian Pungent Bud

8.9 Great

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Nutmeg

The dried seed of Myristica fragrans, native to Indonesia's Banda Islands, so valuable in the 17th century that European...

Seed Warm Baking Indonesian

8.8 Great

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Tahitian Vanilla

Tahitian vanilla is the cured pod of Vanilla tahitensis, a distinct species from Mexican Vanilla planifolia, grown prima...

Baking Floral Polynesian Pod

8.7 Great

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Saigon Cinnamon

Cinnamomum loureiroi from Vietnam, containing the highest volatile oil content of commercial cinnamons and prized for it...

Baking Intense Vietnamese Bark

8.5 Great

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Sumac

Sumac is the coarsely ground dried berry of Rhus coriaria, a shrub native to the Middle East and Mediterranean, prized f...

Tart Savory Middle Eastern Berry

8.4 Great

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Sumac (Sicilian)

Sicilian sumac is Rhus coriaria, a Mediterranean shrub whose acidic red drupes and tannin-rich leaves made Sicily a note...

Tart Savory Sicilian Berry

8.3 Great

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Ground Ginger

Powdered rhizome of Zingiber officinale, cultivated in tropical Asia for over 3,000 years and one of the earliest Asian...

Universal Baking Pungent Root

8.2 Great

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Poppy Seed

Poppy seed is the tiny edible seed of Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy, containing negligible alkaloids in the mature...

Seed Universal Baking Nutty

8.1 Great

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Dried Barberry

Dried barberry consists of the tart dried berries of Berberis vulgaris, used extensively in Persian cuisine—most notably...

Iranian Sour Berry Rice

7.9 Good

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Dried Elderflower

Dried elderflowers from Sambucus nigra, native to Europe, are used to make cordials and infusions and are a traditional...

European Baking Floral Flower

7.9 Good

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Tasmanian Pepper Berry

Tasmanian pepper berry (Tasmannia lanceolata) is a native Australian shrub whose berries deliver intense, delayed heat a...

Australian Native Hot Berry

7.8 Good

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Cassia Cinnamon

Cinnamomum cassia from China, the most commonly sold cinnamon in the United States, identifiable by its thick single-lay...

Bold Baking Chinese Bark

7.8 Good

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Anise Seed

Anise seed is the dried fruit of Pimpinella anisum, native to the eastern Mediterranean, prized for its sweet licorice f...

Mediterranean Seed Baking Sweet

7.8 Good

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Mahlab

Mahlab is the dried pit kernel of Prunus mahaleb, used in Middle Eastern and Greek baked goods for its distinctive bitte...

Seed Baking Middle Eastern Prunus

7.8 Good

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Juniper Berry

Juniper berry is the cone of Juniperus communis and serves as the defining botanical flavoring in gin, a role it has pla...

Game European Berry Piney

7.8 Good

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Mastic

Mastic is a resin harvested from Pistacia lentisca trees grown almost exclusively on the Greek island of Chios, where cu...

Baking Resin Greek Piney

7.7 Good

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Grains of Paradise

Grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta) are seeds native to West Africa that were a major medieval European spice, hist...

Seed Warm Savory West African

7.6 Good