swap_horiz Calamus Root Alternatives

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Basil

Best known for its aromatic leaves, basil belongs to the mint family, Lamiaceae, and is most commonly associated with Oc...

Italian Mediterranean Sweet Clove Like

9.42 Excellent

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Cumin Seed

Sold as seeds, cumin consists of the dried, narrow, boat-shaped fruits of Cuminum cyminum, a plant in the parsley family...

Indian Seed Savory Ancient

9.32 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

9.20 Excellent

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Clove

Cloves are the dried flower buds of the Syzygium aromaticum tree, native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia and now cult...

Warm Ancient Baking Indonesian

9.18 Excellent

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Pimentón de la Vera Dulce

Pimentón de la Vera Dulce is a sweet, smoked paprika produced in the La Vera comarca of Cáceres, Spain. It holds a Prote...

Spanish Smoky Sweet Chile

9.12 Excellent

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Thai Basil

Thai basil is an aromatic basil cultivar associated with Southeast Asian cooking, especially Thai and Vietnamese cuisine...

Spicy Thai Southeast Asian Anise Like

9.08 Excellent

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Ceylon Cinnamon

Ceylon cinnamon, scientifically known as Cinnamomum verum, is a spice derived from the inner bark of a tree native to Sr...

Baking Sweet Sri Lankan Bark

8.90 Great

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Mexican Vanilla

Mexican vanilla refers to the cured pods of the *Vanilla planifolia* orchid, a species indigenous to Mexico. The Totonac...

Spicy Aromatic Mexican Dessert

8.82 Great

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Fennel Seed

Fennel seeds are the dried fruits of Foeniculum vulgare, a flowering plant species belonging to the carrot family native...

Mediterranean Seed Savory Sweet

8.20 Great

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Marjoram

Marjoram, scientifically known as Origanum majorana, is a perennial herb in the mint family native to the Mediterranean...

Mediterranean Savory Sweet Sauces

8.04 Great

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Roasted Garlic Powder

Roasted garlic powder is a culinary seasoning made from dehydrated Allium sativum cloves that have undergone a browning...

Universal Savory Sweet Roasted

8.00 Great

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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

7.80 Good

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Hawaij for Coffee

Hawaij is a traditional Yemeni Jewish spice blend, with a specific variation mixed specifically for flavoring coffee. Th...

Warm Coffee Sweet Blend

7.67 Good

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Dried Galangal Powder

Dried galangal powder is a ground spice made from the dried rhizome of Alpinia galanga, a plant in the ginger family. It...

Spicy Earthy Soup Southeast Asian

7.44 Good

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Long Pepper

Long pepper (Piper longum) is a flowering vine native to South Asia whose dried fruit spikes are used as a spice, produc...

Historical Ancient Heat Pungent

7.35 Good

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Schisandra Berry

Schisandra berries are the fruit of Schisandra chinensis, a woody vine native to parts of East Asia. In Chinese, the fru...

Rare Medicinal Chinese Five Flavors

7.19 Good

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Dried Goji Berry

Dried goji berries are the red, oblong fruits of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense, two closely related species of boxt...

Chinese Sweet Superfood Berry

7.10 Good

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Dried Holy Basil (Tulsi)

Dried holy basil, or tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), is a plant native to the Indian subcontinent revered as sacred in Hindu...

Indian Herb Medicinal Clove Like

7.05 Good

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Lesser Galangal

Lesser galangal is the dried rhizome of Alpinia officinarum, a plant in the ginger family native to southern China and c...

Spicy Medicinal Asian Root

7.00 Good

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Licorice Root

Licorice root is obtained from Glycyrrhiza glabra, a perennial legume native to parts of southern Europe and western Asi...

European Medicinal Sweet Root

6.95 Fair