swap_horiz Cassia Buds 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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Sichuan Pepper

Sichuan pepper originates from China and is a spice valued for its distinctive flavor profile. It delivers a unique numb...

Numbing Citrus Chinese Heat

9.1 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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Star Anise

Star anise is the star-shaped fruit of Illicium verum, native to southern China and Vietnam, and is the primary commerci...

Savory Chinese Fruit Licorice

8.7 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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Allspice

The dried berry of Pimenta dioica, native to the Caribbean and Central America, named by English colonists for its flavo...

Warm Baking Jamaican Berry

8.4 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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Szechuan Salt Pepper

Szechuan salt pepper is a Chinese spice blend combining toasted Sichuan peppercorns (Zanthoxylum bungeanum) and salt, ce...

Numbing Savory Chinese Blend

8.0 Great

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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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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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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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Dried Peppermint

Dried peppermint from Mentha × piperita, a natural hybrid of watermint and spearmint first formally described in England...

Herb Universal Baking Intense

7.5 Good

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Korintje Cinnamon

Cinnamomum burmannii from Sumatra, Indonesia, the most widely traded cinnamon in the United States by volume, with a mil...

Mild Baking Indonesian Bark

7.4 Good