swap_horiz Tonka Bean Alternatives

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Black Pepper

Black pepper originates from *Piper nigrum*, a vine species native to South India. The dried berries are harvested and p...

Seed Universal Savory Pungent

9.2 Excellent

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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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Cumin

Cumin is the dried seed of *Cuminum cyminum*, a plant originating in the eastern Mediterranean region. It’s notable for...

Seed Universal Savory Earthy

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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Sesame Seed

Sesame seed is one of the oldest known oilseed crops, with Sesamum indicum cultivated for at least 3,500 years, valued g...

Seed Universal Savory Nutty

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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Coriander Seed

Coriander seed is the dried fruit of Coriandrum sativum, one of the oldest documented spices with seeds found in Egyptia...

Seed Universal Savory Citrusy

8.6 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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Black Sesame Seed

Black sesame seed is an unhulled variety of Sesamum indicum with a slightly stronger, more bitter flavor than white sesa...

Seed Asian Nutty Garnish

8.4 Great

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Toasted Sesame Powder

Toasted sesame powder is ground roasted Sesamum indicum seed; sesame is among the oldest oilseed crops, domesticated in...

Seed Savory Asian Nutty

8.4 Great

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Fennel Seed

Dried fruit of Foeniculum vulgare, native to the Mediterranean basin and prized since antiquity in Greek and Roman cuisi...

Mediterranean Seed Savory Sweet

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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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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Dried Pandan Leaf

Dried pandan leaf (Pandanus amaryllifolius) is a tropical Asian herb with a sweet, vanilla-like aroma derived from the c...

Baking Southeast Asian Leaf Vanilla Like

7.4 Good

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Dried Melilot

Dried melilot is usually Melilotus officinalis, yellow sweet clover, a Eurasian legume noted for coumarin aroma in its d...

European Herb Baking Vanilla Like

6.0 Fair