DIASPORA CO.
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Anamalai Cacao
Anamalai, Tamil Nadu
Farm Story
Winner of the 2022 Good Food Awards, our cacao powder is organically grown by Harish Manoj Kumar and Karthikeyan Palaniswamy on their family farm at the base of the Western Ghats. It's a minimally processed (not Dutch processed), non-alkalized cacao powder meaning that it's rich in all its naturally occurring nutrients and antioxidants. That super lush chocolatey mouthfeel? Hella cocoa butter, baby!
Made from Anamalai Estate’s award winning cacao beans, this is a beautiful showcase of the potential of Indian cacao. The fact that these beans are grown on a single estate means that you’re tasting a true expression of terroir i.e. the soil they were planted in, and the seasons they grew through. The cacao is intercropped with nutmeg and coconut palms, on land that was originally a eucalyptus grove, then a guava orchard, and now a diverse ecosystem where desi cows roam by day, and elephants scratch their backs on the coconut palms by night!
No added sugar. 100% raw cacao powder.
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Prices as of Aug 2023
- ₹900DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹322.00Fair Trade International price
- ₹280.00Average commodity price
Anamalai Nutmeg
Anamalai, Tamil Nadu
Farm Story
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Prices as of Feb 2024
- ₹915.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹511.75Fair Trade International price
- ₹445.00Average commodity price
Aranya Black Pepper
Thirunelly, Kerala
Farm Story
Grown on the Parameswaran family farm, where Parameswaran and his son Akash have been naturally farming pepper for over 35 years, amidst passion fruit, tigers (no, really!), and the largest collection of bamboo and palm varieties in the region! Their Aranya pepper is vine ripened, hand harvested with utmost care to ensure maximum flavor and unreasonably tastiness.
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Prices as of Aug 2023
- ₹1962.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹494.85Fair Trade International price
- ₹430.30Average commodity price
Baraka Cardamom
Udumbanchola, Kerala
Farm Story
Grown by the Chacko family amidst black pepper, coffee, and flowers on their estate turned wild food forest! As a pioneer in the natural farming movement, Mr. Chacko is one of the only farmers that has been able to domesticate a wild cardamom variety that thrives without pesticides, and is still beautifully aromatic!
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Prices as of Feb 2024
- ₹4800.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹2041.25Fair Trade International price
- ₹1775.00Average commodity price
Bindu Black Mustard
Amarwara, Madhya Pradesh
Farm Story
Grown on the Mehra family farm, this is an indigenous variety of mustard that produces tiny dotty seeds that pack a super high oil content, which means they're bursting with flavor and pungency. Black mustard is such a hardy, drought resistant crop that the Mehras use to transform barren land into rich, replenished soil whilst still keeping the land productive and profitable.
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Prices as of Feb 2024
- ₹226.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹89.70Fair Trade International price
- ₹78.00Average commodity price
Byadgi Chilli
Hiregunjal, Karnataka
Farm Story
Grown by Maleshappa Bisirotti, an award-winning natural farmer whose Byadgi chillies are famous across several states for being the gold standard of this mild, richly hued variety. We've been working with the Bisirotti family since 2019 to expand their production to meet our scale and standards, so we're very excited to finally present this epic chilli that has been years in the making!
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Read The Diaspora Chilli Primer that our recipe editor Asha put together for more information about the differences between all of our chillies, including how to dehydrate whole chillies, and ideas for how to use them!
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Prices as of Mar 2024
- ₹775.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹310.50Fair Trade International price
- ₹270.00Average commodity price
Chota Tingrai Black Tea
Tinsukia, Assam
Farm Story
This black tea is organically farmed on Chota Tingrai, an estate in the Tinsukia region of Assam that is one of the first tea estates to be owned and operated by an Indian family in independent India. Situated in the fertile valley of Brahmaputra, a major river that connects India, Tibet and Bangladesh, the Chota Tingrai estate has found great success in organic tea management and focuses on improving soil fertility.
CTC tea — named after a processing method known as crush, tear, curl — yields a stiff, medium-strength cup that holds up beautifully to milk and spices. It is the tea of choice for the millions of cups of chai made every day on the subcontinent.
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Prices as of Jan 2023
- ₹759.18DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹258.75Fair Trade International price
- ₹225.00Average commodity price
Guntur Sannam Chilli
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Farm Story
Grown in accordance to the principles of zero budget natural farming on the Narne family farm in the historic chili growing region of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Brothers Hanumantharao and Satyanarayana Rao make us believe in the future of sustainable agriculture in India, as our elders, and teachers.
Ingredients: 87% ground Sannam chillies, 5% Sesame oil, 8% Salt
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Read The Diaspora Chilli Primer that our recipe editor Asha put together for more information about the differences between all of our chillies and ideas for how to use them!
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Prices as of Feb 2024
- ₹772.69DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹230.00Fair Trade International price
- ₹200.00Average commodity price
Hariyali Fennel
Shedubhar, Gujarat
Jodhana Cumin
Inana, Rajasthan
Farm Story
The Vishnoi family has been farming cumin organically for the last five years in the district of Jodhpur. Our Jodhana Cumin is grown alongside groundnuts, wheat, and fenugreek, and farmed using vermicomposting, natural pest repellent, and fermented fertilizers. Mangilal Vishnoi's dream is to build a resource center to provide bio inputs to other farmers and help grow the regenerative movement!
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Prices as of Mar 2024
- ₹650.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹575.00Fair Trade International price
- ₹500.00Average commodity price
Kandyan Cloves
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Farm Story
Grown in the forests of Kandy alongside wild cinnamon, nutmeg, and the biggest jackfruits you have ever seen. These plump, oil-rich gems are hand-harvested and hand-sorted for us by our friends at Eko Land Produce, a community of organic farmers from the heart of Sri Lanka!
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Prices as of Mar 2024
- ₹1524.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹690.00Fair Trade International price
- ₹600.00Average commodity price
Kashmiri Chillies
Pulwama, Kashmir
Kashmiri Saffron
Pampore, Kashmir
Farm Story
Grown by Raqib Mushtaq on his family's 3.75 acre farm in the historic saffron district of Pampore, where they have been growing saffron for as far back as his grandparents can remember. Brought to the Valley by Persian traders in the 12th century AD, Kashmiri saffron's reputation as being the pinnacle of flavor and aroma precedes it. One whiff of Raqib's harvest and I knew it was all true!
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Prices as of Feb 2024
- ₹250000.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹225322.14Fair Trade International price
- ₹195940.00Average commodity price
Kaveri Vanilla
Kumily, Kerala
Farm Story
These Kaveri Vanilla beans are sweet, creamy, and so juicy! Sourced for us by Reginald and his family, who have been curing vanilla using their secret family technique for three generations, these vanilla beans have been grown by over 100 smallholder farmers across the hills of Idukki. Each farm grows just a few precious vines to add value to their coconut, coffee, and black pepper crops!
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Prices as of Aug 2023
- ₹32000.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹27600.00Fair Trade International price
- ₹24000.00Average commodity price
Kudligi Moringa
Kudligi, Karnataka
Madhur Jaggery
Pargaon, Maharashtra
Farm Story
Grown in the historic, rain-fed, sugarcane-growing Daund region, our jaggery is grown and processed by Kantilal Randive, a well-known soil health expert. Our sugarcane is intercropped with dhaincha (sesbania bispinosa), chickpeas, and wheat for soil health. Its juice is clarified using traditional methods — incorporating wild okra to remove the impurities — for a clean, nutty jaggery powder!
Use the jaggery to sweeten your cups of chai and haldi doodh, and for other drinks, baked goods, and more! Given that jaggery has a high molasses content (AKA the nutritious brown stuff that is usually pulled out of sugar during the refining process), expect a deep, rich flavor that comes in clutch when you're subbing it in for any sugars.
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Prices as of Feb 2024
- ₹115.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹80.5Fair Trade International price
- ₹70Average commodity price
Makhir Ginger
Khatkasla, Meghalaya
Nandini Coriander
Shedubhar, Gujarat
Farm Story
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Prices as of Feb 2024
- ₹250.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹72.45Fair Trade International price
- ₹63.00Average commodity price
Pahadi Pink Garlic
Tons Valley, Uttarakhand
Farm Story
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Prices as of Mar 2024
- ₹1650.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹94.00Fair Trade International price
- ₹81.50Average commodity price
Paneer Rose
Denkanikottai, Tamil Nadu
Farm Story
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Prices as of Aug 2023
- ₹1600.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹230.00Fair Trade International price
- ₹200.00Average commodity price
Peni Miris Cinnamon
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Farm Story
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Prices as of Fe 2024
- ₹1256.20DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹747.50Fair Trade International price
- ₹650.00Average commodity price
Pragati Turmeric
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Farm Story
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Prices as of Feb 2024
- ₹500.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹112.70Fair Trade International price
- ₹98.00Average commodity price
Sirārakhong Hāthei Chilli
Sirārakhong, Manipur
Farm Story
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Prices as of Nov 2023
- ₹1500.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹575.00Fair Trade International price
- ₹500.00Average commodity price
Surya Salt
Dhrangdhra District, Gujarat
Farm Story
We're so proud to be partnering with the Agariya community, a tribe that has been working in the salt district of Gujarat, India for generations, to bring you this solar-powered, earth-filtered, and hand-pounded salt.
Using solar pumps provided by our local NGO partners, the Agariyas harvest this bright, inland salt from the desert’s underground water table. The salt’s high-mineral content is preserved through a slow-filtration process through the desert soil. In partnership with a local women's self-help group, whose members then hand-pound the salt to the perfect texture for everyday use, we are able to ensure that the salt retains as much flavour as possible.
Our salt comes from the famous desert salt pans in the Wild Ass Sanctuary and Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. After Gandhi's Dandi Salt March in 1930, Gujarati salt became a symbol of freedom and an act of nonviolent civil disobedience against the British Empire. We like to think of ours as emblematic of sunshine and freedom alike.
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Prices as of Mar 2024
- ₹80.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹5.25Fair Trade International price
- ₹5.00Average commodity price
Wild Heimang Sumac
Ningthi, Manipur
Farm Story
Grown wild and foraged by the Ningthi village in the Ukhrul hills, this sundried and hand-pounded Heimang or Chinese Sumac is sourced for us by our friends at Hillwild. Sumac is used as a tangy, flavorful souring agent when fresh lemons aren't in season, and may also ease digestion.
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Prices as of Aug 2023
- ₹1200.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹575.00Fair Trade International price
- ₹500.00Average commodity price
Wild Cinnamon Quills
Digana, Sri Lanka
Farm Story
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Prices as of Aug 2023
- ₹2179.00DIASPORA living wage price
- ₹1035.00Fair Trade International price
- ₹900.00Average commodity price
We are here to put money, equity and power into the best regenerative spice farms across South Asia, and bring wildly delicious, hella potent flavors into your home cooking.
The Diaspora Co. Model
3 Steps • 6-12 Months
Grown for flavor and aroma, our spices are guaranteed to be the most recent harvest to ensure the highest potency and freshness. We partner with small, multi-generational family farms, paying them an average 3-5x premium for their regeneratively farmed, single-origin spices. Each spice takes us anywhere from a few months to several years to source, based on rigorous lab testing, in-field visits, and of course, several tastings.
We grow at the rate of agriculture—when a harvest sells out, that's it until next season! This is because our spices are single-origin in the truest sense of the word; our most recent harvest policy guarantees maximum deliciousness & freshness to you!
*Our Community Sourcing Partners add an important layer of on-the-ground relationship building and quality control that ultimately results in fresher, more delicious spices.
Traditional Commodity Model
7 Steps • 2-7 Years
In the commodity trading model several farmers crops are mixed together at every stage. Quality is assessed based on aesthetics (color and size) versus how it was grown, which seeds it was grown from, and how it tastes or smells. It means that the farmer has no agency or control over the price they receive, or the quality of the final product. We’re here to say that that system is no longer good enough—we all deserve better.