Watch out for these faces on the road and in your shipped packages.
(ok we won't fit in the packaging, but we may send you a note !)
(ok we won't fit in the packaging, but we may send you a note !)
Sustainability in our Packaging
The glass jars are chosen for their exceptional sealing capability. Our jars keep blends for well over 1yr, whole spices for grinding last easily 2yrs (and that is just what is the traditional shelf life for spices in the plastic jars! we don't know how much longer our blends stay fresh because the jars are emptied by then.)
We do not purchase bubblewrap, or packing peanuts. We reuse the packaging we get from our suppliers.
When we need ziplocks for food product regulations we choose 'greenline' they are biodegradeable and begin breakdown after 1yr.
The newest white, tan, & light green packages for Tea / Tisanes / refills (1-4 oz) are made of ricepaper and safe for foods. We are using the old larger tea packaging sizes up as needed and those will be replaced with ricepaper when the supply is depleated.
We do not purchase bubblewrap, or packing peanuts. We reuse the packaging we get from our suppliers.
When we need ziplocks for food product regulations we choose 'greenline' they are biodegradeable and begin breakdown after 1yr.
The newest white, tan, & light green packages for Tea / Tisanes / refills (1-4 oz) are made of ricepaper and safe for foods. We are using the old larger tea packaging sizes up as needed and those will be replaced with ricepaper when the supply is depleated.
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Calendar page - check it out to see when we are back in your area, or find a new event to attend. We try to find ones that fit for us, unfortunatly it takes us away from the small local ones. Also keep in touch with our travels, and occassional updates to the wares.
Who is Jane T. Sibley, and Auntie Arwen?
And when did this spice business start?
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Auntie Arwen, known in the "real world" as Jane T. Sibley, has been a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) ever since the first Pennsic held at Coopers' Lake. Actually, she joined right after Pennsic 5, which was in 1975. She started out selling tag sale items at Pennsic, and then graduated to crystals, tumble stones, crystal balls, and suchlike at science fiction cons as well as at SCA events. This was successful for many years, but when the crystal fad began to die out, she switched over to spice blends. Beginning with twelve blends, over the years the variety has increased to today's over 300 blends, as well as salts, peppercorns, and more.
Along the way, she wrote "Norse Mythology...according to Uncle Einar", "The Hammer of the Smith", "The Divine Thunderbolt: Missile of the Gods", "A Different Dragon", and "The Way of the Wise: Traditional Norwegian Folk and Magic Medicine", the most detailed work of this nature in the English language.
Auntie spent her college summers with her family on a yawl in Scandinavia, going from place to place as the whim took them. After getting her BA for History of Art, at Russell Sage College, she spent a year at the University of Oslo, majoring in Norse mythology, runes, salvage of folklore, and field techniques in folklore collection. After coming home, she got a job at Wesleyan University in the biology department followed by Yale University. Grants don't last forever, so when the last one died, she was able to complete her Ph.D. in History / Comparative Religion at La Salle University, build the spice business, and start writing, and writing. Encourage her to finish.
When the current book has been finished and the manuscript sent off to the publisher, she will start on the next one, and after that, yet another one. In between writing books she plans on getting back to another love that has been a part of her family history; painting. Auntie is not bored.
Along the way, she wrote "Norse Mythology...according to Uncle Einar", "The Hammer of the Smith", "The Divine Thunderbolt: Missile of the Gods", "A Different Dragon", and "The Way of the Wise: Traditional Norwegian Folk and Magic Medicine", the most detailed work of this nature in the English language.
Auntie spent her college summers with her family on a yawl in Scandinavia, going from place to place as the whim took them. After getting her BA for History of Art, at Russell Sage College, she spent a year at the University of Oslo, majoring in Norse mythology, runes, salvage of folklore, and field techniques in folklore collection. After coming home, she got a job at Wesleyan University in the biology department followed by Yale University. Grants don't last forever, so when the last one died, she was able to complete her Ph.D. in History / Comparative Religion at La Salle University, build the spice business, and start writing, and writing. Encourage her to finish.
When the current book has been finished and the manuscript sent off to the publisher, she will start on the next one, and after that, yet another one. In between writing books she plans on getting back to another love that has been a part of her family history; painting. Auntie is not bored.
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>Research for Botanical & Tisane information :
We keep reading through older and updated research books by leaders in the field. Starting with Way of the Wise by Jane Sibley, and just a few others shown here. |
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