Modern food manufacturers treat spices as regular industry made flavors. We believe them to be a lot more. Spices are from nature, and therefor cannot be identical each time in color and apearance and when you grind them, they cannot be created into a powder without using industrial methods. With the sumac, it is very obvious. If you see a sumac that is shiny, it is probably because the use of lemon salt. Lemon salt is used to make it brighter. Hibiscus is also commonly added in the industry to the sumac before grinding it, because it attracts the liquids in the sumac when grinding it, assuring that it will be left with a soft powder. Salt is often used to reduce cost. Salt if very cheap and when you add it in substantial amounts, you can sell much cheaper sumac.
We don't do all that so our product may have small lumps in it and traces of the sumac shells. We know it is not suitable for everyone, but it is the way we believe you should consume spices and that's how we use them and sell them for over 30 years.
Sumac is a great addition to salads, hummus, meat and poultry. It is one of the main ingredients in Za'atar and commonly used in the Middle Eastern dishes.
Sumac are small fruits from a bush 3'-9' tall. The fruits contain many important substances and the health benefits associated with it, are the reason it is so common in Middle Eastern cooking and as a vital component of the Za'atar blend together with Hyssop.
We grow our spices and herbs using traditional methods, handpicked and sun-dried. | Herbs grown in the Spice Way farm ensuring the quality of a farm to table experience. | By growing and blending our products, we make sure no additives, no preservatives, no fillers, just spices we grow, dry and blend on our farm. |