Ethio Spices

Ethiopian spice blends, ground to order and packed for real kitchens

Berbere, mitmita, shiro powder, korarima, besobela, tikur azmud and koseret, sourced from smallholder growers and cooperative mills around Gondar, Wolkite and the Rift Valley. Every pouch carries a batch note with harvest month, drying method and grind coarseness, so you know what you are cooking with before it reaches the pan.

Pouches come resealable in 100g, 250g and 500g, and most orders ship with recipe cards for doro wat, misir wot and kitfo. If you are new to the pantry, the starter bundle covers the four staples most recipes assume you already have.

Browse the spice catalog See bundles and gift sets

Questions about grind, heat level or a repeat order? Reach the shop and we will sort it out.

Pick the pouch that matches how you cook

Three ways into the pantry. Every pouch is resealable, ground to order, and carries a batch note with harvest month, drying method and grind coarseness.

Berbere, Medium Grind

Sun-dried chilies, korarima and besobela from Gondar growers.

Built for doro wat, misir wot and slow-simmered sauces
Blooms fast in niter kibbeh
100g, 250g or 500g resealable pouch

Choose berbere

Mitmita, Fine Grind

Bird's eye chili, korerima and clove, milled near Wolkite.

Coats kitfo and tibs evenly instead of sitting on top
Heat without the sweetness of a full berbere
Start with 100g, scale up if kitfo is a regular

Choose mitmita

Starter Bundle

Berbere, mitmita, shiro powder and whole korarima in one box.

Four staples most recipes assume you already have
100g pouches plus recipe cards for doro wat, misir wot and kitfo
Sized to fit a standard kitchen shelf

Choose the bundle

Not sure yet? Browse the full spice catalog or read how we source and mill on the offerings page.

What cooks say after the first pouch

Most orders start with berbere or the starter bundle. The notes below come from home cooks and small kitchens who reorder the same grind, month after month.

The 250g berbere pouch lasted us through three doro wat Sundays. Grind is even, and the batch note told me it was milled in the same month it shipped, which I have not seen from a supermarket jar.

Nadia P. - Johannesburg

Reorders berbere, medium grind

I bought the starter bundle before attempting kitfo for the first time. The recipe card was plain enough to follow, and the mitmita is genuinely hot, so I used less than the card said and it still worked.

Tewodros A. - Cape Town

Starter bundle, then 500g mitmita

We run a small lunch counter and go through shiro powder fast. Ordering mixed blends in one cart saves us the separate trips, and the resealable pouches hold up in a busy kitchen.

Marta's Kitchen - Pretoria

Repeat orders, shiro and korarima

Sourced and milled with:

Gondar grower cooperatives Wolkite milling group Rift Valley smallholder plots Raised-mat drying, batch noted

What most baskets end up holding

If you are building an Ethiopian pantry from scratch, these three cover the ground that doro wat, misir wot and kitfo recipes assume. Each one ships with a batch note on harvest month, drying method and grind coarseness, so you know what is in the pouch before it reaches the pan.

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Berbere Blend, Medium Grind

Sun-dried chilies, korarima and besobela from Gondar growers, milled to a medium grind that blooms fast in niter kibbeh. The everyday red blend for slow-simmered sauces.

100g / 250g / 500g Resealable pouch

Open the berbere page

Mitmita, Fine Grind

Bird's eye chili with korerima, clove and a touch of cardamom, ground in small runs near Wolkite. Coats meat evenly for kitfo and tibs instead of sitting on top.

Heat-forward Fine powder

Read about mitmita

Starter Bundle

Berbere, mitmita, shiro powder and whole korarima in 100g pouches, plus recipe cards for doro wat, misir wot and kitfo. Sized to fit a standard kitchen shelf.

Four staples Recipe cards included

Start with the bundle

Cooking for a household that goes through berbere quickly? The 500g pouches and repeat-order option in the cart are the usual route.

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