Banish supermarket-size spice jars
Always running out of your favourite spices? It's time to ditch the teeny tiny jars you get from the supermarket and invest in a set of these generously sized Izaan spice jars from ultra-sustainable and fairtrade family business, nkuku. Handmade in India from recycled glass with an attractive hammered texture, the lids are carved from sustainable mango wood and feature an airtight silicon seal to keep your paprika pungent. Available in a set of three, a nice touch is the hand-carved mango wood spice spoon that comes with each jar. Never again will you experience the frustration of trying to stick a teaspoon in a spice jar, only to discover it doesn't fit...
- Set of 3
- Handmade recycled glass spice jars with hammered finish
- Sustainable mango wood lids with airtight silicon seal
- Each jar comes with a handmade mango wood spice spoon
- Made in India
Material Glass and mango wood Dishwasher safe No Microwave safe No Oven safe No Food safe Yes - Dimensions: 9 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Capacity: 190 ml
- Weight: 150 g
- Recycled Materials -Made from recycled glass
- Eco Initiative - nkukuchoose to work with sustainable mango wood. The wood is a by-product of the fruit industry and uses the tress that hit maturity and stop producing fruit after 15 years.
- Global Certification -nkuku is a certified B-Corp, and hold the highest regard and respect for their employees, communities, and the environment.
- Charity partnership - nkuku are partnered with Frank Water who work to improve access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in India, Nepal and Kenya and alsoTil the Cost is Clear which is a Community Interest Company who focus on regeneration, working with local communities by clearing shorelines of plastic pollution
Like so many of the best things in life, nkuku began with an adventure. It was 2002, and Ali and Alex were on a round-the-world trip when they found themselves smitten with the artisan products they came across in East Africa. As they journeyed on through Africa and into India, they started shipping bits and bobs home with the plan to sell them when they got back.
Moving to rural Devon on their return, the couple set up a travelling market stall and when that took off, they started collaborating with a family they'd met in India to design and produce beautiful handcrafted homewares. In those early days, they operated out of an old hayloft on Dartmoor, packing orders late into the night while their baby daughter snoozed in a cardboard cot under a pile of coats.
Fast-forward 20-odd years and the business might have outgrown the market stall, but Ali and Alex are still working to the same three principles they started out with: striving to make their products ethical, eco-friendly and handmade. Manufacturing mostly in Asia, nkuku works with social projects, co-operatives, charity partners and small family firms, and they smashed their B-Corp certification right out of the park with a score of 96.4 (you only need 80 to make the grade). Closer to home, theyre also supporting initiatives to clear up plastic pollution on the south Devon coast. Theyre all-round good sorts, making beautiful handcrafted products.
