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Essential Kitchen Spices & Seasonings for Everyday Use

The most common spices, basic seasonings and popular herbs for everyday cooking in the kitchen. These essential spices are must-haves for your pantry, spice rack or kitchen cabinet. This list of popular spices will help you kick start your spice collection, especially if you're moving into a new home or apartment.

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  • Ground Cumin Seeds

    Ground Cumin Seeds

    Ground Cumin Seeds are one of the most used spices in the world, right alongside salt & pepper and chiles. Ground cumin is a pantry staple, and...

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  • Smoked Spanish Sweet Paprika
    Smoked Spanish Sweet Paprika

    Smoked Spanish Sweet Paprika

    Our Smoked Sweet Paprika is made with sweet, Spanish red peppers dried over an oak fire to impart delicious, smoky flavor. This popular Spanish smo...

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  • Premium French Thyme

    French Thyme is commonly used in everyday cooking. Our premium quality of French thyme leaves is a deeper, a darker green color and has a stronger ...

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  • Taco Seasoning

    Our Taco Seasoning is a customer favorite that has to be tasted to be believed. It's the perfect seasoning for taco meat, as well as burritos and e...

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  • Medium Chili Powder

    Medium Chili Powder

    Our Medium Chili Powder is a salt-free chili powder that blends garlic and earthy flavors, with a medium level of heat and spiciness. If you like s...

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  • Whiskey Barrel Smoked Black Pepper

    Whiskey Barrel Smoked Black Pepper is one of our all-time favorite seasonings. These cracked peppercorns become smoked peppercorns at our Denver, C...

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  • Pikes Peak Butcher's Rub
    Pikes Peak Butcher's Rub

    Pikes Peak Butcher's Rub

    Pikes Peak Butcher's Rub is best as a meat rub, though it's also quite the versatile all-purpose rub. This salt & pepper-based dry rub for meat...

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  • Hungarian Paprika

    In Hungary, it is not uncommon for cooks to have several grades of paprika in the kitchen. This paprika is a Kulonleges paprika that bears the name...

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  • Black Tellicherry Peppercorn

    Black Tellicherry Peppercorns are considered by some to be the best of the best peppercorns around. These black peppercorns are left on the vine to...

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  • Crushed Aleppo Chiles
    Crushed Aleppo Chiles

    Crushed Aleppo Peppers

    Our Crushed Aleppo Peppers are a mouthwatering, moderately hot blend of Aleppo pepper flakes. The Aleppo pepper is also known as the Halaby pepper....

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  • Mild Chili Powder
    Mild Chili Powder

    Mild Chili Powder

    Though Mild Chili Powder is more commonly known as a main ingredient for a comforting pot of homemade chili, it's also widely used to season many d...

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  • Fine Black Malabar Pepper

    Malabar black peppercorns are named for the region from which they are harvested, the Malabar Coast of India. These peppercorns have a bold and wel...

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What are the most commonly used spices in the world?

Some of the most commonly used spices in the world include spices like paprika, garlic, pepper, mustard, turmeric, cinnamon, cumin and dried chile peppers. However, the most commonly used spice ultimately depends on where you are or what you're cooking! 

What are the top 10 most used spices?

The top 10 most used spices are (in no particular order) black pepperpaprika, mustard, turmeric, cinnamon, cumin, garlic, onion and some combination of dried chile peppers and herbs like basil, thyme or oregano. 

What spices should every kitchen have?

Every kitchen should have salt & pepper, cumin, cinnamon, aromatic spices like garlic & onion, red spices like paprika and crushed dried chile peppers, as well as some dried herbs like oregano and basil. 

What are the most common herbs?

The most common dried herbs in cooking are basil, oregano, thyme, parsley, cilantro, coriander, dill, rosemary, marjoram, savory, bay leaves, lemongrass and mint.

What are the most popular spice blends?

Our most popular spice blends are Capitol Hill, Taco Seasoning, Cantanzaro Herbs, Black Garlic Salt, Onion & Garlic Tableside Sprinkle and our Seven Onion Dip Spice 'n Easy mix.