Ethio Spices
Assorted Ethiopian spice pouches and recipe cards arranged on a wooden table

Starter Bundle for Ethiopian Cooking

Berbere, mitmita, shiro powder and korarima in one box

Most Ethiopian recipes open with the same assumption: your shelf already holds berbere, a heat spice, shiro and whole korarima. If it does not, the first cook-through turns into a shopping list. This box closes that gap with four 100g pouches, a set of recipe cards for doro wat, misir wot and kitfo, and batch notes for every spice inside.

Inside the box
Berbere, mitmita, shiro powder, whole korarima
Pouch size
Four resealable 100g pouches
Included cards
Doro wat, misir wot, kitfo
Batch notes
Harvest month and drying method per spice
  • Built for cooks in Johannesburg, Cape Town and beyond who are starting an Ethiopian pantry from scratch.
  • Korarima arrives whole so you can grind it fresh into stews and spice butter.
  • Shiro powder is the base for the quick weekday version of the dish, no long simmer required.
  • Box footprint fits a standard kitchen shelf, so nothing ends up shoved behind the flour.
  • Not the right pick if you already keep berbere and mitmita on hand; single pouches cover that.
Ask about this bundle Or start with berbere alone

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Starter Bundle for Ethiopian Cooking

Selam Tesfaye runs sourcing and packing for the starter bundle line. She grew up between Gondar and Addis, learned to cook doro wat from her grandmother, and spent six years working with cooperative mills before joining Ethio Spices. Her job is the unglamorous part: checking that the berbere in each box matches the batch note, that the korarima pods are whole and not cracked, and that the recipe cards actually line up with the grind inside the pouch.

She is the person who decides whether a batch of shiro powder is fine enough for a first-time cook, and she writes the harvest and drying notes that ship with every bundle. If you are new to Ethiopian cooking and unsure how much mitmita to start with, she is the one who answers that email.

Sourcing and packing

Selam Tesfaye

Gondar and Wolkite grower network, batch notes, recipe card set

Address
4527 Rene Circle, Donovanfontein, NC 6594

Questions about the bundle contents or a mixed order? Reach the team.

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