Kestrel & Rue — Purveyors of Ground Matter — Est. 1897

The Standing Rack

Twenty-two tins, four tiers, arranged by the old dispensary order: roots below, seeds at the hand, fire at eye level, and the house blends kept high where the light is kindest.

Roots, Barks & Rhizomes

Lower shelf · dry, dark

Seeds, Pods & Berries

Hand shelf · daily reach

Chiles & The Fire Shelf

Eye level · graded by pip

Blends of the House

Top shelf · ground to order

Shop ledger

On the heat pip

Five pips, not scovilles. A pip is what a spoonful does to a plate of food, judged by the counter staff and revised each season. Zero pips means warmth without burn.

Milling

Nothing on the rack is milled more than twenty-one days before it reaches you. Whole stock keeps for a year in the tin; ground stock is honest for three months and flat by six.

This week at the counter

  • Tellicherry, new lot Tue
  • Cardamom, 8mm bold Wed
  • Mull blend returns Fri
  • Bonnet, half-ounce only Sat