About Pestlewick
A spice shop that grinds less, more often.
We started in 2017 with one stone mill, four spices and a market stall in Ghent. The idea has not changed: buy directly, grind weekly, and tell you exactly when.
2017
First market stall in Ghent
41
Growers paid ahead of harvest
52
Monday grinds a year
0
Tins older than a week
Three things we will not change
Pay before the harvest
Growers get paid in spring, not when the crop sells. It is the fairest thing we can do.
Grind weekly
Small Monday batches. No warehouse, no back stock, no guessing how old a tin is.
Refill, don’t rebuy
Tins last for years. Refills come in compostable paper pouches.
Who grinds your spice
Six people, one mill and a test kitchen at the back of the shop.
Inès runs buying and visits every farm at least once a year. Tomas runs the mill. The rest of us cook, pack and answer your emails, usually with orange fingertips.