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At MONSOON COAST® Trading Company, we freshly toast, grind & blend spices of the Old World in beautiful Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Always Fresh. Always Small-Batch. Order online OR purchase from select Canadian Stores.

12/06/2026

Hi from our new Spice Cottage! 💛🧿🌲🌼💙🏝️
Monsoon Coast has a new home, and we are delighted about out future plans to offer you new cool things like:
🧿 Culinary classes with chef Shadel, open to the public and available for purchase through our online store.
🌼 Private bookings of custom classes designed by you and chef Shadel for your group of choice.
🧿 Spice-inspired online culinary classes and demos from chef Shadel’s culinary heritage (Levantine Arabic, Jordanian, Palestinian, Armenian). AND his favourite spicy cuisines around the world (Turkish, Indian, Thai, Peruvian, Italian, Mexican, North African, and more).
🌼 Spice-making Demos and tours with great local companies and artisans.
In the meantime, if you need our fresh spices & teas while on Salt Spring Island, you can find us at these delightful spots:
🥐 (also serving our Railway Chai)
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🎁
🏖
🌺
🍋(in corner opposite of Deli)
Always fresh, truly small-batch. 💙🧿

22/05/2026

❤️🧿💛 High-quality single spices from our spice kitchen to yours! 💛🧿❤️
Chef Shadel made a cardamom vanilla Arabic pudding (mhallabiyyeh) tart with graham cracker crust and a hibiscus rose topping. Monsoon Coast Origins green cardamom makes all the difference. 🌺 🍰 🌹
Monsoon Coast Origins brings you Black Cardamom, Caraway, Fenugreek Seed, Green Cardamom, Kalonji, Mexican Oregano, Red Mustard, rose petals, lavender and our in-house dried whole curry leaves. 💙🌿🧿
Explore the selection on the Monsoon Coast Origins page! 🙏🏽💙☝🏽

17/05/2026

We hope you are having a great weekend on Salt Spring Island! 🩷🧿🐠💙🐙
Looking for Monsoon Coast spices & teas? Find us at these delightful Island spots:
🥐 (also serving our Railway Chai)
🌼
🎁
🏖
🌺
🍋(in corner opposite of Deli)
Always fresh, truly small-batch. 💙🧿

15/05/2026

High-quality chef-selected ingredients to elevate your home cooking? Search no more. 🍋💙👇🏽💛🧿
Armenian lentil kibbeh finished with our Aleppo pepper 🌶️ and sumac 🍋.
Happy Friday! 🍋💙🍽️💛🧿

02/05/2026

Bottling Jasmine green tea to welcome Spring! 🍵🌷
Need spice on Salt Spring? Find us at these delightful locales:
🥐
🌼
🎁 (also where you pick your online orders from us!
🏖
🌺
🍋(in local section corner opposite of Deli)
Always fresh, always small-batch.

18/04/2026

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Thank you for a very beautiful cake that tasted heavenly! 🙏🏽
Nettle moss Swiss roll with vanilla mascarpone cream, meringue mushrooms and candied violets. 🪻

14/04/2026

How to tell if your Sumac is good? 🍋💙👇🏽💛🧿
1. Colour is burgundy or crimson, not dull brown or rusty.
2. Has a bit of moisture and is not completely dry. Good sumac clumps naturally because of how it is cured and dried.
3. Flavour is not flat sour. You should detect savoury, fruity and lemony notes.
Need inspiration? Try sumac in Lebanese hot fish and tahini sauce, OR onion parsley relish which is delicious with grilled food, OR rose harissa and sumac roast chicken.
Find these recipes and more by searching for “sumac” on our website ☝🏽and all the FREE sumac recipes will pop up for you.
Happy cooking! 🍋💙🍽️💛🧿

05/04/2026

Happy Easter weekend and Happy Spring on Salt Spring Island! 💙🌞🧿🐣
Looking for Monsoon Coast spices & teas? Find us at these delightful Island spots:
🥐 (also serving our Railway Chai)
🌼
🎁
🏖
🌺
🍋(in corner opposite of Deli)
Always fresh, truly small-batch. 💙🧿

27/03/2026

Hi 👋🏽 I am Chef Shadel. That’s a wrap for now and time for coffee! 🧿☕️💙☕️🧿
Thank you so much for following my recent posts 👈🏽 of vegan recipes inspired by my mother cuisine of the Arabic Levant. 🇯🇴🌿🇱🇧🌿🇵🇸🌿🇸🇾
To say thank you for all your support and kind comments, I’d like to offer you all a spring sale on everything in my Canadian online shop this weekend only! 🧿🇨🇦💙
15% off everything in my line of spice and tea blends, which are made 💯 by my own hands!
🙌🏽🧿🙏🏽🧿🙌🏽
Use coupon code “refresh15” on the checkout page. 🌼🧿🌼
ALSO Free shipping in Canada over $100!
Always fresh. Truely small-batch, made by yours Truely. 💙🙏🏽🧿

21/03/2026

Hi 👋🏽 I am Chef Shadel. Welcome to my kitchen! 🌿🧿
Today I will show how to use floral or fruity tea to make amazing poached pears!
🧿🍐 Jasmine Tea-Poached Pears with Ginger & Lime 🍐🧿
• 3 cups water
• 5 tsp jasmine green tea leaves
• 1 small piece of ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
• Small vanilla bean, sliced
• ¼ cup white sugar
• Juice and zest of one lime
• 2 pears (of the firm kind, like Bartlett, Anjou, or Bosc), peeled, halved, cored, and middle spine removed. Keep stem.
To Finish:
• Vanilla ice cream
• Black sesame seeds
• Lime zest
1. Bring water to a boil. Add jasmine green tea. Cover and remove from heat. Let steep 3–5 minutes.
2. Strain brewed tea into a small saucepan. Add ginger, vanilla, sugar, and lime zest (hold the juice). Stir well until sugar dissolves.
3. Cover and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for five minutes.
4. Arrange pear halves cut-side down in the syrup, all touching the bottom of the pan. Poach for 8–12 minutes, until tender but don’t overcook. Spoon frequently with poaching liquid and flip over halfway for even cooking.
5. Take the pears out carefully. Strain the liquid, return to pot, and further reduce to a thick syrup. Add lime juice and take off heat.
6. Place 1 or 2 pear halves in a bowl with a scoop of ice cream and spoon jasmine green tea syrup on top. Sprinkle with black sesame seeds and lime zest.
Enjoy! 💙💛❤️
Read our vegan recipe stories in the wonderful Folklife magazine (the Death Volume) ❤️📚
Photography by .garraway 💙📸

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