The Spice Discovery

A$7,238
of $25,000 targetyrs ago
Closed on 19th Oct 2014 at 10:00PM.
We developed the Spice Discovery to nudge you out of your comfort zone, just a little bit, and take you on a tour of the world of spice. It’s all about learning new things, and sometimes, building a deeper understanding of what’s already in your kitchen cupboards.

More than a mailbox full of spices, the Spice Discovery gives you everything you need to really master the use of each new spice you’re introduced to, with practical recipes that demonstrate the diversity of each spice.

One fragrant little packet has the power to work magic on dishes as varied as panna cotta and fish stew. Get ready to really discover new spices and their many, many flavourful talents.



We've partnered with Herbie's Spices to make sure that you get the very best spices available. Herbie's Spices have lead the spice trade in Australia for decades, and all spices in the Spice Discovery are ground and packed to order in their spicery on the NSW Central Coast.

What to expect

The Spice Discovery is a bi-monthly subscription, delivering you two captivating new spices to get to know, six times per year.

- Each spice comes with it’s own exotic story – it’s motley past, intriguing and useful facts, where you might have tasted it before, how to buy the best and what other flavours your new spice brings alive.
- You’ll also receive 3 recipes for each spice, 6 in every delivery, carefully curated to help you experiment with the many ways these versatile spices can be used.
- For every spice, there will be at least one recipe excluding each of the following: meat and seafood, gluten, egg and dairy.
- The Spice Discovery will be in your mailbox at the beginning of every second month 
-  Extra recipes for your new spices are published every week on The Taste Collective website



The recipes in the Spice Discovery assume that you have 12 basic spices in your cupboard at home - we call this the Base Kit. You'll need bay leaves, chilli powder, cinnamon quills, ground cinnamon, whole cloves, ground coriander, whole coriander seeds, ground cumin, ground ginger, sweet paprika, whole black peppercorns and turmeric. If you don't have all of these at home, pick up the few extras you need from your local spice merchant or buy the Base Kit on The Taste Collective website once this campaign is over.


Why we're here & how it works

Printing costs, purchasing minimums, and the good old economy of scale means that we need at least 250 people to sign up to The Spice Discovery before we can viably produce it. That's why we're here on Pozible. You can also read more about why we're launching on Pozible in The Taste Collective Journal.

This campaign essentially works as a pre-sale. When you back the Spice Discovery you're repaid with great rewards that in most cases are totally unique to this launch campaign, and we take an oath to provide you with increasingly cool stuff for up to a year.

But it's all or nothing. If we don't meet our minimum goal of $25k, you won't be charged for your pledge, and the Spice Discovery won't live beyond the special idea that it is.

So, every little bit counts. If you love it, pick one of the great rewards on your right, back us, then tell your friends all about it.


Christmas is coming

We think this is just about the best gift there is, so we want to make it super easy for you to make spoil your friends and family with the Spice Discovery. Whichever reward you choose, we'll be in touch after the campaign to confirm your preferred delivery address and your preferred start date for each subscription you've chosen. 

If you order multiple subscriptions you can split the delivery across different addresses, and choose either a November or a January start dates. Every subscription also receives a welcome pack, and you can choose to send the welcome pack on any date at all, give or take a little for the postie.



How The Funds Will Be Used

At our funding target of $25,000 almost all of the funds will do directly the production of your Spice Discovery, with a little left over for fees and sundries:
85% printing, materials and postage
8% fees for Pozible, PayPal and the bank
7% labour and contingency

The Challenges

The only risk for the Spice Discovery is not reaching our funding goal.

We’ve assessed all the costs involved in producing the Spice Discovery and completed an initial production run. With 250 subscribers we know that we can fulfill our commitment to our backers and begin to build the Spice Discovery beyond Pozible. This campaign is the final hurdle.


3 recipes and our thanks

- 3 recipes from the Spice Discovery catalogue of Base Kit recipes - Plus your name and link on our page thanking the Spice Discovery's supporters FREE SHIPPING worldwide.

4 chosen

Est. delivery is Nov 14

The Saffron Collection

- The one-off Saffron collection only available to Pozible backers: 3 recipes that help you explore Saffron's potential, the saffron story, and premium Kashmiri saffron to get you started* - Your name and web link on our page thanking the Spice Discovery's supporters **IMPORTANT: Backers outside Australia won't receive the saffron spice itself due to international customs restrictions, but will get FREE SHIPPING worldwide.**

7 chosen / 43 available

Est. delivery is Nov 14

Saffron & recipe bundle

The first two rewards, bundled up. - 3 recipes from the Spice Discovery catalogue of Base Kit recipes - The one-off Saffron collection only available to Pozible backers* - Your name and link on our page thanking the Spice Discovery's supporters **IMPORTANT: Backers outside Australia won't receive the saffron spice itself due to international customs restrictions, but will be entitled to FREE SHIPPING worldwide.**

8 chosen / 92 available

Est. delivery is Nov 14

6 months of Spice

- 1x 6 MONTH SPICE DISCOVERY - 1x intro kit: how to buy spices, how to store them, a recipe to get you started and a home for your Spice Discovery collection - Your name and link on our page thanking the Spice Discovery's supporters FREE SHIPPING. Ships within Australia only.

16 chosen

Est. delivery is Nov 14

The year of Spice

- 1x 12 MONTH SPICE DISCOVERY - 1x intro kit: how to buy spices, how to store them, a recipe to get you started and a home for your Spice Discovery collection - Your name and link on our page thanking the Spice Discovery's supporters FREE SHIPPING. Ships within Australia only.

10 chosen

Est. delivery is Nov 14

Lucky friend: 6 months

Save 10% and treat someone you love: - 2x THE 6 MONTH SPICE DISCOVERY - 2x the intro kit - Your name and link on our page thanking the Spice Discovery's supporters FREE SHIPPING. Ships within Australia only.

2 chosen

Est. delivery is Nov 14

Lucky friend: 12 months

Save 12% and treat someone you love: - 2x THE 12 MONTH SPICE DISCOVERY - 2x the intro kit - Your name and link on our page thanking the Spice Discovery's supporters FREE SHIPPING. Ships within Australia only.

4 chosen / 11 available

Est. delivery is Nov 14

On the Panel

Save 12%, join the Spice Discovery Panel, and bring 2 friends along on the adventure: - 3 spots on the Spice Discovery Panel. Help decide which spices come next and which recipes make it into the Spice Discovery - 3x THE 12 MONTH SPICE DISCOVERY - 3x the intro kit - Your name and link on our page thanking the Spice Discovery's supporters FREE SHIPPING. Ships within Australia only.

0 chosen / 5 available

Est. delivery is Nov 14

Christmas sorted

Save 20%, nail your Christmas shopping, and be the favourite child/sibling/friend/colleague. Go you. - 4x THE 12 MONTH SPICE DISCOVERY - the intro kit for everyone - your name and link on our page thanking the Spice Discovery's supporters. Pick delivery addresses and timings in our post campaign survey. FREE SHIPPING. Ships within Australia only.

1 chosen / 9 available

Est. delivery is Nov 14

Boss of the year

Save 26% and reward your team with a whole year of inspiration and spice. - 8x THE 12 MONTH SPICE DISCOVERY - the intro kit for everyone - your name and link on our page thanking the Spice Discovery's supporters. More in your crew? Just add an additional $125 for any extras subscriptions to make sure nobody misses out. Pick delivery addresses and timings in our post campaign survey. FREE SHIPPING. Ships within Australia only.

0 chosen / 2 available

Est. delivery is Nov 14