Diaspora Co. reviews and discussion

I love the tins and glass jar packaging. The spice blends are phenomenal. The Tandoori Masala is great on roasted cauliflower and I used the Haldi Doodh Masala in pumpkin bread this winter and it was awesome. I'm really excited about what I've received from them. I will definitely purchase from this company again.

Absolutely obsessed. Their turmeric and masala blends blew every grocery store spice out of the water. You can smell and taste the freshness immediately. Their commitment to farmers and ethical sourcing is truly inspiring — they’re changing the spice game. I love their sets and cookie tin!

Incredible spices and variety and even more incredible mission and packaging. Absolutely adore this brand.

I am obsessed with this brand. Their spices taste so good. The quality is immediately apparent from the color, scent and taste. The spices are so much more vibrant than typical grocery store spices. Appreciate their pretty packaging too.

Diaspora makes excellent, super quality spices, but their approach to brand, transparency, and the way they communicate with their customers is what I think people are really buying into when they make a purchase. I feel like Diaspora actually deserves the credit for shifting a lot of people's perspective on spices altogether-- I find myself eschewing grocery store spices that look like they've been gathering dust for a decade because... they probably have. The freshness makes a difference, and the supply chain makes a difference. I'm really glad they've expanded their assortment so much the last few years, and I'm particularly a fan of the Aranya pepper and the Pink Pahadi garlic.

Highly recommend - go to their website now!! I love the entire mission of Diaspora Co.! I recently tried the Chota Tingrai Black Tea and used it to make chai. Some of the best chai I've ever had. It's wonderful and it's great to know where it's sourced. It's slightly pricey for the amount you get, so this is will be a special occasion purchase of mine.

I haven’t tried all of Diaspora’s offerings, but the spices I have tried (turmeric, cumin, chai masala) are really incredible. Full-bodied and truly on another level compared to your typical grocery store spices. Where Diaspora really shines for me is its Aranya Pepper. Any other black pepper is ruined for me now! Fortunately, they offer a subscription so I can make sure I always have it in my pepper mill. Also, don’t sleep on their tote bag. It’s really fabulous.

So happy to see brands like this emerging. Raising awareness about the spice trade, fair pay, quality, etc, Diaspora has done so much more than offering amazing spices. I've tried the Cardamom pods and turmeric, and I have to say, you can taste the difference in quality! I love that Diaspora educates and does storytelling so well. They also come up with new/different products quite often, so keep your eyes peeled!

I love the mission of the company and their high quality spices at good price points. I use their pragati turmeric in roasts, rice dishes, tea, etc.

Amazingly fresh spices. I love that they have a recipe developer in-house who is always sharing delicious recipes. On a 35,000 ft level, I also love that they have thought about every aspect - 1. fair trade (paying farmers and their employees really well) 2. only working with farmers that have regenerative practices (no chemicals, replenishing soil, etc) 3. recyclable packaging 4. treating their team and their customers well 5. and, of course, product!

I love Diaspora! I've been a pretty regular customer for a couple of years and love making a spice order when my levels are running low. Spices we've reordered many times are the Turmeric, Guntur Sanaam Chilli Powder, the Aranya Black Pepper, but honestly I've been in love with literally everything I've ever ordered from Diaspora. Incredible flavours, fresh spices, and a great company to follow along with. They're incredibly transparent about their production and where the individual spices are coming from, their packaging, etc. Their site also has a lot of great recipes, a nice resource to turn to for inspiration if you need something new to cook! It can be fun to order spices you haven't experienced cooking with and try new things. Also makes great gifts for anyone in your life who likes to cook.

They really are high quality spices, and I love supporting farmers and avoiding the notoriously exploitative spice trade. That said, I wish they had more 'basic' spices and offered more options to someone who isn't cooking Indian food every day. That and smaller sizes would be nice, because it's hard to go through that much of any one thing!

We have more than 3/4 of their spices sold and are a huge fan of their mission of paying living wages to farmers and sourcing only the highest quality single origin spices from various regions around India and Sri Lanka. We especially love their turmerics, their various chili powders, their black pepper, their cumin, and their baking spices, but most of their other spices have a place in our spice rack as well. Their Chai Masala, Garam Masala, and Haldi Doodh are awesome as well! The freshness and quality of flavor of their spices are second to none. I can't recommend them more highly!

Great spices, though pricy. Frustrating that stock is eternally low meaning more orders/shipping charges.

High quality spices with a great commitment to supporting their suppliers. Love their turmeric!

The spices that I have gotten from them have been very high quality, and I especially like some of the chilis that they offer! I also really like the brands mission and the branding. I do wish that the tins for the spices were a bit bigger and easier to dispense the spices from.

I love the spices. I love the packaging. I love the team behind it! Diaspora makes my life better and makes the lives of the farmers they work with better. It's a win win. I have willingly spent $100s in the past 2 years on these spices. SO SO GOOD. So good.

I regularly use their turmeric for cooking, and it really blooms well with black pepper. I cook a lot of Indian food, and it truly is worth the price. I would love to try the other spices, but the steep price point is limiting.

Highly recommend! The Sanaam chili is soooo good, more of a mild and sweet kind of heat. Their turmeric will ruin all other turmerics for you, it's that good. I've tried a number of Diaspora spices and have also given them as gifts. Everything lasts a long time too!

Haven't met a spice from them that I don't like. I wanted to stop buying supermarket spices, so I have tried a few from Diaspora Co. Honestly my jaw was on the floor when I first tasted their spices. I loved the brand's mission + transparency + that it's queer WOC owned.