Test Kitchen: Our cozy cooking community

This summer is going to be a ton of fun. We're firing up several new concepts in our proverbial test kitchen, and can't wait to start sharing them with you (don't forget — if you're in the Seattle area, our new tea counter can set you up with a sparkly tea experience!).

Our next new dish? We're alllmost ready to share it: an online community space, a free & cozy digital club for all of us to share tips, ask questions, find inspiration, and learn from each other as well as culinary experts we'll invite in. And we'd love your help testing it.

It's a space meant for sharing, not doomscrolling past recipes we'll never get to, and to empower you to make your kitchen an even more flavorful & confident place.

Our recipes will be there. Spice & tea tips from us & from you will be there. Opportunities to show & tell your latest culinary experiment will be there. A digital version of our old Cookbook Club will be there. Our staff will be there, listening & answering questions & sharing their recommendations. Fun little challenges and opportunities to win spices, merch, or gift cards will be there, too. Plus, the ability to curate lists of your favorite tips & techniques will be there.

Hopefully, you will be there. ❤️

Actually, and you may not realize this, but you already help build this community. A lot of people read our newsletter, which means culinary experts with a unique story or technique to tell know that if they share with us, they will be heard. They’re not just casting messages off into the sea of Instagram and Facebook, hoping they go ashore.

Knowing you will be heard: that's powerful. That's our goal.

So! When can we share this community space? We're almost ready to beta test it, and before we announce it to everyone, we want to share it with those willing to taste a new dish before it's menu-ready. 

It should be just a few more weeks before we're ready to invite you in!