Meet the Maker
Oaktown Spice Shop
Oakland, CA
With just a one-page website and a small shop in Oakland, John Beaver and Erica Perez take spices seriously -- just on a slightly smaller scale. Which gives them more time to grind and mix their signature spices by hand every week for optimum freshness. Small-batch wins again? We think yes.
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