The Spice Discovery Advent Calendar

Sold out for 2023! After huge demand, we've sold every last Spice Calendar already this year. But find something just as exciting to count down to Christmas in our Advent category below.

Best Advent Calendars for Food-Lovers

Featuring a brand new design for 2023! Behind every door you will find a different spice sachet, alongside recipe ideas and tasting notes. It's the perfect calendar for those who love to try new flavours.

⭐ Loved by all who try it

• "For someone who likes trying out new recipes, this is a brilliant way to countdown to Christmas." - The Sun
• "This calendar from Terre Exotique, a spice company who work directly with specialist producers around the world, is a treat!" - Delicious Magazine's Best Food & Drink Advent Calendars for 2022
• "Ideal for foodies" - Mirror

⭐ 24 incredible spices

Open a door each day of December for a new individual sachet of sweet and savoury spices.

Each one comes complete with tasting notes and recipe ideas. Experiment with new flavours in your cooking each day, or spice up your dishes well into 2023. 

⭐ A daily recipe

You'll try a new recipe every day. Just scan the QR codes on the inside of each window to find the recipe on the Terre Exotique website (just pick "English" language in the menu dropdown).

French classics are taken to a new level, as well as twists on global recipes.

• Pair ‘Cheese maker’s pepper’ with baked brie – a unique blend created just to eat with melted cheese! You’ll taste the heady notes of warming long pepper and tingling Szechuan berry, together with eight other spices.
• ‘Japanese Gomasio’ combines white, black and ‘ume’ plum-flavoured sesame seeds – for a quick upgrade to seared salmon.
  
• Nepalese ‘timur berry’ brings extraordinary grapefruit notes to a mini tartelletes au citron.
• Try speculoos spice blend for festive biscuits,
• A ma keen marinade or oyster pepper for much more than just oysters!

This is a flavour packed way to countdown to Christmas from the finest spice merchants in the world.

P.S. You can also find a handful of last year's 2022 calendars, using the drop-down menu at the top of this page.

⭐ About Terre Exotique - an extraordinary spice merchant

Terre Exotique works directly with specialist farmers and producers around the world – to find the very best peppers, spices and salts on the planet.

The company was founded by Erwann de Kerros, a Breton and seasoned traveller. After time spent managing the Penja pepper plantation in Cameroon, Kerros started hunting down other specialist peppers and spices – and Terre Exotique was born.

The company works closely with farmers to preserve natural habitats, and to ensure a sustainable income for local communities. Discover hundreds of flavours from around the world, with the unrivalled Terre Exotique selection.

⭐ Calendar ingredients 

2023 edition:

Ingredients: 1. Gravlax spice blend: salt, sugar, dill, black pepper, timur berry(2.5%), pink berry. 2. Verbena berry: verbena berry (Vietnam). 3. Crushed smoked black pepper: crushed smoked black pepper (Non EU). 4. Fleur del sel with roasted spices: fleur de sel, roasted spices 6.2% (sesame, coriander, garlic, cumin, fenugreek). (Madagascar). 5. Baker spice blend: spice blend: nigella, turmeric, black pepper, garlic. 6. Speculoos spice blend: spice blend: cinnamon, grenn anise, fennel, coriander, ginger, clove, green cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper. 7. Fleur de sel with holiday spices: fleur de sel (94%), spices (Cinnamon, green anis, fennel, coriander, ginger, colve, green cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper). (Madagascar). 8. Crushed white Penja pepper PJI: white Penja pepper PGI(100%). (Cameroon). 9. Zathar seasoning blend: suman, white sesame, gold sesame, thume, salt(14%). Possible traces of gluten (non EU). 10. Classical chai: cinnamon, ginger, green cardamom, long pepper, clove. 11. Madras curry: turmeric, coriander, cumin, black pepper, fennel, mustard, fenugreek, ginger, cinnamon, clove, green cardamom. 12. Breizh curry: turmeric (India), coriander, dulse (France), wakame, sea lettuce, nori, cumin, black pepper, fennel, mustard, fenugreek, ginger, spice (cinnamom, clove, cadamom). 13. Trappeur blend: spice blend: sugar, black pepper, coriander, dehydrated vegetables (garlic, onion, red bell pepper), sea salt, maple sugar, natural maple aroma, vegetable oil (colza). Possible traces of: milk, egg, fish, shellfish, gluten. (Canada). 14: Sesame seed with soy: roased sesame, soy sauce 8.14% (soy, salt, koji, alcohol), sugar, flavour enhancers (e621, E627, E631), salt, water, coloring (E150a caramel). Possible traces of: peanut, gluten (Japan). 15. Timur berry: timur berry (Nepal). 16. Likouala pepper: likouala pepper (Congo). 17. Persillade blend with bear's garlic: parsley, shallot, garlic (sulphites), bear's garlic (7.5%). 18. Viking salt: salt, black pepper, onion, smoke flavor, dextrose, turmeric, flavor (Germany). 19. Cheeselover's pepper: long pepper, kororima, red Szechuan berry, white Penja pepper PGI, cinnamon berry, golden sesame, coriander, garlic (sulphites), cumin, fenugreek (Non EU). 20. Brown sugar with holiday spices: brown sugar, spices 4.8% (cinnamon, anise, ginger, cardamom, star anise, black pepper, nutmeg, paprika, clove, coriander). 21. Diamon salt with summer truffle, flavoured: salt, summer dried truffle (Tuber Aestivum) 1.2%, truffle aroma (Pakistan). 22. Gingerbread spice blend: spice blend: cinnamon, green anise, fennel, coriander, ginger, clove, green cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper. 23. Foie gras spice blen: spice blend: fluer de sel, brown sugar, black pepper, allspince, pink peppercorn. 24. Oyster Pepper: voatsiperifery pepper, black pepper, cubebe pepper, white pepper, timur berry, allspice (Non EU). Best Before Date: 14/02/2025

2022 edition:

Ingredients: 1. Roast chicken spice blend: paprika, garlic (sulphites), salt, thyme, rosemary, cayenne chili pepper. 2. Voatsiperifery pepper. 3. Crazy salt: salt from Ile de Re, paprika, rosemary, pink peppercorns, cayenne chilli pepper. 4. Fleur de sel with roasted spices: fleur de sel, roasted spices 6,2% (sesame, coriander, garlic, cumin, fenugreek). 5. Kari-Brest: paprika, chilli, cinnamon, turmeric, cloves, ginger, black pepper. 6. Speculoos spice blend: cinnamon, green anise, fennel, coriander, ginger, cloves, green cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper. 7. Red curry: paprika, turmeric, coriander, cumin, black pepper, fennel, mustard, fenugreek, cayenne, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom. 8. White Penja pepper (100%) 9. Cajun spice blend: paprika, coriander, mustard, turmeric, fennel, black pepper, cumin, garlic, cayenne pepper. 10. Classical chai: cinnamon, ginger, green cardamom, long pepper, cloves. 11. Madras curry: turmeric, coriander, cumin, black pepper, fennel, mustard, fenugreek, ginger, cinnamon, clove, green cardamom. 12. Zathar spice blend: sumac, white sesame, golden sesame, thyme, salt (14%). Possible traces of: mustard, celery, gluten. 13. Trappeur spice blend: sugar, black pepper, coriander, dehydrated vegetables (garlic, onion, red pepper), sea salt, maple sugar, natural maple flavoring, vegetable oil (rapeseed). 14. Gomasio: golden sesame, fleur de sel, black sesame, ume sesame (sesame, salt, sugar, bonito extract, fermented spice, ume, flavour enhancer (amino acids), acidifier, coloring, shiso flavor). 15. Timur berries. 16. Likouala pepper. 17. Mexican spice rub: paprika, lime, salt, cayenne chili pepper. 18. Viking salt: salt, black pepper, onion, smoked flavor, dextrose, turmeric, flavor. 19. Cheeselover's pepper: long pepper, kororima, red szechuan berry, cinnamon berry, white Penja pepper, golden sesame, coriander, garlic (sulphites), cumin, fenugreek. 20. Cane sugar with Christmas spices: brown sugar, spices 4,8% (cinnamon, anise, ginger, cardamom, star anise, black pepper, nutmeg, paprika, cloves, coriander.) 21. Diamond salt with summer truffle, flavour: salt, dried summer truffle (Tuber Aestivum) 1,2%, natural if truffle flavour. 22. Gingerbread spice mix: cinnamon, green anise, fennel, coriander, ginger, clove, green cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper. 23. Foie Gras spice mix: fleur de sel, brown sugar, black pepper, allspice, pink peppercorns. 24: Oyster pepper: voatsiperifery pepper, black pepper, cubeb pepper, white pepper, thyme berry, allspice. Best Before Date: 28/02/2024

Allergy advice: For allergens see ingredients listed in bold. Possible traces of: celery, sesame, mustard, nuts.

Storage: Keep in a dry place.

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