Welcome to the online home of Small Specialties Gourmet!

Small Specialties Gourmet was founded by a team of foodies/home cooks to provide small packages of gourmet items right-sized for the home cook/gourmet at prices that are unbeatable. To learn more about us click here. Restaurant chefs click here.

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Sick of paying huge markups when you want to buy 1 or 2 oz. of a spice or just 2 vanilla beans or a couple of oz. of black truffle salt? If so, you've DEFINITELY come to the right place so take a look around our shop!!

We at Small Specialties Gourmet are dedicated to providing the best possible pricing for the highest quality products you want in the sizes you need. The days of overpaying for quality are over! We buy in bulk from as close to the source as we can get and then sell to you at wholesale prices. Some of our products are from the same producer/source as those used by Grant Achatz of Alinea in Chicago, IL and Heston Blumenthal of The Fat Duck in Bray, England. Both of these chefs are routinely rated in the top 10 in the world. These are very good products!

We have the added goal of providing first class customer service.

Everything is packaged bulk style in resealable, ziplock style bags. Some of the larger quantities of coffee and hot chocolate use paper bags with tin tip closures, similar in style to what many coffee stores use. We do not want to have expensive packaging around our product raising the prices.

Click on one of the categories below to visit our shop and start seeing the amazing prices on very high quality items.

Gourmet Spices - Almost all of our gourmet spices come to us from a New York City based spice merchant who has been in business for 80 years. All are high quality and are turned over quickly by our supplier ensuring freshness. The others come directly from specialty importers of premium quality gourmet spices of various countries. Our magnificent Sea Salts and Whole Peppers are not listed in this section. Click on them separately to see those listings.

Imported Sea Salts - Here's an area where there has been an explosion in terms of what's available in the market. Cooking salts, finishing salts, fleur de sel, salts of different colors. We buy direct from a leading importer of the finest sea salts the world has to offer and pass along huge savings to you on some very special varieties. At our prices you can afford to try them all to see what you like best for different applications.

Indian and Asian Whole Peppers - Here we take a similar approach to what we do with our collection of sea salts with the exception that we have many importers we work with as it seems some specialize in importing just one type of peppercorn from a particular region. All of these whole peppers are outstanding quality. With our prices you can afford to order an ounce of each and hold a gourmet peppercorn tasting!

Fantastic Dried Mushrooms - From one of America's premier suppliers that has specialized in mushrooms for many years come these wonderful treats. Many come from Europe and all are Grade A in quality. Forget about those dried out packages you see in the grocery stores - this is the real deal!

Exotic Loose Leaf Teas - Sourced from an expert/specialist tea importer run by one of the most knowledgeable tea connoisseurs we've ever had the pleasure to run across, we  offer a wide selection of Chinese, Japanese, Chai, Rooibus and Herbal teas. Many are organic and all are delicious.

Specialty Grade Coffee Beans - All of our beans are Specialty Grade ( also called Grade 1 ), the highest grade in the scale set forth by the Specialty Coffee Association of America. Most coffee beans sold as gourmet quality are not Specialty Coffee Grade 1. It's a safe bet that if it doesn't say Specialty Coffee Grade 1 in the advertising or label that it is a grade ( or 2 or 3 ) down from the superb quality coffees we sell. We have discussed grade levels with some "artisan" coffee roasters that only carry fair-trade, organic beans from great areas and have had one admit they carry "Grade 4" beans. So it might say the same place of origin on the label but it is 3 grades down in quality on a 5 grade scale. To learn more about this grading system click here. We try to focus on single origin, fair-trade and organic beans where possible but also offer a few really nice blends and some decaf coffees as well. Give yourself something to look forward to for the morning!

Top Quality Single Variety Chile Powders - With our dried chilis we've established a relationship with a company based in Mexico that works directly with a set of farmers across that country to provide us with very nice chilis. Everything from mild to very hot is here to fit all of your needs. We deseed the cliles, pan roast them and then turn them into a rough cut powder giving you single variety chile powders. A perfect product to use in the ever expanding palette of new Mexican and Latin cuisine that is popping up everywhere.

Delicious Virginia Peanuts - We came across these peanuts from Surry County, VA on a trip there last year and have become addicted. Salted, but not to the point of annoyance, these are easily the best peanuts around. A call to the farmer and a deal was struck. Now you get to enjoy them as well!

Incredible Hot Chocolate - We ran across this hot chocolate from a wonderful New England Chocolatier several years ago and it has become a staple in our pantry for a treat on cold winter days. Luckily we were able to work out a deal with the Chocolatier to be able to offer this at a very fair price. Available in milk chocolate, dark chocolate or a mix of the two. Treat yourself to some decadence!

Flavored Smoker Pellets ( for all grill types ) - Our only non-edible product. We ran across these a few years ago and have used them many times ourselves. For use in gas, charcoal or electric grills, these could not be easier to use. Just put 1/3C of the pellets into foil and close it up, popping a hole or two in it. Put it on top of the flame source and get some great smoky flavor in whatever is on the grill today. Available in a variety of different wood types for different flavor profiles. Our 4oz packages offer enough to use for about 4 times on the grill.

Sorry international customers. At this time we can only ship to the USA.

Please keep checking back at our website for new product offerings as we plan to expand greatly in the months and years to come. We'll also be posting recipes along the way here. Want to be the first to know about this? Sign up for our email newsletter here.

Have a suggestion for us on a product you'd like to see us carry or a recipe for us to post that uses one or more of our ingredients or a comment about our website or products? Email us at customerservice@smallspecialtiesgourmet.com and we'll do our best to meet your needs.