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A glance at your spice cabinet or spice drawer will reveal whether you're more of an organiser or a creative-chaotic type. Today we'll show you how to keep an overview of jars and spice boxes.
Anyone who loves cooking will be familiar with this situation: All the ingredients are prepared à la minute, but when a special spice is needed, the big search begins. The bags (which we call “pouches”) are piled up in the spice box, while the jars of spices play dominoes in the drawer. But it could be so much easier – and you don’t need any basic accounting knowledge to do it.
The type of sorting
There is one thing that only you can decide what makes the most sense for you. It is the first step towards organisation. Decide how you want to organise your spices. Some people decide on an alphabetical order, others organise by taste, others by country cuisine. Once you know the best way to organise your spices, read on and find out what organisation options are available.
Basic information on pouch packaging
At Kotányi, we have decided to offer our spices in pouch packaging, among others – this is how you usually get them in the supermarket. The pouch packaging is the ideal combination of product safety and recyclability. Even if you have opened the pack and folded it neatly on the open side, the flavour, aroma, and appearance remain intact for a long time, as air and light stay outside. The coated pack provides the best conditions for the spice, so to speak. This means that there’s no reason why the spices should not remain in the pouch packaging until they are used up.
Method 1: The well-organised DIY spice box
It makes a lot of sense to line up the spice pouches in an upright position – so that you can quickly find the right variety, just like on the shelves of a record shop. With a bit of consistency, you can also do this in a box of a suitable size (if you want to be really precise, you can also use index cards) – however, there should always be the right number of spice pouches in the box so that the pouches support and stabilise each other.
We have come up with a more sophisticated version using an empty tissue box. In addition to the tissue box, all you need is a pair of scissors, some tape and a little patience. But the result is worth it, as we show you here in the video:
Method 2: The CD folder
We all know by now that the age of CDs is over. However, many of us still have CD folders at home in which we used to store CDs (some of which we burned ourselves). We want to repurpose the CD folder and label the compartments with spice pouches. This will not only keep your spices in order, but also give you an aromatic “catalogue” to browse through. A really innovative upcycling method!
Method 3: Decanting and labelling
As we have already mentioned, the spices are best kept in our pouches. However, for organisational or visual reasons, you can of course also transfer the spices into small jars or other (ideally lightproof) containers. You can then fill them from the side or the top, depending on where they are stored (cupboard or drawer). But be careful: don’t forget to write the best-before date on the label as well as the variety so that you don’t lose track. (At this point, we would like to refer you to our blog article on the topic of “Too good to go”: The best-before date only provides guidance, you can usually use the spices for much longer).
We hope you enjoy organising! Send us a photo of your new spice organiser, we look forward to seeing it!
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