The Ledger
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Every ingredient we keep on the counter, entered by hand — where it comes from, when it runs, and what it ends up in. Nothing is on the menu that isn't in here first.
30 records in the archive
The Standing Entry
Dune Saffron
- Origin
- Pampore, Kashmir
- Season
- October — November
- Category
- Spices
Every autumn the fields at Pampore open for roughly two weeks, and the whole harvest happens by hand before mid-morning — heat costs the thread its perfume. It takes something close to a hundred and fifty flowers to fill a single gram, which is why the pour-over that carries it is capped at a handful of servings a day. We buy the season whole and let it decide how long the menu runs.
- Honeyed
- Hay
- Leather
- Bitter Finish
The Full Archive
29 entries
CoffeeChai Coffee
Baba Budangiri, Karnataka
CoffeeMonsoon Malabar
Malabar Coast, Kerala
No. 03ChocolateKava Cocoa
Idukki, Kerala
Whole pods, split at the counter, fermented seven days in banana leaf.
- Red Fruit
- Bitter
- Earth
- Long Finish
No. 04ChocolateFoundré Couverture
Blended and tempered in-house
Seventy-two per cent, stamped with the mark, tempered the morning it is sent.
- Dark
- Clean Snap
- Roasted Nut
- Faint Salt
SpicesCinnamon Vanilla
Sirsi, Karnataka
SpicesCeylon Cinnamon
Galle, Sri Lanka
SpicesAmber Cardamom
Idukki, Kerala
SpicesMalabar Pepper
Wayanad, Kerala
No. 09SpicesKutch Sea Salt
Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
Raked from evaporation pans by hand, in flakes rather than grains.
- Clean
- Mineral
- Brine
- Crisp
No. 10SpicesSeasonalMakhir Ginger
Ri-Bhoi, Meghalaya
A low-fibre hill rhizome, infused three days before it reaches a cup.
- Hot
- Lemon
- Woody
- Clean Burn
TeaChai Rose
Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh
TeaAmber Chai
Jorhat, Assam
TeaUji Matcha
Uji, Kyoto
NutsZeenat Pistachio
Kerman, Iran
No. 15NutsGolden Almond
Kashmir Valley
Thin-shelled mamra, pressed for oil or left whole for the boxes.
- Marzipan
- Oily
- Mild
- Sweet Skin
No. 16NutsSeasonalCocoa Hazelnut
Giresun, Türkiye
Roasted dark, rubbed of its skin, folded straight into the couverture.
- Toasted
- Praline
- Brown Butter
- Dense
NutsKaju Cashew
Goa, Konkan Coast
NutsRina Walnut
Anantnag, Kashmir
FruitsSatgudi Orange
Nagpur, Vidarbha
FruitsNimbu Lemon
Vijayapura, Karnataka
No. 21FruitsSeasonalRuby Strawberry
Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra
Picked at full colour, on the counter within a day of leaving the hill.
- Jam
- Bright Acid
- Floral
- Ripe
No. 22FruitsSeasonalTara Mango
Ratnagiri, Konkan
Ripened in hay, never gassed — the box arrives closed and stays closed.
- Saffron
- Honey
- Turpentine
- Dense
FruitsMeera Cherry
Shopian, Kashmir
FruitsBlue Ridge Berry
Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu
FruitsRuhi Date
Al-Madinah, Hejaz
FruitsMalai Coconut
Alappuzha, Kerala
No. 27SweetenersSeasonalMaya Honey
Sundarbans, West Bengal
Wild-collected from mangrove combs, unfiltered and never heated.
- Saline
- Floral
- Raw
- Thick
No. 28SweetenersCaramel Brown Sugar
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Boiled down in open pans until it sets in blocks, not crystals.
- Molasses
- Burnt Sugar
- Smoke
- Mineral
SweetenersSweet Jalebi Jaggery
Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
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