Our spices come from small villages and subsistence farmers who live and farm in the small but unspoiled nature of the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar.

With Ujamaa you won’t find any large scale, orderly rows of mono-culture spice plants. Instead, you will find our spices growing between the banana and jack-fruit trees which the farmers use to feed themselves and their families.

We believe imperfect spices are better than mechanically sorted supermarket-looking ones. We feel it gives them character, and makes them even more delicious for that very reason. 

Learn about the farms and the people who have grown the spices we proudly share with you on their behalf! To see our introduction video and meet the farmers we work with, just press the play button on the video or click on the YouTube link below.