One through nine

Four salts,
separated by fire.

The number on the jar is the number of times the salt went back into the kiln. Each pass costs a fresh bamboo culm and fourteen hours, and each pass changes the colour, the alkalinity, the mineral load and the purpose.

Choosing

Which one is yours?

Most people should not start at nine. Here is the honest guide, including the case for spending less with us.

You cook every day

Prathama replaces your table and cooking salt one-for-one. Cleaner than refined salt, no anti-caking agents, and cheap enough to use without thinking. Start here if you just want better salt.

From ₹949 · 250 g

You want the character

Tritiya is where the mineral note arrives without the sulphur becoming assertive. This is the roast we think most Indian kitchens should actually live on.

From ₹1,899 · 250 g

You have a practice

Shashtha is the working grade of the herbal tradition — gargles, sole water, Ayurvedic and Unani preparation. Assertive and sulphurous. Use it with intent, not by habit.

From ₹3,799 · 250 g

You want the thing itself

Navama is a finishing salt and a ritual, not a cooking salt. A few crystals under the tongue, or three grains on something already perfect. Buy the 10 g first.

From ₹390 · 10 g trial
Against the field

How it measures up.

Our own two extremes against the three salts most likely to be in your kitchen already. Figures for other salts are typical published ranges, not our measurements.

Mineral index is a relative measure, 1× Bambovia = 100.

Undecided

Start at ten grams.

Every roast is offered as a ₹390 trial sachet, and the amount comes back to you as credit on your first 100 g order. Cheaper than guessing wrong once.