Anyone purchase spice bottles online?

[Smoking Duck]

Has anyone ever purchased spice bottles (plastic) online and if so, any decent places to purchase?  I've found some via google, but most charge an inordinate amount for shipping or some will add a $15 small order surcharge.  Was hoping someone might have a place that I might have missed.


Thanks!

SD

[Caneyscud]

Check with San Francisco Herb, I noticed they had the 8 oz and 16 oz. the other day browsing their catalogue.  Their shipping is usually ok, but we haven't ordered in a year or two and it is usually 50 lbs or more. 

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[sodak]

I'd like that information too, SD.  I think I saw it some months ago in here but can't remember where.

[HCT]

SD, sodak, try  atlanticspice.com, penzey's and spice barn will be high, or that spice supplier on ebay.
HTH
:)

[Smokin Soon]

I really like these, very cheap and come with sprinkle top and cap.
http://www.soapies-supplies.com/shop/Powder-Shaker-16-oz-Natural-pr-449.html

[sodak]

That's the photo I remember Smokin' Soon!  Thanks for the information!

[Smoking Duck]

Thanks, SS!  Those seem to be a very decent price.  They also had some other good items (I got some wine bottles to use for barbecue sauce) very inexpensively as well.

I must say that I am impressed with their customer service as well, SS.  I placed a small order as I'm going to try and put together a rub for sale locally and I also ordered a couple of bigger jars to put bulk spices in.  When I placed the order, the shipping came to $11 and some change.  They were kind enough to call me and let me know because of the bulk of the items, the shipping was going to be about $10 more.  Instead of losing me as a customer, because at that price, I could have gotten locally, she knowcked $5 off of the shipping to keep my business.  Very pleasant to deal with.

SD

[Smokin Soon]

Duck, they are really good people there and have good customer service. Allthough their products are geared towards soap and perfume products, you cannot beat the prices. I bought a couple of 24 count cases
of those bottles to give friends my ground rub blends and some of my BBQ sauce blends.

[Caribou]

Hi SD,
It's funny because I was watching Good Eats this evening on the Food network and they were recommending small tins for storing spices.  And that they said were available at most craft stores.
Also, I've seen them at Penzeys.   www.penzeys.com
Carolyn

[Smoking Duck]

Hi Carolyn,

I did find what I was looking for.  Did they recommend tins for a specific reason?  I should have the spice jars arriving today.

Marc

[HCT]

SD, I read somewhere one of the reasons for using tins is to block out light. Don't know how true this is, I'm just sayin'.....

[Smoking Duck]

Well, that's what I was thinking.  However, I would think one could get a better seal with the plastic versus the tin?  Maybe it's a trade off?

[Caribou]

SD, I don't know why they recommended them. ???  I was cooking dinner for the family at the time and probably missed it.
I agree with you about the sealing of plastic as opposed to a metal.  I'll go the show's web site and see what I can find.
But they did look pretty neat!  The whole show was about buying spices and grinding them, etc.  You probably would have enjoyed it, too.
One thing I did catch was to store whole spices up to 2 years and ground spiced no more than 6 months.  I use spices in some cases pretty quickly but I do not think I could afford to purge and replace my spices every 6 mos.
Carolyn

[pensrock]

Here is another place to pick up spice containers etc. I have not purchased from them but was told by a friend that he buys from them.
http://www.sks-bottle.com/

[Caribou]

SD, I couldn't find any info about why metal would be better.  The episode of Good Eats was called Spice Capades, that's all I was able to find out from the show's website ::)
Carolyn