Spices beginning with T
15 spices under T.
🇲🇽 MexicoTabasco pepper
A hot chili cultivar from Mexico, prized for its bright red fruit and role in famous sauces.Chilli · Hot and fiery
🇹🇳 TunisiaTabilتابل
A Tunisian blend of coriander, caraway, garlic, and chili used to season stews.Sharp and pungent · Warm and sweet-spiced
🇸🇩 Sudan and 5 moreTamarind
The sweet and sour pulp of a tropical tree pod used in sauces and drinks.Fruit · Sweet and mellow · Sour and tart
🇮🇳 IndiaTandoori masala
A spice blend for clay-oven cooking in the Indian subcontinentBlend · Hot and fiery
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreTarragon
A slender perennial herb with anise-scented leaves, prized in French and Middle Eastern cooking.Leaf · Anise and liquorice · Sweet and mellow
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreTemulawak
The rhizome of a Javanese ginger relative, used for its earthy flavour and traditional wellness drinks.Root · Earthy and deep · Bitter
🇹🇭 Thailand and 3 moreThai basilโหระพา
A Southeast Asian herb with purple stems and anise notes, used in curries and soups.Leaf · Anise and liquorice · Hot and fiery
🇱🇰 Sri LankaThuna pahaතුන පහ
A Sri Lankan unroasted curry powder made from cumin, fennel, and coriander seeds.Warm and sweet-spiced · Sharp and pungent
🇬🇷 Greece and 4 moreThyme
The dried leaves of a Mediterranean mint-family herb, used to perfume stews and baths alike.Leaf · Earthy and deep · Warm and sweet-spiced
🇳🇵 Nepal and 5 moreTimurटिमुर
The dried fruit of a Himalayan shrub, prized for its citrus aroma and numbing tingle.Citrus and bright · Numbing and tingling
🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreTolu balsam
A South American tree resin prized for its warm scent and historical medicinal role.Resin · Warm and sweet-spiced
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreTorch gingerkecombrang
The edible pink flower bud of a rhizomatous plant, used for sourness in Southeast Asian cooking.Flower · Sour and tart · Sharp and pungent
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago and 2 moreTrinidad Moruga Scorpion
A superhot Capsicum chinense cultivar from Trinidad known for its intense, lingering heat and sweet fruit notes.Chilli · Hot and fiery · Sweet and mellow
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreTrinidad Scorpion Butch T
A hybrid Capsicum chinense pepper that held the Guinness World Record for heat in 2011.Chilli · Hot and fiery
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreTurmericहल्दी
The dried rhizome of a tropical ginger relative, prized for its golden color and earthy bite.Root · Warm and sweet-spiced · Bitter
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tolu balsam: Maša Sinreih in Valentina Vivod, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tamarind: B.navez, CC BY 2.5, source
- Tandoori masala: Kamava1971, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Turmeric: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, source
- Torch ginger: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tabasco pepper: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Tarragon: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Timur: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thai basil: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thyme: Evan-Amos, CC0, source
- Trinidad Scorpion Butch T: Kouya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Trinidad Moruga Scorpion: Hankwang, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Temulawak: Ariyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source