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Bay Leaf
Laurus nobilis
A glossy laurel leaf with a quiet menthol-eucalyptus depth — slipped into stews, sauces, and braises across nearly every Western cuisine.
If you've been searching for spices that start with B, you'll find 4 detailed spices below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
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Table of contents
| Bay Leaf | Black Cardamom | Black Pepper | Brown Mustard Seed |
List of Spices That Start With B
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Black Cardamom
Amomum subulatum
A large, wrinkled, smoke-dried pod with a campfire intensity that lifts long-cooked meats and dals far from its delicate green cousin.
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Black Pepper
Piper nigrum
The dried unripe fruit of Piper nigrum — the "king of spices" whose pungent heat shaped global trade routes and now sits on nearly every dinner table.
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Brown Mustard Seed
Brassica juncea
Smaller, darker, and far hotter than yellow seed — the workhorse of Indian tempering and the spice that gives Dijon its bite.
About spices starting with B
That's our current list of spices starting with the letter B. We add new entries every week — if you have a favorite spice starting with B that isn't on this page, let us know and we'll write it up.
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