origin
the first shape of flavour.
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land sets the foundation.
season gives it pace.
care brings it into clarity.
most spices lose this clarity.
through long rooms of storage.
through blending.
through movements that wash away the memory of where they began.
we intervene before the forgetting starts.
direct from its place.
held as a single origin lot.
moved with restraint.
and protected from the noise of bulk trade.
considered handling keeps what the land created intact.
the oils stay sharp.
the colour stays true.
the aroma stays close to the season that shaped it.
origin is not a story.
it is a structure.
a way of preserving the first truth of flavour.
origin defines character.
purity protects it.
this is malar.