When I was a kid, my Mom bought her seasonings just like everyone else did: in small paper bags at our local grocery store's bulk bins. It was just how it was done.

Years later, I was hired to help a man run his spice business. It was called "SPICE KING". He had invented the concept of putting spices into small jars and selling them through grocery stores.

One day I asked him how long spices would store (after noticing his storeroom was full of thousands of dusty barrels and boxes). He told me that most spices, if kept from humidity and oxygen, would store hundreds of years!

I have been searching for long term storage spices for decades. All I can find are the standard packaged spices in plastic bottles, plastic bags or in bulk. Plastic will not keep air out for long. Plastic packaging is only good for a few years, so I decided to do it myself!