Kitazawa is an Oakland-based Asian specialty seed company founded in 1917. We stock a rotating selection of our favorite culinary seeds that make for great pickles, ferments, and seasonings! Gochujang King is a hybrid Korean pepper that has a hot pungancy. This spicy gochugaru (ground spice) makes an excellent gochujang and kimchi paste. Ishikura Long Bunching Onions: is a great bunching onion with long white stalks and long green leaves, great for Kimchi making! Green Korean Perilla: a unique flavor that tastes somewhere between mint and basil used as a wrap for sushi and cooked food. Excellent as a microgreen too! Red Aka Shiso is a traditional Japanese herb (also known as perilla in Korea) with refreshing aromatic leaves. Notably used in making Umeboshi! Garland Round Leaf Chrysanthemum Greens have milder flavor than the serrated-leaf varieties. Edible Chrysanthemum greens can be great in containers and are used for a plethora of culinary and medicinal uses.
