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Pantry Essentials Dish Towels

Name: Pantry Essentials Dish Towels
Brand: Diaspora Co. Spices
SKU: 2026TowelSet
Price: 38.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Bright, beautiful, and absorbent, these are not your ordinary, fading kitchen rags. Our new dish towels are vibrant, durable, and strong enough to actually handle the mess, while looking good doing it. Whether you're wiping down a spice-covered counter or drying your best pot, these colorful kitchen linens make the whole experience a little more fun.

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Product details

Materials

Made from 100% Organic Cotton

Dimensions

20" x 30" / 51cm x 76cm

Meet the maker

Our floral dish towels, which launched in 2021, have been so well-loved by our community over the years. They were created with Synergy Lifestyles, a woman-owned textile company in Mumbai. Growing up, all our family's best textiles came from Sunita Aunty, my mum's favorite client, and one of the handful of amazing women that raised me. I grew up on the construction sites of the Synergy Lifestyles office and factory, digging through fabric samples and eating too many cookies in the conference room whilst my mum's attention was elsewhere. Watching these two powerful, independent women work together has been a driving force throughout my life.
It only felt right to collaborate with Sunita Aunty and her wonderful team again when we decided to design a new set of dish towels that reflect Diaspora Spice Co. today. These new dish towels are inspired by our cookbook journey and the pantry staples South Asians know and love. We chose fresh new colours that still felt vibrant and added the most adorable embroidered motifs to them: a coconut, a plump tomato, and a sprig of fresh curry leaves! The pantry staples were first hand-illustrated in-house and then embroidered onto the towels by the Synergy team.

Shipping & Returns

Domestic US: We’ve updated our shipping model to be more accessible to folks who just want to restock a tin or two. Here's how our weight-based tiered shipping works:
$6 — under 0.5 lb aka most orders with 1-2 base tins
$7.50 — between 0.5 and 1 lb aka most orders with 3-4 base tins or 1 chef tin
$9 — everything else! Shipping is free if your cart value exceeds $75!
International: Shipping takes 8-21 days to arrive, depending on the destination.
For more information and our return policy, click here!

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What's in the Tools & Swag collection?

Everything you didn't know you needed for your kitchen and beyond. We're talking the Tadka Spoon (pre-seasoned and ready to bloom spices like a pro), the Roshni Mortar and Pestle cast in pure bronze, a chai strainer, a hand-painted ceramic spice pinch pot, upcycled stainless steel spice spoons, and our beautiful dish towels. Plus, our cookbook, a drinks zine, and some apparel for when you want to wear your spice obsession on your sleeve. Literally.

Are these tools actually useful, or just nice to look at?

Both, and we refuse to compromise on either. Every tool we carry is something we use ourselves and genuinely believe makes cooking better. The Tadka Spoon is built for blooming spices in hot oil, which is one of the most foundational moves in South Asian cooking. The mortar and pestle is made from pure bronze and built to last. The chai strainer is perfectly sized for your daily cup. These aren't decorative objects that live in a drawer. They're the kind of things you reach for every single day.

Do these make good gifts?

Honestly, some of the best gifts we've ever seen leave our warehouse. A mortar and pestle, a beautifully illustrated dish towel set, a signed copy of our cookbook, a full chai essentials kit — these are the kinds of things people don't always buy for themselves but absolutely light up when they receive. If you're shopping for someone who loves cooking, loves South Asian food, or just appreciates beautiful, functional objects, you're in the right place.

What is the Tadka Spoon and why do I need one?

Tadka is the technique of blooming whole spices in hot oil or ghee to release their full aroma before adding them to a dish, and it is genuinely one of the most transformative things you can learn to do in the kitchen. Our Tadka Spoon is cast iron, pre-seasoned, and designed specifically for this technique, though it also happens to be perfect for frying eggs, sauteing garlic, and a dozen other things. Once you use it, your regular spoon will feel like a downgrade.

Is the cookbook worth it if I already cook with your spices?

Especially if you already cook with our spices. The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook has 85+ recipes developed directly from our farm partners across India and Sri Lanka, and it goes deep on how to actually use spices with confidence, not just follow a recipe. It's part cookbook, part field guide, part love letter to South Asian food and the farmers behind it. Whether you're an experienced home cook or someone still figuring things out, it will genuinely change how you think about flavor.