Hand harvested in Maras, in the Sacred Valley of Cusco, Peru

Hundreds of white salt pools stepping down a mountainside in Maras, Peru

Pure salt. Ancient terraces.

Hand harvested in Maras, in the Sacred Valley of Cusco, Peru, more than 10,000 feet above the sea.

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A pink cloth bag of Salt of the Incas pink Peruvian gourmet salt

Pink Peruvian Gourmet Salt

One pound of hand-harvested salt in a drawstring cloth bag.

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Salt of the Incas pink Peruvian gourmet salt, 1 lb bag

Every crystal starts in a spring-fed pool in Maras and is dried by the Andean sun.

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Bring the Andes to your table

Delicate pink crystals with a subtle flavor, for everyday meals and special ones.

Pink Peruvian Gourmet Salt in its cloth bag

Pink Peruvian Gourmet Salt

1 lb (16 oz), 454 g

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Hand harvested in the Sacred Valley of Cusco, Peru.

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Spring-fed

Salt water from a mountain spring fills each pool.

Sun-dried

The Andean sun dries the water away, pool by pool.

Harvested by hand

Gathered by local families, the way it has been done for generations.

Unrefined

Minimally processed, so it keeps its natural pink color.

A French court painting of Marie Antoinette sprinkling pink salt over a roast bird, beside a bag of Salt of the Incas, under a ribbon that reads “Let them eat salt!”

Fit for a queen

Marie Antoinette never got to taste the pink salt of Maras. We like to think she would have shared it.

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From spring to salt

How the salt of Maras is made, the same way it was hundreds of years ago.

  1. Salt water running along a narrow channel between the pools

    The spring

    Salt water rises from a spring in the mountain and runs down narrow channels into thousands of pools.

  2. A shallow pool with a crust of salt forming at its edges

    The sun

    The water rests in shallow pools until the sun dries it to a crust of pink and white salt.

  3. A woman in a salt pool gathering salt by hand

    The harvest

    Families gather the salt by hand, just as their ancestors did.

  4. The finished salt in its pink cloth bag

    The bag

    Then it is bagged and on its way to your kitchen.

“We do not make the salt. The mountain gives it to us, the sun reveals it, and we simply gather it.”

Justo Suarez
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