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Take one step inside and El Granero will become your go-to place for purchasing herbs, spices and other cooking ingredients in Ajijic.
Baskets of chiles and burlap sacks of beans are in the middle of the store and the walls are filled with jarred dried herbs, spices, and other products. You’ll find quite a lot, from oregano and basil to saffron and epazote. Also to be had is quality chocolate for baking or eating, as well as dried fruit, nuts, healthful snacks, protein powders.
Flours, semolina, honey, vanilla, fleur de sel and a variety of other baking and cooking goods are also sold here.
Last updated December 8, 2020
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Carretera Oriente #36-A
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Dried fennel, paprika, turmeric, curry powder, parsley, citric acid, cayenne, and "Tajin"(a chile/lime/salt powder for putting on top of, well, everything).

Nuts available in bulk: cashews, corn nuts, "macho" peanuts, peanuts without salt, sliced almonds, sliced almonds with no skin, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, Japanese-style peanuts, toasted peanuts, and crystalized ginger.

One of the very few places you can locally find ayocotes: scarlet runner beans. These are much more common in areas south of the country such as Chiapas.

Frozen soups: lentil, ginger carrot, vegetable, spinach, vegan curry, quinoa and lentils, broccoli cream, chicken corn, four bell peppers, and vegetable curry. Chicken pot pies are also available.

This out of the way shelf behind another shelf was the least-packed shelf in the store. But it has crema de trigo, semolina flour for bread- and pizza-making.

Dried jamaica (hibiscus) flowers for making delicious agua fresca de jamaica. Hibiscus tea, hot or cold, is found in many cultures; this variety originated in Sudan.

Jamaica flowers from Colima. The Colima variety is stronger than the Sudan and is preferred on a national level out of 64 varieties.