About The partners of the Spice & Tea Exchange invite you to experience our stores and to explore our web site. Jeff, Amy, Clay, Penny and Steve developed the Spice & Tea Exchange to bring to market our gourmet seasonings and spices, cooking herbs, gourmet, sea salts and our signature products blends and rubs made from our own secret recipes. You cannot find them anywhere else except The Spice & Tea Exchange The original founder of The Spice & Tea Exchange ( formerly Old Florida Spice Traders ), Clay Freeman, opened his first store in 2003. Over the years, the original concept has remained solid that is, we are dedicated to bringing to market a huge selection of gourmet spices everything from A to Z ; including a huge selection of chili powders, cheese powders, smoked powders and more. Our selection of fresh gourmet spices is second to none. If you cant find it here, it probably does not exist. Freshness and variety are our mottos.. In 2007, we decided to franchise our stores. We simply followed our customers advice. We listened as our customers told us that The Spice & Tea Exchange would be perfect for their home towns. We currently have 11 stores up and running ; with several more stores scheduled for 2010. Look for quite a few more in the coming year. In addition to our spices, blends and rubs, we bring you the finest in gourmet teas. Tea lovers rejoice.. We feature many unique accessories designed to support the Spice and Tea Exchange lifestyle. Mortars/Pestles, Spice Racks, Mills & Grinders, Tea Accessories and more make the perfect items for your kitchen and make the perfect gifts for that special cook in your life. Or, choose from one of our unique gift boxes. Please enjoying exploring the unique spice and tea varieties spiceandtea.com, or at one of our wonderful stores.